Folklorists Rogers Whitener and Cratis Williams, circa 1960

This image shows Professor Rogers Whitener and Cratis Williams, dean of the Graduate School, sitting in Williams' office at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in the 1960s. Rogers Whitener taught English at Appalachian State since 1959. Williams began teaching at Appalachian State in 1942, and served as dean of the Graduate School from 1956 until 1975. He was acting chancellor for Academic Affairs in 1974, and served as assistant chancellor from 1976 to 1979, and interim chancellor following Herbert Walter Wey's retirement in 1979. Both Whitener and Williams studied and collected Appalachian folklore.

Faculty

English

Williams, Cratis D.

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

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Photographs

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Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Department of English

Williams, Cratis Dearl, 1911-1985. Whitener, Rogers Vance, 1919-

1960-1969

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

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