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The Bertram Adams Papers are photocopies of the Descendants of John Adams of Cove Creek, North Carolina, books 4, 11, 12, and 13 by Bertram Adams and photocopies of various genealogical materials for the Adams family, primarily in Watauga County, North Carolina. Though undated, the materials cover a period of time from circa 1760 to circa 1950.

Scope and Contents The collection includes a pocket Directory of Bessemer. A booklet for the Bessemer Rolling Mills, manufacturers of Bar, Guide and Angle Iron. The Annual License Ordinance. The by-laws of Bessemer Royal Arch Chapter. A booklet of facts about Bessemer, Alabama. Annual Reports of City Officers in Bessemer. A booklet about the Merchants’ and Manufacturers’ Association of Bessemer. A booklet about Bessemer. Bessemer’s Proposition in Brief Showing Manifold Advantages Social Religious...

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This collection consists of printed items related to the Bessemer Land and Improvement Company from 1887-1893. There are two booklets of the Charter and By-laws, several annual reports, a contract between the Bessemer Land and Improvement Company and the City of Bessemer, a notice for a stockholders meeting, and an information booklet about Bessemer, Alabama.

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This collection consists of two ballad books created by the sisters, Bessie and Cora Shoun, circa 1910 to 1916. The books are constructed like scrapbooks with clippings and handwritten pages pasted onto old magazine or catalog pages.

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This collection consists of promotional materials, news clippings, newsletters, club rules, and bylaws of the Hound Ears Club in Banner Elk, North Carolina. Also included is a score to “Appalachia in North Carolina,” by Torpy and Wirt Skinner; and the lyrics to a song.

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This collection is a bibliography by Betty Mae Hodges about loyalists in North Carolina during the American Revolution, prepared on index cards and papers, undated.

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This collection contains some correspondence from Betty McFarland, black & white photographs, original and copies from books/newspapers with some historic information, and several historic clippings on Boone, North Carolina and area landmarks, buildings, and people.

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Beulah C. Campbell is a retired children’s literature and elementary education professor at Appalachian State University. Her collection includes Campbell's personal files, her collection of original illustrations for children's books, materials related to various authors and illustrators of children's books, administrative files related to Campbell's collection of children's book illustrations, and materials related to a memorial for Reverend Paul Burt, a friend of Campbell.

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This collection consists of a variety of bills issued by Roanoke Machine Works between 1884-1892. Some are stamped Norfolk & Western.

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This collection includes bills of sale issued by the Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company in 1884.

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This collection consists of bills of sale issued by various railroad companies, including the Scioto Valley Railway Co., the Columbus Connecting and Terminal Railroad Co., and Chesapeake and Ohio Railway.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a proposal compiled in 1946 to consider the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina as a seat for the United Nations. The front page is a handwritten note which reads "This was given to me by President Truman for Annie B." and signed with the initials JWB and dated 1946. This is followed by an introduction explaining the attributes which "invite careful consideration to its selection as a permanent home for the United Nation Organization." The proposal is...

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This collection consists of an advertisement photograph of the Biltmore House, circa 1894. It's titled "Views of Western North Carolina" along the side and "Asheville and Vicinity" along the bottom. It was published by T. H. Lindsey of Asheville, North Carolina. On the back is a description of Asheville. The card is advertising the village of Asheville rather than the house.

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This collection consists of a letter sent to Edward L. Stone of Roanoke, Virginia by Biltmore Industries. It is dated September 15, 1937 and indicates that the company has repeatedly sent Stone samples of their homespun fabric but have yet to receive an order from him. They offer to send full sized pieces, if that would help. Also included with the letter are examples of the homespun fabric sold by Biltmore Industries.

Abstract The Bingham Dai Papers include the professional and personal papers of Dr. Bingham Dai (1899-1996), a psychotherapist. Dai was one of the first native-born Chinese to be trained in new theories of psychiatry and psychology in the 1930s. He taught at Peking Union Medical College in China, Duke University, and finished his career lecturing at Appalachian State University. Collection Overview The Bingham Dai Collection contains...

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Bingham Family Papers relates to the family of Joseph Terry Bingham of the Pine Run area of Watauga County, North Carolina. The documents primarily consist of deeds and also include accounts, letters, and Joseph Bingham's commission to as a postmaster. Some materials were generated by Bingham's father-in-law David Lewis.

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The Birmingham (Alabama) ledger of plat maps is a bound cloth print ledger of Birmingham, Alabama's roadways, railways, waterways, and major land owners from circa 1910.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of an original typescript, carbon copy three-page document captioned "Prospective Program of the Birmingham Reporter and Special Committee on Welfare and Social Service Works," dated circa 1920s.From the dealer's description: Outline of a program designed by the "Editor and Manager of The Reporter together with a few substantial friends, in the interest of humanity, the Negro race, capital, and labor." The program would work toward producing satisfied...

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The collection consists of lectures and readings by individuals associated with Black Mountain College. Featured poets and writers include: Fielding Dawson, Paul Metcalf, Joel Oppenheimer, Michael Rumaker, and Jonathan Williams.

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The Blackburn Farms Collection is a collection of family mementos, quilts, photographs, correspondence, financial papers, books of art and history, family Bibles, phonograph recordings, and other materials. The Blackburn family lived in Ashe County, North Carolina.

Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of letters belonging to the Blake family. The majority of the letters were sent to Henry St. John Blake (1885-1938) and his father, William “Bub” Burdine Blake Sr. (1852-1938). Henry St. John Blake and his brothers, Robert “Russell” Blake (1887-1968) and Edward L. Blake (1891-1973), served in the military and World War I. The letters reference the brothers’ military training, base life, and a flu epidemic at camps. Most of the incoming letters to William...

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This collection consists of one color tourist's souviner folder containing prints of Blowing Rock, North Carolina and Boone, North Carolina, postmarked 1950. The inside cover contains information on Blowing Rock and Boone and contains 18 images of the area. Folder is addressed to Nellie Pickett of Stockrige, Michigan from Blowing Rock. The prints were provided by Curt Teich & Company of Chicago, IL.

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This collection consists of several black and white photographs taken in and around both Blowing Rock, NC and Linville, NC between 1911-1936. A few photographs have identifying information on the back or on the front of the image. Images include people posed in early 20th century cars, reading, holding fishing poles, sitting on horses, and playing golf. Of particular note is a photograph of a man with two bear cubs. There are also photographs of Grandfather Mountain.

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Blowing Rock Historical Society Records consist of interviews of residents of Blowing Rock, North Carolina. The Blowing Rock Historical Society regularly conducts oral history interviews with Blowing Rock citizens. Subjects vary, but include growing up during the 1940s through 1970s, architecture, various church histories, bohemian culture, businesses, and family histories.

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This Blue Ridge Community Theatre Papers includes programs, fliers, banners, clippings, and a script concerning some of the company's productions as well as business papers, grant information, membership lists and correspondence necessary in producing these programs, dating 1983 to 2002.

Abstract The Blue Ridge Garden Club Records includes newspaper articles, scrapbooks, minutes, and treasurer and secretary papers from the Blue Ridge Garden Club, organized in 1949. This collection showcases Watauga County, North Carolina's first organized garden club and its activities. Originally an exclusive group, the Blue Ridge Garden Club was active in beautification projects and coordinating a junior club. One of their main projects was the creation of the Daniel Boone Garden in 1961. The...

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Blue Ridge Parkway Association Records originate from an organization of small and large businesses focused on tourism along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The organization advertizes the businesses, produced brochures and a newsletter called the 'Mile Post', and marketed the Blue Ridge Parkway. It also worked to complete the Blue Ridge Parkway's link.

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4 B&W 3-1/2" x 2-1/2" photos of views of the Parkway in the Blue Ridge Mountains

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This collection consists of four 3.5" x 2.5" photographs of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Three photographs have titles: "Tunnels through the Blue Ridge Mountains," "Mabry Mill," and "Parkway Vista near Bluff Park." The fourth is untitled but features a dock, a small motor boat, and a two-story house or boathouse. The images are dated circa 1940s.

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This collection contains students' oral history interviews, notes, final reports and other papers and audiovisual materials relating to the Blue Ridge Parkway/Basin Cove/Moses Cone Oral History Project, originating in the Department of History at Appalachian State University, circa 1975.