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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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This collection includes CD copies and print transcription of an interview by Matt Coyne, University of Notre Dame graduate, of Donald Seacrest and Rod T. Smith, both graduates of Appalachian State University, at the Barnes and Noble Store in Roanoke, Virginia in 2010.

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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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These photographs were taken by Doug Yarrow's high school students when he was teaching in War, West Virginia. Some of the smaller photographs have grades and critiques of the photos. The images are primarily of people (both Caucasian and African American) but there is one image of a hound dog.

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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 consists of one typed half-page statement signed by Dr. J. E. Copeland of Round Hill, Virginia, regarding the circumstances surrounding the death of Confederate John W. Mobberly in 1865. The document is dated February 9, 1927.Mobberly was controversial: pro-Southern supporters considered him a hero, while Federal soldiers and pro-Union supporters accused him of war atrocities. He was ambushed and killed outside of Lovettsville, Virginia on April 5, 1865 by...

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

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence written in 1870 by E. B. Olmsted to Lanman & Kemp, financial sponsors of his ginseng expedition, and ginseng-related printed material. Olmstead writes from New York, Washington, D.C., Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The letters provide details about local ginseng markets in the places he visits, competition, and the results from digs. Of particular note is a letter dated October 8, 1870, in which he states that Native Americans are...

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This large account ledger has "E.Grove" on the spine, who is assumed to be the proprietor of a store in the Shenandoah area of Page County, Virginia. The ledger has entries dated 1869-1877.

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This collection consists of one CD of an interview of Gene Wilson by ASU student E. Victoria Krueger while enrolled in Anthropology 5120: Appalachian Culture and Social Organization. It is dated November 9, 2012 and was recorded by Don Kirby Photography. Wilson is from Wilson Creek, NC. The subject matter of the interview is unknown, and an access copy must be made in advance for access.

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This yearbook is the 1941 Eagle from Eagle Rock High School in Eagle Rock, Virginia. The photographs were glued in and are loosening so they were removed to a second folder.

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This collection consists of eight photographs taken by Earl Hardy in 1921 of Linville, North Carolina. There are a couple of images of the river with bridges, one image of the woods, four images are exterior shots of a cottage or cottages, and one image is an interior shot of a religious house of worship.

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This is a collection of three handwritten record books filled with early American historical facts about presidents, states, especially Virginia and West Virginia, Native Americans, and a myriad of other topics.

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This is an original handwritten manuscript titled "Early History of Georgia and Sir Alexander Cuming's Embassy to the Cherokees," that was presented to the New England Historical Genealogical Society in February 1872.

Note: pages 24-26 are missing and there are 3 pages at back that may have been an earlier version.

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This collection consists of ledgers, minute books, and reports for the following companies: East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railway Company; East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Motor Transportation Company; and, Linville River Railway Company. These records date from 1916 to 1941.