Food Services, sunflower seeds, circa 1965

This image shows John W. Welborn, manager of Food Services, and another man collecting sunflower seeds at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in the 1960s. Welborn can be seen holding the heads of several sunflowers. The man on the can be seen pouring a container of collected seeds into a bag. Welborn was manager of the cafeteria and Food Services from 1939 until 1973. Vivian Welborn taught in the Home Economics Department from 1944 until 1974, and served as a dietician from 1948 to 1963. Welborn Cafeteria was the main dining hall for Appalachian State since 1925, and served food primarily grown from the University's two farms until the early 1960s.

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News Bureau Faculty and Staff Biographical File, 2004.265, Box 9, John Welborn, C11.1.3.3.

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Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Appalachian Food Services

Welborn, John Washington, 1922-2002

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Series 4 -- Faculty and Staff. Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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