Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)
Organization
Found in 18 Collections and/or Records:
Bryce and Izoria Sheppard Gordon collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 29.014
Scope and Contents
This collection includes items collected by Bryce Gordon and Izoria Sheppard Gordon during their time as students of Appalachian State Teachers College (ASTC) between 1945-1949. Included in the collection are receipts issued by ASTC, Appalachian Athletic Association tickets, ephemera, event programs, and photographs. The ephemera includes football game lineups, a library notice, invitations, a program for the 1948 Junior-Senior circus, and a program for the 1949 Junior-Senior banquet. The...
Dates:
1945-1949
Dorothy Florence Comer Thomas papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 29.003
Content Description
The collection relates to Dorothy Florence Comer Thomas' time as a student at Appalachian State Teachers College. Included are her grade reports, registration cards, student activities tickets and receipts, and student handbooks. Her yearbooks are included because of the handwritten notes and signatures contained within. Additionally, the collection includes history of the Bailey family (written by Thomas) and a photograph album of black and white images of Boone, the Appalachian campus,...
Dates:
1938-1979
Elizabeth Brown Scoggins Collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 45
Abstract
The Elizabeth Brown Scoggins collection contains papers, photographs, documents, and artifacts spanning the history of Appalachian State and Watauga County from the 19th Century to the early 21st. Much of the collection is devoted to the Dougherty, Brown, and Bartlett families with an emphasis on concerning B.B. and D.D. Dougherty, founders of what would become Appalachian State University.
Dates:
1866-2003; Majority of material found within 1903 - 2000
Ella W. Thompson and Lloyd L. Hobbs collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 29.020
Scope and Content
This collection contains scrapbooks and memorabilia documenting the experiences of Ella Williams Thompson and her husband Dr. Lloyd LeRoy Hobbs, while they were students at Appalachian State Teachers College from 1933-1937. Materials within the collection include newspaper clippings, photographs, letters, postcards, telegrams, alumni membership cards, annuals, certificates, and plaques. Topics covered in this collection include academics, wrestling and football, student activities, and student...
Dates:
1933-2007
Emma Horton Moore Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: UA 30.024
Abstract
The scrapbook was compiled by Emma Horton Moore, librarian at the Appalachian State Teachers College. The scrapbook holds newsclippings the school, its students, and its faculty, especially B. B. and D. D. Dougherty. It ranges in date from circa 1907-1957.
Dates:
circa 1907-1957
Everette C. Toms collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 29.012
Scope and Contents
This collection includes three pieces of correspondence: a letter to Toms from the Bureau of Education regarding his inquiry in obtaining a teaching position in the Philippines, a letter from the managing editor of the Georgian American regarding a mat of David Odom (included), and a letter of reference written about Toms by Appalachian State Teachers College physics professor A. Antonakos. There is also an ephemeral item likely removed from a scrapbook and six...
Dates:
1930, 1934-1935
Faculty Meetings Minute Book
Collection
Identifier: UA 63
Scope and Contents
This volume was used by faculty member J. M. Downum to record the minutes of faculty meetings between 1927-1935, when the university was known as both the Appalachian State Normal School and Appalachian State Teachers College. In addition to minutes, the volume contains lists of faculty members for various periods of time. A facsimile copy is available for researchers as the original volume does have pages that are loose from the binding. The collection also includes loose material not...
Dates:
1927-1935
Harold Richard Berthold's Diploma
Collection
Identifier: UA 29.011
Scope and Contents
One Bachelor of Science diploma received by Harold Richard Berthold from Appalachian State Teachers College (ASTC) on May 16, 1952.It is signed by ASTC President B. B. Dougherty, Registrar H. R. Eggers, and two members of the Board.
Dates:
1952 May 16
Jessie Sifford collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 29.013
Content Description
Photograph and ephemera related to student life at Appalachian State Teachers College collected by Jessie Sifford, a student in the mid-1930s. The photograph is of Sifford and Thelma Beam. Ephemeral items include Sifford’s Students Information Booklet, a program for a concert performed by the "Appalachian A Capella Choir," and the program for the 1937 May Day Festival.
Dates:
1936-1937
John H. Workman Film collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 5075
Abstract
Dr. John Workman was Professor of Economics at Appalachian State Teachers College from 1946 to 1960. The John Workman Film Collection includes 16 8mm films, both black & white and in color, mostly pertaining to ASTC and the High Country. There is also 1 VHS tape with copies of 5 of the films.
Dates:
1930-1959
Louise Parks Scrapbook
Collection
Identifier: UA-5019
Abstract
Louise Parks, from Huntersville, NC, was a student at Appalachian State Teachers College from 1929-1934. This scrapbook dates from 1928-1931, in which she documents the activities she was involved with. The collection contains various candy wrappers, letters, cards, programs, postcards, and poems that Miss Parks glued to the scrapbook pages.
Dates:
1928-1931
Malissa C. Richardson Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 5291
Scope and Contents
The collection includes school papers, tests, mid-terms, and finals of Malissa C. Richardson, while a business student at Appalachian State Teachers College, circa 1944-1946.
Dates:
circa 1944-1946
Mary D. Davis photographs
Collection
Identifier: UA 29.010
Scope and Contents
This collection includes eleven photographs of images related to Appalachian State Teachers College (Appalachian State University) and Boone, N.C. The images date from 1941-1942. Subjects includes Appalachian students and the campus and a snow storm in Boone. Downtown store front entrances featured are Dixie Stores and Watauga Hotel and Cafe. Downtown store fronts photographed include Farmers Hardware and the bank located next door. There is also a photograph of the Daniel Boone Hotel...
Dates:
1941-1942
Mary Elizabeth Hackney collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 29.015
Scope and Content
The Mary Elizabeth Hackney collection contains includes papers,photographs, ephemera, and other items related to Appalachian State Teachers College (ASTC) from 1930-1934 and 1941. Items include ASTC stickers, Homecoming programs, a basketball game program, ASTC yells and songs, Hackney's diploma, and songbooks. Of particular note are the photographs, which mainly feature ASTC women students, some of whom are photographed wearing physical education uniforms.
Dates:
1930-1941
Pi Gamma Mu, North Carolina Epsilon charter
Collection
Identifier: UA 25.008
Scope and Contents
Original charter presented by the national Pi Gamma Mu office to Appalachian State Teachers College acknowleding the establishment of the North Carolina Epsilon chapter. Pi Gamma Mu is the national social science honor society.
Dates:
1957 January 1
Robert F. Coffey Papers
Collection
Identifier: UA 5097
Abstract
This collection consists of the papers of Robert. F. Coffey, who was the superindendent of construction for Appalachian State Teacher's College during the 1930's and early 1940's. The papers are primarily business documents related to the construction of buildings on campus, though there are two small references to Mr. Coffey's personal life. The majority of Mr. Coffey's papers are correspondence relating to the design, planning, and ordering of equipment for the Watauga Hospital.
Dates:
1931-1941
University Charter and History collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 38
Scope and Contents
This collection contains photocopies of documents pertaining to the establishment of a training school for teachers in western North Carolina, which eventually became Appalachian State University. It also includes the charter for Appalachian State University, as well as histories of specific campus departments and offices and organizational charts.
Dates:
1903-1999
University Deeds Collection
Collection
Identifier: UA 37
Abstract
Appalachian State University received its current name on July 1, 1967, transforming over the years from a small teachers’ college to a multi-disciplinary university. The University Deeds collection contains the original deeds to properties belonging to the university as well as supporting documentation, copies and abstracts of the deeds, notes and correspondence, title analysis, maps and drawings of property, certifications, and contracts.
Dates:
1900-2000
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