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Website. www.appstate.edu. Appalachian State University (/ ˌæpəˈlætʃən /; [a] (App State) is a public university in Boone, North Carolina. It was founded as a teachers' college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dougherty.
The Pack Horse Library Project was a Works Progress Administration (WPA) program that delivered books to remote regions in the Appalachian Mountains between 1935 and 1943. Women were very involved in the project which eventually had 30 different libraries serving 100,000 people. Pack horse librarians were known by many different names including ...
The Library Services Act (1956) and the Library Services and Construction Act (1964) were keystones in the goal of providing library service throughout the nation. [ 3 ] In addition, many of the 50 states have state archives similar to the federal National Archives and Records Administration to keep records relating to information on state laws ...
Open Library is an online project intended to create "one web page for every book ever published". Created by Aaron Swartz, [3][4] Brewster Kahle, [5] Alexis Rossi, [6] Anand Chitipothu, [6] and Rebecca Malamud, [6] Open Library is a project of the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization. It has been funded in part by grants from the ...
The Archives of Appalachia at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) opened on September 1, 1978, located on the first floor of what is now known as Nicks Hall. Created as part of the Institute of Appalachian Affairs by Arthur H. DeRosier, Jr., newly appointed President of ETSU, its mission was to coordinate research and public service relating ...
Belk Library was opened on January 31, 2000, and was named after Carol Grotnes Belk. It is the fourth location for the academic library of Elon University; previous locations included McEwen, Carlton, and Old Main. [2] Belk Library at Elon shares a name with Belk Library at Appalachian State University. [3]
Category:State libraries of the United States. Wikimedia Commons has media related to State libraries of the United States. This category is for libraries which exist primarily to serve the needs of State governments of the United States. See also: Category:Federal depository libraries. Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
Field Hockey (1968–2014) Kidd Brewer Stadium is a 35,000-seat multi-purpose stadium located in Boone, North Carolina. Nicknamed "The Rock," the stadium is the home of the Appalachian State Mountaineers football team. Kidd Brewer stands 3,333 feet (1,016 m) above sea level. The Mountaineers boast a 263–77–5 (.770) home record at the stadium.