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Special Collections /
a.k.a. The Appalachian Room and the Ramsey Center
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The Special Collections includes Appalachian material in the main stacks
of the library and in the Appalachian Room. Materials in the library
stacks are available for circulation.
Notable among the manuscripts collection held in the Appalachian Room is
the Bascom Lamar Lunsford Folk Music Collection, which includes
scrapbooks, pictures, sound recordings, and other memorabilia.
Other special collections include the Southern Appalachian Photographic
Archives, the Gertrude M. Ruskin Collection of Cherokee Indian artifacts
and materials, the Long Collection of Baptist records including
associational minutes and church histories, and the college archives
including papers relating to the history of Mars Hill College.
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The Appalachian
Room is located on the lower level of the Renfro Library building, and can
be accessed from the library parking lot on Bailey Street or from inside the
library main stacks. The Appalachian Room is open from 1-4 p.m. Monday
through Friday, and is closed during school breaks. Please call ahead for an
appointment.
Contact:
For general information or to
make an appointment:
Dr. Karen Paar
Director, Ramsey Center
Archivist, Southern Appalachian Archives
(828) 689-1262
kpaar@mhc.edu
For the Southern Appalachian
Archives:
Peggy Harmon
Special Collections Supervisor
828) 689-1394
pharmon@mhc.edu |
For more about the special collections in the Ramsey
Center, visit their website |
This page was last updated
Tuesday, September 13, 2011 |