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The Department of Nursing, housed within the College of Health Sciences, provides nursing education to students enrolled in the Prelicensure BSN and the RN-BSN programs. The Department of Nursing Records contain the self-study report on Appalachian State University's Department of Nursing for the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education.

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The Department of Philosophy and Religion was established in 1965 and since 1968, has been in the College of Arts and Sciences. These records contain academic and administrative files including meeting minutes, faculty annual reports to the department, teaching evaluations, syllabi, guidelines, and other papers pertaining to courses and coursework between 1970 and 1996.

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The Department of Psychology provides students the opportunity to pursue either a Bachelor of Science or a Bachelor of Arts degree and also offers four master's level graduate programs. The Department of Psychology Records are primarly composed of administrative files relevant to the department, including correspondence, memos, course syllabi, grant proposals, annual reports, and information on curriculum.

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The Department of Sociology and Social Work existed from 1989 to 2008 when it became two separate departments: the Department of Sociology and the Department of Social Work. This collection includes correspondence and proposals concerning the development and evolution of the Bachelor of Social Work degree program, as led by Nancy K. Neale. This collection also includes materials on Ford Venture Grant, which assisted the funding the social work program.

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This collection consists of a deposition by Abraham Zimmerman on the matter of the John and George Harkleroad property in Sullivan County, Tennessee. His co-defendant was John H. Sutton. The deposition was taken in Washington County, Virginia and is dated October 28, 1834. There is a seal affixed to the document.

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This collection contains the draft manuscript for the booklet "Development of Public Education in Watauga County, N.C." edited by Tom Corbitt of the ASU News Bureau and published in 1976.

Abstract The Office of Continuing Education (named The Division of Educational Outreach and Summer Programs as of 2008) was established as early as 1974 and provides access to a continuum of educational and enrichment experiences for individuals outside the confines of the residential academic year, through field-based courses, conferences, camp programs, summer sessions offerings, and professional development programs. The Office of Continuing Education Records contain mostly administrative files...

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The Division of Student Development executes the University’s goal to advance student learning in and out of the classroom and to provide needed services, support, and recreational opportunities to help students meet the challenges of college and to enhance the quality of student life. The Division of Student Development Records contain administrative, subject and correspondence files dating 1971-2003.

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The Division of Student Programs facilitates student growth through groups like Appalachian Popular Programming Society (APPS) (begun in 1985), Appalachian & the Community Together (ACT) and Outdoor Programs. This record group contains mostly administrative materials and some ephemeral materials spanning 1981-1992.

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The Division of University Advancement at Appalachian State University supports and encourages the university’s academic mission by engaging alumni and friends and the local community through news, special programming, and direct contact. The University Advancement Records contain administrative, operating, fundraising, correspondence, historical and reporting documents, dating 1911-2008, with the bulk of the material dating 1991-1994.

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The Donald Askins Papers on Appalachian Mining Operations collection houses many slides, photographs and maps of the mining operations in Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia, with indexes included with the photos and slides.

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The Doris Stam collection consists of artifacts, correspondence, oral histories, papers, and photographs the Bartlett, Brown, Dougherty, Perry, Shull, and Taylor families. The collection also contains material from the early days of Appalachian State University and history of Boone, North Carolina. Doris Stam gathered the material of this collection while writing her book "Mountain Educators: The Dougherty Family and the First Fifty Years of Appalachian."

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,...

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Original Appalachian Training School diploma of Dorothy Maye Hayes of Blowing Rock, NC. She graduated in 1923.

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The Dougherty family Bible that was in the possession of the Dougherty family. The book was originally owned by Lillie Shull Dougherty. Lillie Brown Perry, granddaughter of D.D. and Lillie Shull Dougherty, donated the Bible to the University Archives in July 2005. It contains a register with the family births, deaths, and marriages. The Bible also includes clippings and loose material.

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This collection contains photographs of the Dougherty family, as well as members from the Shull and Brown families.

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This collection consists of a bill issued by Dr. C. T. Pepper (pharmacist) of Rural Retreat, Virginia on his letterhead and the accompanying envelope. The bill is dated January 5, 1900. The collection also includes a chromo lithograph tradecard for Hires Beer with "C. T. Pepper, M. D., Druggist, Rural Retreat, Va." stamped on one side.

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Dr. Carrol Waymon Interview consists of a compact disc recording of an interview with Dr. Carrol Waymon on National Public Radio station WNCW. This interview covers the childhood and music career of his sister, singer Nina Simone.

Scope and Contents This collection includes an 1884 deed of land between D. P. Mast and D. B. Dougherty, dated November 6, 1883 and registered February 29, 1884 and four architectural views of J.B. Hagaman's store, office and clinic in Boone, North Carolina, dated June 30, 1950. An additional three architectural prints of J. B. Hagaman's home are also included.The land purchased by D. B. Dougherty from D. P. Mast in 1884 was situated within the town limits of Boone, bounded by land owned by the...

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The Dr. Jerry Williamson Symposium Audiovisual Collection contains five VHS tapes and four audiocassettes of the symposium and reception held for Dr. Jerry Williamson at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina on November 17-18, 2000. User copies of the materials are available on CD.

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This collection includes the personal correspondence of Dr. John R. Branscomb as well as his business receipts and bank documents. Also included is an advertisement booklet from I.O. Woodruff and Company of New York City for Freligh's Tablets (Cough and Constituent) for the Prevention and Cure of Pulmonary Phthisis.

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Black & White photographs, c. 1913. One 4"x5" of couple sitting before a rock, stamped on back with "Made by D.R. Kitts, N. Tazewell, VA, Aug. 3, 1913; one 2"x4" of a large family with picnic (reunion) stamped with "Made by Kitts Bros. N.T. Va); and one of a young child, identified on back as Frank Kitts, Jr. and stamped "Made by D.R. Kitts, North Tazewell, Va"

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This collection contains audiocassettes of Dr. Marvin Donley (M.D.) Hart's weekly sermons from 1981-2000 along with either his music, visiting singing groups' music, or prerecorded music, recorded for his friends, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Bowles of Martinsville, Virginia.

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This collection is a recorded lecture of Dr. Pieter Barkhuizen, an Adventist evangelist, on the subject of "What about the Future? a panoramic overview of kingdoms come and gone," given in Louisville, Kentucky, date unknown.

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The Dr. R.E. Fortune Papers is a set of records, correspondence, receipts, estate papers, and related materials that deal with Dr. Fortune's medical practice and personal estate in Damascus, Virginia in the 1930s.

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This collection includes the medical ledger and papers of Dr. T.K. McKee from St. Clair's Bottom, Virginia, dating 1897-1904.

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This collection contatins a photo of Dr. William and Lucy Annis Crump Hale. The stamp on the back indicates that it was copies and restored by Betty Jane Hylton in May 1980. It is unknown who owns the original and where the original currently resides.

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This is a collection of color photographs and slides of Dr. William Gilbert Spencer, Stanley Hicks, Jean Ritchie, and Leonard Glenn, along with students in Dr. Spencer's Dulcimer Classes at Appalachian State University. Most photographs were dated from the 1980's.

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Draper High School Print illustrates a 12" x 18" black and white image of Draper High School, circa 1946. It includes automobiles and buses. This print was prepared the 50th reunion of the Class of 1946.

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The Dugger Family Genealogical collection includes photocopies of pedigree and family charts for the ancestors of Solomon Quince Dugger (1828-1910), of Butler, Tennessee.