D. D. Dougherty Library, students, circa 1960, photo 3

This image shows students sitting at tables working in D. D. Dougherty Library, built 1935, at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967) in the 1960s. Periodicals can be seen in shelves on the right. The library housed more than 140,000 volumes by 1967, and included a curriculum library, a juvenile library, and the Department of Library Science. It was the main library at Appalachian State until 1968, when Belk Library opened. The building also housed the Department of Military Science.

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General Picture File, 2004.040, Box 3, D. D. Dougherty Library, C14.1.6.3.

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Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)

D. D. Dougherty Library (1935)

1960-1969

Series 6 -- Colleges, Departments, Offices, and Centers

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