Abstract This collection stems from a class assignment for the American Military History class (original designation was HIS 3533 - American Military History) developed by Dr. Judkin Browning of the History Department at Appalachian State University. The Amerian Military History Course Records consist of pre-battle and post-battle correspondence of the battle participants, journal entries, medicial reports, roll calls, neutral observers' accounts, photographs, and the final paper "battle histories"...

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This collection consists of one mounted photograph featuring the American Red Cross Canteen Station in Bluefield, West Virginia. Photographed outside the station are eight nurses and two servicemen. The photograph is dated circa 1917.

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The Andre Van Damme Collection is a collection of programs and newspaper clippings about Belgian-born Andre Van Damme, whose ballet company performed in Charleston, West Virginia circa 1953.

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Materials include 164 notebook diaries of varying sizes (one is missing), six ledgers recording Appalachian State Teachers College faculty meetings, Silas Greene's memo book and typed transcriptions of Greene's diaries. Also included are Deborah Bell's transcriptions of some of the diaries.

Scope and Contents This collection includes two handbills from recitals at the Appalachian Training School, 1948 Appalachian High School Commencement program, a Winkler Hall Naming and Dedication program, an April 20, 1966 letter to Dr. T. Edgar Sikes, Sr. from the Appalachian State Teachers College Alumni Association, a canceled check for Ruby Winkler's registration fee for Appalachian State Teachers College, the poem "Our School and Its Founder" written by J. A. Wilson about the Appalachian Training School,...

Abstract The Annabel Harrill Papers consist of papers, photographs and slides collected during study on Ashe County, North Carolina mills. Many mills were located in the South Fork of the New River area. Also included are newspaper clippings and a ballad about Laura Foster, a Wilkes County, North Carolina native who was murdered in the 1860s. In 2010, the slides and photographs were not found, and in 2013, they still have not been located, except for one color photo of Basil Barr, which...

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This collection consists of letter dated April 2, 1953 from Anne Kilgo of the Asheville Chamber of Commerce to Ms. V. Flowers. The body of the letter pertains to the request for information. Of particular note is the reverse, which is a full page advertisement for the Blue Ridge Parkway and Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

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This collection consists of a diary kept by Annie Carver Vasseur Ivey between April-December 1919. At that time, she lived in Lenoir, North Carolina. The diary chronicles her life experiences, her family, friends, and neighbors.

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This collection consists of land documents pertaining to the Annie Dobbin- Willet Miller farm in Todd, North Carolina. It includes land surveys and deeds beginning in the mid-19th century outlining the lands which make up the farm.

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Annie Dougherty Rufty (1903-2001) was one of four children of D.D. Dougherty and Lillie Shull Dougherty. She graduated from Appalachian in 1921 and went on to teach home economics at the high school level. She was married to Roy S. Rufty. This collection contains correspondence and a 1905 summer term card.

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The Appalachian Consortium, in operation from 1970-2004, was a nonprofit, educational organization formed by a partnership of academic institutions dedicated to preserving the history and enhancing the future of the Southern Appalachian region. This collection contains files detailing the initial organization and continuing leadership of the Consortium, its finances and correspondence, as well as its major projects, grants, publications, and conferences.

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The Appalachian Crafts and Music Festival Collection includes thirty-five audiocassettes and six videocassettes, recorded at the Appalachian Crafts and Music Festivals in 1984, 1985, and 1987. The Appalachian Crafts and Music Festival was an annual event in Watauga County, North Carolina featuring local and regional craftsmen and musicians.

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Materials in the Appalachian Cultural Museum Records cover the history of the museum from 1989 until its close in 2006. The collection contains materials concerned with the museum administration, correspondendence, exhibits, events, and publicity.

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The Appalachian Festival at Morris Harvey College Collection includes a program of events taking place during the week, as well as letters of correspondence between William Plumley at Morris Harvey College and Charlotte Ross. Correspondence illustrates the business interactions between the college and program participant Charlotte Ross, early in her career. It also contains a list of audio tapes from Mars [Morris] Harvey College.

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This collection includes newsletters, performance programs, photographs, recordings, and performance posters.

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The collection includes two issues of the Appalachian High School newsletter, "Appalachian High Life." Appalachian High School was one of the two demonstration schools housed at Appalachian State Teachers College (Appalachian State University). Contents include the "Salute to the Seniors" issue (May 25, 1951) and pages 3-7 of a Christmas issue, likely from 1950.

Abstract The Appalachian Journal Records contain drafts of papers submitted for publication in the Appalachian Journal between 1972 and 1988, conference and workshop announcements and papers, posters, articles, and newspapers. The Appalachian Journal is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed quarterly featuring field research, interviews, and other scholarly studies of history, politics, economics, culture, folklore, literature, music, ecology, and a variety of other topics, as well as poetry and...

Abstract The Appalachian Land Ownership Survey was a study initiated by the Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force in Fall 1978 to examine land ownership patterns, particularly absentee and corporate ownership, and the resulting effects on regional development. The study participants concluded that a disproportionate amount of land owners were absentee and that corporate owners paid a disproportionately low amount of taxes. Materials address issues such as agriculture, coal mining, housing, land...

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This collection contains two records books of the Society, dated 1905-1909, 1912. Included in the books are the Society's constitution, meeting minutes, membership rosters, and drafts of programs hosted by the Society.

Abstract This collection includes records for the Appalachian Oral History Project, a combined effort of Appalachian State University, Alice Lloyd College, Emory and Henry College, and Lees Junior College to document oral histories of the history and folklore of the central Appalachian region. Materials in this collection consist of interviews and records generated by Appalachian State University interviewers between 1973 and 1975. Records include audio interviews, administrative files, photographs,...

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The Appalachian Parents Association was founded in 1988 in order to involve parents of Appalachian students in activities and programs vital to the success of the university. These records contain the organizational files of the Appalachian Parents Association from 1989-1998.

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This collection consists of a typed manuscript by Vivian Sexton Flannery Dees, a native of eastern Kentucky, entitled "Appalachian Recollections: True Tales My Father Told Me," dated 1991. Dee imparts true stories, regaling of laughter, music, and family that her father, Stephen Sexton, shared with her.

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The Appalachian Region Photographs collection contains print photographs and negatives of the Appalachian region, mostly Northwestern North Carolina, but also some parts of Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. It contains photographs, slides, and negatives. Images include Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, and Watauga Counties, and unidentified images of towns, people, and museum exhibits.

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This collection includes a variety of articles and student papers concerning the Appalachian Region collected by the librarians in the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection.

Abstract The Appalachian Regional Brochure Collection is a collection of brochures of attractions located throughout the Appalachian Regional Commission-defined counties and the Appalachian Trail states. The collection covers historical sites and tourist attractions, providing insight into the promotion of tourism in the Appalachian region in addition to describing the sites themselves. Brochures currently cover the following states: Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South...

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The Appalachian Regional Ephemera Collection contains flyers, posters, postcards, brochures, travel guides, booklets, programs, and other ephemera from Appalachian towns or with Appalachian themes. There are real estate booklets with northwestern North Carolina houses for sale, as well as brochures of businesses, museums, and tourist attractions of Appalachia.

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The Appalachian Resource Center Records is a collection of surveys sent in 1979 from the Center to various agencies/universities to garner information on available resources relating to studies, crafts, education, outreach programs, and publications in the southeastern states.

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The Appalachian Staff Council is an elected body of staff members at Appalachian State University that represent the buildings and departments in which they work. These records contain meeting minutes, correspondence, agendas, reports and 3 photographs, dating 1974-2004.

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The Appalachian State University Foundation, Inc. was chartered in November 1970 to begin and sustain a fund-raising program for ASU and supports the university by receiving and investing private funds to help further the institution's academic mission. The Appalachian State University Foundation, Inc. Records, dating 1929-2008, contain mostly financial statements and meeting minutes for the Foundation and its Board of Directors.