Browse Collections (78 total)

Bobby Brendell Postcard Collection

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Bobby Wayne Brendell (pronounced “BREN-duhl”) was born January 1, 1938, in Boone, NC, one of six children (including a twin sister) of John Raymond…

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Carolina Avenue Collection

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This collection consists of several letters, photographs, and other ephemera found inside the walls of a house at 164 Carolina Avenue in Boone by…

Contributors: Adrian Tait

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Junaluska Heritage Collection

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The Junaluska Heritage Collection consists of 224 items, mainly images spanning the late nineteenth through the early twentieth centuries. Junaluska…

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Historic Boone Collection

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This collection is drawn from the photographs and materials collected by the Historic Boone local history group, which operated from 1994 until the…

Contributors: Historic Boone

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Appalachian Theatre of the High Country Collection

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Built at the direction of W. R. Winkler and A. E. Hamby in 1938, the Appalachian Theatre was an Art Deco marvel for the upstart mountain town of…

Contributors: Appalachian Theatre of the High Country, Inc.

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Watauga County Agricultural Extension Aerial Photographs Collection

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This collection contains aerial photographs of Watauga County, NC, from 1940, 1955, 1964 and 1984. This collection was donated by Watauga County Soil…

Contributors: Watauga County Soil and Water Department

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Alfred and Daisy Adams Collection

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The Alfred and Daisy Adams Collection consists at present of a single photograph showing a set of Boone businessmen, including Alfred Adams, posing on…

Contributors: Sam Adams

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Palmer Blair Collection

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The Palmer Blair Collection contains approximately 10,000 surviving negatives and prints, which Digital Watauga is uploading to its site as scanning…

Contributors: Sarah Lynn Spencer

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Anna Large Postcard Collection

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This collection features 17 postcards depicting Watauga County, NC, during the 1960s-1970s. These postcards were donated to the Watauga County…

Contributors: Anna Large

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