Rogers Whitener Book Signing, 1981, photo 2

This image shows Professor Rogers Whitener of the Department of English at Appalachian State University (1967-current) signing a copy of his book for a woman in Boone Drug Store on King Street in Boone, NC, on September 26, 1981. 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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