D. D. Dougherty Library, rear, 1962

This image shows the rear addition of D. D. Dougherty Library, built 1935, at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in March 1962. The building had been renovated and extended in 1955 and 1960, with a new front and an addition being added in the rear. The Dougherty Library contained more than 100,000 volumes and housed the Curriculum Library, the Juvenile Library, and the Department of Library Science. It was the main campus library from 1935 to 1969, when the first Belk Library opened.

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Appalachian State University

General Picture File, 2004.040, Box 2, Buildings (Group Photos) F1, C14.1.6.2.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

3/8/1962

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1960s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)

D. D. Dougherty Library (1935)

Series 1 -- Campus and Buildings

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