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Interview with Wallace & Nell Buchanan [January 10, 1976]
Wallace Buchanan, born in 1892 and a resident of Minneapolis, North Carolina has been a teacher for most of his life. He talks about his early education at Berea College, his time in the air force, and his time at Appalachian Training School. It was…
New River Light & Power History Scrapbook
This scrapbook documents the history of New River Light & Power (NRLP) through historical documents and photos.
Blanford Barnard and Dauphin Disco Dougherty established the New River Light and Power Company in 1915 to provide hydroelectric power…
Blanford Barnard and Dauphin Disco Dougherty established the New River Light and Power Company in 1915 to provide hydroelectric power…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 1 [July 15, 1906 - April 30, 1908]
These journal entries range from the dates of July 15, 1906 to April 30, 1908. Included, there is a brief description of what Andrew Jackson Greene experienced each day. He included information about himself, his friends and family, and community…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene,Volume 2 [May 1, 1908 - December 31, 1908]
These daily diary entries were recorded from the dates of May 1, 1908 to December 31, 1908. Each day Andrew Jackson Greene wrote a few sentences about his day and what he was thinking. He included information about himself, his friends, and community…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 9 [July 1, 1912 - January 31, 1913]
These entries range from the dates of July 1, 1912 through January 31, 1913. In this diary, he included poetry, which is not featured in his other diaries. A.J. Greene recorded his daily activities, details about the weather, details about his work,…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 16 [December 1, 1914 - July 31, 1915]
Entries for this diary begin on December 2, 1914, and end on July 31, 1915. These entries include information about Greene’s social life, and his work. He wrote daily about what he did the weather, and what his friends had to share with him that day.…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 17 [August 1, 1915 - October 22, 1915]
These diary entries range from August 1, 1915 through October 22, 1915. Greene wrote daily about what he did and what his thoughts are regarding current situations. He also gave information on several community events such as the Conference of the…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 18 [October 23, 1915 - December 12, 1915]
The diary includes entries from October 23-December 12, 1915. Andrew Jackson Greene wrote each day about work on the farm, the weather, church activities, school and business. He also kept record of the people that he visits each day, and community…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 19 [December 13, 1915 - March 12, 1916]
Diary entries from this diary are from December 13, 1915 through March 12, 1916. In this diary many of the entries are about the weather, Appalachian Training School, and Church. He wrote about a new program that he started at the school called the…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 20 [March 13, 1916 - May 14, 1916]
This diary includes entries from each day from May 13, 1916 through June 14, 1916, as well as 18 pages of school notes taken by Greene as he worked at Appalachian Training School. He wrote each day about the weather, the church, the friends that he…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 21 [March 13, 1916 - May 11, 1916]
This diary includes entries from March 1-May 11, 1916. Each day Greene writes about the weather, schoolwork, church, and the friends he visits with. Because this diary was written in the spring, most of the entries are about the weather, how he…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 23 [October 13, 1916 - December 3, 1916]
This diary includes entries from October 13, 1916 through December 31, 1916. Each day Greene writes about the weather, school work, church, and his friends. School is back in session, and he is back in Boone at the Appalachian Training School.
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 25 [March 11, 1917 - May 31, 1917]
This Diary contains entries from March 11-May 31, 1917. He shares his perspective as a local, a teacher, and a church member. He frequently includes his thoughts and opinions about church services, the weather, and his work at Appalachian Training…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 26 [June 1, 1917 - August 31, 1917]
This diary includes 96 pages of entries for each day from June 1-August 31, 1917. He includes much information about Appalachian Training School. He mentions White Hall, a building still on campus at Appalachian State University today. He also…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 27 [September 1, 1917 - November 14, 1917]
This diary includes entries from September 1-November 14, 1917. Greene wrote each day about his work, the weather, and events within the community, especially church events. People mentioned in this diary include Mr. Walker Tatum, B.B. Daugherty John…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 29 [February 20, 1918 - November 18, 1918]
This diary includes entries for each day from February 21-November 18, 1918. Greene wrote each day about the Appalachian Training School and the work he did there. Mentioned in this diary, and still on Campus at Appalachian State University today is…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 30 [November 19, 1918 - March 17, 1919]
This diary has entries for each day from November 1918 through March 1919. He writes his daily activities, his thoughts and opinions on specific events, and important records. This diary gives unique perspective into the life of an Appalachian…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 31 [March 18, 1919 - July 19, 1919]
This diary includes daily entries from March through July 1919. In this diary Greene wrote about his work at Appalachian Training School, the weather, the church events, and members of the community. At this time, Greene was living and working in…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 32 [July 20, 1919 - August 31, 1919]
This is a diary with daily entries by Andrew Jackson Greene from July 20 to August 31, 1919. Greene wrote about his daily activities, the weather, the church, and his work at Appalachian Training School during July and August. Places mentioned in…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 34 [October 9, 1919 - December 6, 1919]
This diary contains daily entries from October 9 through December 6, 1919. This is the diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, where he recorded his thoughts and opinions about things that happened to him during the day, as well as his work at Appalachian…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 35 [December 7, 1919 - February 4, 1920]
This diary includes entries from December 9, 1919 through February 4, 1920. In each entry, he included information about what was happening in the church and in the community. He wrote about his daily work at Appalachian Training School and his…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 36 [February 5, 1920 - March 23, 1920]
This diary includes daily entries from February 5 to March 23, 1920. Many of these entries are about Andrew Jackson Greene’s work at Appalachian Training School. He seemed to be struggling to find the time to get everything done in the first few…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 37 [March 24, 1920 - July 31, 1920]
This diary includes daily entries by Andrew Jackson Greene. These entries are from March 24 through July 31, 1920. In each entry he talks about the weather, church members, visiting his neighbors, and the work he does around the house. He also takes…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 38 [August 1, 1920 - November 24, 1920]
This diary includes daily entries from August 1 through November 24, 1920. Greene wrote each day about the things he did that day, the weather, the church, and his work. He also included his visits with neighbors such as W.W. Campbell, R.A. Thomas,…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 40 [January 28, 1921 - April 12, 1921]
This diary includes entries from January 28 through April 12, 1921. Greene wrote daily about the local churches, his work as a teacher at Appalachian Training School, the weather, and his travels. Dr. Dougherty was a key leader for school, Greene…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 41 [April 13, 1921 - June 30, 1921]
This diary contains daily entries from April 13 through June 30 1921. In this diary, Andrew Jackson Greene continues his daily writings about his everyday life. He includes information about the weather, his work at Appalachian Training School, the…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 42 [July 1, 1921 - August 25, 1921]
This diary includes daily entries day from July 1 through August 25, 1921. Greene wrote about his work as a preacher and as a teacher as well as his travels and visits with neighbors. He also included information about the community from daily life…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 43 [August 26, 1921 - November 13, 1921]
This diary contains daily entries by Andrew Jackson Greene on a range of subjects such as weather, church, school, community events, and travel. The diary contains entries from August 26 through November 13, 1921. Greene travels to a multitude of…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 45 [April 14, 1922 - August 7, 1922]
This diary includes entries from April 14 through August 7, 1922. In the diary Greene recorded his thoughts and opinions in addition to a detailed record of what he did that day. This could range from working at home on the farm, working at the…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 46 [August 8, 1922 - November 10, 1922]
This diary includes writings by Andrew Jackson Greene for each day between August 8th and November 10th in the year 1922. Each day Greene wrote about the things he had accomplished, how he was feeling, and the weather that they were experiencing on…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 47 [November 11, 1922 - February 18, 1923]
Andrew Jackson Greene kept this diary between the dates of November 11, 1922 through February 18, 1923. He wrote in this diary each day. He chose to record his daily activities including work at the school, preaching sermons, studying the Bible,…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 52 [November 7, 1924 - February 18, 1925]
This is a diary kept by Andrew Jackson Greene from November 7, 1924 through February 18, 1925. He includes information about special visitors for chapel, such as Dr. Johnson from Elon College, as well as information about his daily activities. For…
