Rogers Whitener Book Signing, 1981, photo 1

This image shows Professor Rogers Whitener of the Department of English at Appalachian State University (1967-current) holding a copy of his book in Boone Drug Store on King Street in Boone, NC, on September 26, 1981. Signs and advertisements can be seen hanging from the ceiling in the background. Whitener was signing copies of "Selections from 'Folk-Ways and Folk-Speech'" (North Carolina Folklore Journal, vol. 29, no. 1, spring-summer 1981). Whitener taught English at Appalachian State from 1959 until his retirement in 1989.

Faculty

English

Appalachian State University

Retired Faculty/Staff Biographical Information Files, 2005.009, Box 3, Whitener, Rogers FF74, C11.2.3.3.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1981-09-26

News Bureau

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Photographs

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Appalachian State University. College of Arts and Sciences. Department of English. Boone (N.C.). Boone Drugs, Incorporated

Whitener, Rogers Vance, 1919-

Boone Drug (1919). King Street (Boone, N.C.)

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

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