Audio-Visual Center, 1958, film donation, photo 4

This image shows Encyclopedia Britannica Films, Inc., District Manager Lawton Miles, right, presenting a collection of films to President William Howard Plemmons (1955-1969), center, and Audio-Visual Center Director John A. Pritchett, left, on March 14, 1958 at Appalachian State Teachers College (1929-1967). EBF, Inc., donated a collection of their film library, approximately 1,400 color filmstrips. Encyclopedia Britiannica Films, Inc., was the largested producer of educational films in the 1950s. Seen in the background are film cans on metal racks. The Audio-Visual Center was located in the Education Building, built 1925, and provided technical assistance as well as educational films for students and teachers. This image appears in the March 20, 1958, edition of "The Appalachian."

Faculty

Presidents

Administrators

Plemmons, W. H. (William Howard), 1904-1984

Appalachian State University

Pritchett Collection, 2003.080, Box 5, Lawton Wiles presenting film to Dr. Plemmons March 14, 1958, C14.1.4.5.

University Archives, Appalachian State University

1958-03-14

Appalachian A-V Center

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Photographs

English

Image

1950s

Appalachian State Teachers College (N.C.). Audio-Visual Center

Plemmons, William Howard, 1904-1984. Pritchett, John Alfred, 1925-2008

Education Building (1925)

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

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