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Commencement, 1969, addresses, photo 3
 

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Citation

“Commencement, 1969, addresses, photo 3,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed December 3, 2024, https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/8453.


Comments

Harvey Durham

The speaker is President William H. Plemmons. The man fourth from the right is not O.K. Webb but rather is Dr. Nicholas Erneston. Seated from left to right are Unknown, Unknown, Dr. Graydon Eggers (Chairperson of the Department of English), Dr. William C. Strickland (Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences), Dr. Nicholas Erneston (Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts), Dr. Ben Horton (Dean of the College of Education), Dr. Cratis Williams (Dean of the Graduate School) and Unknown. 

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Title

Commencement, 1969, addresses, photo 3

Description

This image shows part of the 1969 commencement ceremony at Appalachian State University (1969-current). A speaker addresses the audience and graduates behind a podium in the Varsity Gymnasium, built 1968, with several other speakers seated in the background, including President William Howard Plemmons (1955-1969), and Dr. Nicholas Erneston, fourth from right. The band can be seen seated in a semicircle in the foreground. Seated from left to right are Unknown, Unknown, and Dr. Graydon Eggers (Chairperson of the Department of English).

Subject

Commencement
Faculty
Plemmons, W. H. (William Howard), 1904-1984
Appalachian State University

Source

General Picture Files, 2004.040, Box 5, Commencement (1969), C14.2.1.5.

Publisher

University Archives, Appalachian State University

Date

1969

Format

JPEG
Photographs

Language

English

Type

Image

Temporal Coverage

1960s

Corporate Names

Appalachian State University

Place Names

Varsity Gymnasium (1968)

Series

Series 2 -- Events

File name

1154_2004_040_A.jpg

Sponsors

The Appalachian State University Historical Photographs Digitization Project is supported with federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.

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contact sheet

Comments

Harvey Durham

The speaker is President William H. Plemmons. The man fourth from the right is not O.K. Webb but rather is Dr. Nicholas Erneston. Seated from left to right are Unknown, Unknown, Dr. Graydon Eggers (Chairperson of the Department of English), Dr. William C. Strickland (Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences), Dr. Nicholas Erneston (Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts), Dr. Ben Horton (Dean of the College of Education), Dr. Cratis Williams (Dean of the Graduate School) and Unknown. 

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