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Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA 67.02
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of two booklets produced by the Office of Student Research. Both are associated with their event celebrating student research. They range in date from 2007-2008. The booklets highlight students, their scholarship, and their faculty advisors.

Dates: 2007-2008

Celo Community collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC-346
Scope and Contents

This collection consist of items about the Celo Community, located in the Black Mountains of Yancey County, North Carolina. The documents detail the origins of the community from its residents' perspectives during the 1950s and the 1960s. Items include "Notes from Memory by Arthur E. Morgan and Griscom Morgan on the Beginnings of Celo Community in North Carolina," "About Celo Community," "Celo Community Today" newsletter, and a broadside advertising the community.

Dates: 1950-1966

Centennial Campaign records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA 5132
Abstract

The Centennial Campaign at Appalachian State University was a yearlong event in 1999, to celebrate the hundred year anniversary of the founding of the institution. The Centennial Campaign Records contain planning and administrative documents, publications, ephemera, and photo scans concerning the Centennial Campaign and celebration.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1899-1999

"Centennial of Final Spike in B&O at Rosbys Rock" leaflet

 Collection
Identifier: AC-304
Scope and Contents

Leaflet conveying information about the 1952 Centennial celebration of the joining of the two parts, the eastern and the western, of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Track.

Dates: 1952 December

Center for Appalachian Studies records

 Collection
Identifier: AC-688
Abstract

The records of the Center for Appalachian Studies, located at Appalachian State University, gives some history of the Center, its functions, its projects, and key people in its operations. The Center's records gives evidence of the activities that seek to encourage to study and invest in the region and its social, economic, and cultural development.

Dates: 1942-2004, undated

Center for the Development of Social Responsibility records

 Record Group
Identifier: UA 29
Scope and Contents

The records of the Center for the Development of Social Responsibility include meeting meetings, financial reports, photographs, and the by-laws, articles of incorporation, and the Center's values. The record group covers dates 1988 to 1990, 1993, and 1994.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1988-1994

Certificate of Membership in the Relief Fund and Regulations Governing the Pennsylvania Railroad Voluntary Relief Department

 Collection
Identifier: AC-742
Abstract

This collection is a regulations booklet for the Pennsylvania Railroad Voluntary Relief Department with a Membership Certificate inside front cover to John M. Eyler, dated July 1, 1911. A Stamp in bottom left-hand corner says he began membership with the relief fund April 14, 1904.

Dates: 1911 July 1

Chang and Eng Bunker's autographs

 Collection
Identifier: AC-1140
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one page containing the autographs of Chang and Eng Bunker, written for autograph collector Israel K. Tefft of Savannah, Georgia on January 2, 1835.

Dates: 1835 January 2

Character Sketch by Clara Wentsch

 Collection
Identifier: RB-8021
Content Description

Handwritten character sketch of an ideal musician. Document is signed "Clara Wentsch, Central High, '06."

Dates: 1906

Charles A. Ray Political Campaign card

 Collection
Identifier: AC-655
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one political campaign card for Dr. Charles A. Ray of Winifrede (Kanawha County), West Virginia who was the Democratic nominee for the House of Delegates. A photograph of Ray is on the front of the card, and his official statement is typescripted on the back.

Dates: circa 1890-1900

Charles and Emily Lively photograph

 Collection
Identifier: AC-263
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one photograph of two individuals dressed in vestment garments. They are identified on the back as Charles and Emily Lively of Weston, West Virginia. Emily is also wearing a mortar board. The date is circa 1900.

Dates: circa 1900

Charles Beaver Papers,

 Collection
Identifier: AC-881
Abstract

Charles Beaver (1913-1999) was an Asheville native, WWII veteran, employee of the American Enka Corporation, and participant in a large number of WWII reunions and commorative events. This collection includes materials relating to his life and work including photographs, documents of his army service, and correspondence.

Dates: 1874-2002, undated

Charles D. Norton & Company broadside

 Collection
Identifier: AC-289
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of one broadside published by Charles D. Norton & Companyof Philadelphia, Pa., advertising their anthracite and bituminous coals. The broadside includes an analysis provided by Thomas Lehigh.

Dates: circa 1850s

Charles Isley "Shape Note Singing in America" paper

 Collection
Identifier: AC-465
Abstract

This collection is a copy of a presentation by Charles Isley to the Appalachian State University Torch Club on July 14, 2008 entitled "Shape Note Singing in America", along with a biographical sketch of Isley.

Dates: 2008

Charles Olson broadside

 Collection
Identifier: AC-758
Scope and Contents This broadside was created by Charles Olson and Nicola Cernovitch at the Black Mountain College Graphics Workshop in 1952. It contains a poem titled "This" by Olson and the design and silkscreen print are by Cernovitch. Also included is the envelope in which the broadside was originally stored. The following is printed on the front of the envelope: "Broadside No. 1 / Poem by Charles Olson Design by Nicola Cernovitch / Black Mountain College Graphics Workshop / Black Mountain College,...
Dates: 1952

Charles T. Butler letters

 Collection
Identifier: AC-540
Scope and Contents The Charles T. Butler Letters is a collection of about 300 letters from Butler's friends and family. The bulk of these letters date from 1937 to 1956. There are a couple letters from 1962 and 1965, as well as many undated letters. Pieces of ephemera and a few photographs are also included in the collection. Many of these letters were written and sent to Butler during World War II when he was serving as a pilot instructor. Over twenty different friends and family members wrote to him...
Dates: Majority of material found in 1937-1981

Charles Town, West Virginia in a Nutshell

 Collection
Identifier: AC-806
Abstract

This unusual collection includes the abbreviated, pictorial history of Charles Town, West Virginia in an actual walnut shell, produced by Trio Novelty Company in 1900.

Dates: 1900

Charles Town, West Virginia photographs

 Collection
Identifier: AC-416
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of photographs of adults, children, and families believed to live in Charles Town, West Virginia, circa 1860s. All but one are carte de visites. The other is a tintype. The individuals are identified.

Dates: circa 1860s

Charles Vess autographed illustrated posters

 Collection
Identifier: AC-853
Abstract

The Charles Vess Autographed Illustration Posters is a collection of five oversized illustrations that were probably used in books or in bookstores, and autographed by the artist, dating 1988 to 2001.

Dates: 1988-2001, undated

Charlotte Ross papers

 Collection — oversize: E3, drawer: 2
Identifier: AC-271
Abstract

The Charlotte Ross Papers contains her Appalachian bibliography note card collection as well as personal files relevant to the Appalachian region, American history and folklore studies. Charlotte Ross's bibliography is a comprehensive bibliography of Appalachian books up to 1976.

Dates: undated [circa late 20th century]

Chatham Manufacturing Company photographs

 Collection
Identifier: AC-563
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of black and white photographs of Chatham Manufacturing workers and owners. Some suggest a party or dinner and one is of a parade. One photo is of a memorial marker for "Chatham employees who gave their lives in defense of their country in World War II." There is also a clipping about Thurmond Chapham, president of Chatham, visiting Roger Babson.

Dates: circa 1955

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area photographs

 Collection
Identifier: AC-1153
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of six sepia photographs of areas around Lookout Mountain and Chattanooga, Tennessee. They are dated circa 1920-1940 and include images of Crow Creek, a bridge across the Flint River, Nickajack Cave, the base of Lookout Mountain, the Tennessee River from the base of Lookout Mountain, and a view of Chattanooga and the Tennesee River.

Dates: circa 1920-1940

Chattanooga Times accounts journal

 Collection
Identifier: AC-823
Abstract

The Chattanooga Times Accounts Journal is an expense/payment ledger for the newspaper Chattanooga Times for 1900-1903.

Dates: 1900-1903

Cherokee Centennial Celebration broadside

 Collection
Identifier: AC-1064
Scope and Contents This collection consists of one broadside, written in southern Illinois, entitled "Cherokee Centennial Celebration," circa 1937-1938. It provides historical information about the presence of the Cherokee in Southern Appalachia from circa 1800-1838, when General Winfield Scott was charged with forcibly removing the Cherokee people from their lands. It further describes the creation of prison camps that housed 14,000 Cherokee, the hardships they experienced, and their eventual forced move to...
Dates: circa 1937-1938

Cherokee newspapers

 Collection
Identifier: AC-604
Abstract

This collection includes one newspaper Cherokee Advocate written in both Cherokee and English language, two copies of Cherokee Phoenix, Vol. 1 No. 12, two photocopies of articles 1832 and 1833 from Niles' Register, and a guide of an audiocassette (not in this collection) "Sound of Cherokee" sounding out the Cherokee alphabet.

Dates: 1828-1896, undated

Chessie-Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad safety posters and papers

 Collection
Identifier: AC-243
Abstract

Chessie-Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Safety Posters and Papers includes assorted blank railroad forms, three multi-sized calendars dating 1982, 1984, and 1986, and a variety of safety posters from 1985-1986.

Dates: 1954-1987, undated

Chief Junaluska Memorial Ceremony photographs

 Collection
Identifier: AC-744
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of five photographs taken at the dedication ceremony for the Chief Junaluska Monument on November 5, 1910. The photographs include the monument, members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (Winston-Salem Chapter), and Cherokee adults and children.

Dates: 1910 November 5

Chilhowie Textiles building photographs

 Collection
Identifier: AC-386
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of three black and white photographs of the Chilhowie Textiles building exterior, taken circa 1960s in Chilhowie, Virginia.

Dates: circa 1960s

Christian Cline land deed

 Collection
Identifier: AC-732
Scope and Contents

This collection contains one handwritten land deed from Joseph Johnson, Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia, to Christian Cline, assignee of Warren Alderson, for 150 acres in Logan County, Virginia. The survey description is included. The deed is dated November 1, 1855.

Dates: 1855 November 1

Chuck Hemrick video recordings

 Collection
Identifier: AC-395
Abstract

The Chuck Hemrick Video Recordings include almost two hundred video cassettes and air film from the Blue Ridge Views television news spots, originally shown on local ABC-TV affiliate program WGHP in the late 1980s and early 1990s. This collection contains audio-visual footage of Appalachian crafts people, folk singers and other local traditions of northwestern North Carolina.

Dates: 1987-1993, undated

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