Belk Library, Juvenile Collection, circa 1969

This image shows five-year-old Norma Sue Miller pulling a book from a small collection of children's books propped on a table between a set of bricks in the first Belk Library. Library Director W. L. Eury can be seen watching on the right. Eury began working at the library at Appalachian in 1929 and served as the library director from 1945-1970. Belk Library officially opened in 1969. It served as the main campus library until 2005, when it was replaced by the newly constructed Belk Library and Information Commons. It was then known as the Library Classroom Building and in 2009 was rededicated as Anne Belk Hall. The Juvenile Collection was one of four special collections, including the Curriculum Library, Library Science Professional Collection, and the Music Library.

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Eury, William Leonard, 1904-1995

Carol Grotnes Belk Library (1968). Library Classroom Building (1968). Anne Belk Hall (1968)

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