B. B. Dougherty with students

This image shows Blanford Barnard Dougherty shaking hands with a young boy. Dougherty co-founded and served as co-principal of Watauga Academy from 1899 to 1903 with his brother D. D. Dougherty, superintendent of Appalachian Training School from 1903 to 1921, and president of Appalachian State from 1921 to 1955. During his early term at Appalachian, he taught English and pedagogy, and served in numerous capacities on state boards and commissions. He received a Bachelor of Science from Carson-Newman College in 1896 and a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from the University of North Carolina. This image appears in the 1991 Rhododendron (p. 88).

Administrators

Presidents

Dougherty Famimly

Appalachian State University

General Picture File, 2004.040, Dougherty, Dr. B. B., C14.2.5.2

University Archives, Appalachian State University

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Photographs

English

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Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.)

Dougherty, Blanford Barnard, 1870-1957

1930-1939. 1940-1949

Series 3 -- Presidents, Administrators, Benefactors, and Trustees

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