Further Readings

Further Readings

Information About Campus Buildings and Faculty

• "Appalachian State University Course Catalogs." DigitalNC. Accessed May 06, 2019. https://library.digitalnc.org/cdm/search/searchterm/Catalogs%20(documents)!Appalachian%20State%20University/field/format!contri/mode/exact!exact/conn/and!and/order/datea.

  • Collection of archives presented by DigitalNC that provide primary resources in researching the history of Appalachian State University.

• “Appalachian State University Historical Timelines - Campus Buildings: 1920 - 1929 | Special Collections at Belk Library.” Accessed April 17, 2019. http://www.collections.library.appstate.edu/timelines/buildings/1920_1929.

  • Information about when the dormitories were built at Appalachian State University in chronological order.

• Cratis D. Williams, Davis Cratis Williams, and Patricia D. Beaver, “The Cratis Williams Chronicles: I Come to Boone,” Appalachian State University Libraries Digital Collections, accessed April 17, 2019.  https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/items/show/43703#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=0 

  • Cratis D. Williams, fondly referred to as “Mr. Appalachia”, wrote numerous accounts regarding his place in the history of Appalachian State University. His memoirs provide insight to the namesakes of the dormitories seen on Appalachian State’s campus.

• Greta Browning. "Researching University History in the University Archives: Home." LibGuides at Appalachian State University. January 29, 2019. Accessed May 06, 2019. http://guides.library.appstate.edu/university_history.

  • Online directory of resources beneficial in researching the history of Appalachian State University

• "What Are LEED Certification Levels | HLMS Sustainability." HLMS. 2016. Accessed May 04, 2019. http://hlmssustainability.com/leed-certification-levels/

• Guidelines to how college dormitories are ranked based on their environmental impact.

Information About Dormitories’ Namesakes

• Lucius Wedge. "Moses Herman Cone." In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present, vol. 3, edited by Giles R. Hoyt. German Historical Institute. Last modified February 24, 2015. http://www.immigrantentrepreneurship.org/entry.php?rec=227

  • Quick biography of Moses Herman Cone, a notable businessman that was dedicated Cone Hall for his contributions to Appalachian State University.

• Susan Tucker Hatcher. “A Last Gasp: Clyde R. Hoey and the Twilight of Racial Segregation, 1945-1954.” The South is Another Land: Essays on the Twentieth Century South. ed. Bruce Clayton and John A. Salmond (Westport, Connecticut) Greenwood Press. 1987.

  • An interesting read about socialism and its prescence in the American South. The article outlines Hoey Hall’s namesake and his political influence regarding racial equality in North Carolina after the Second World War. A review of the collection of essays can be accessed here at JSTOR.org.

Selected Works by Relevant Individuals

• Edwin Gill, edited by David Leroy Corbitt. Public Papers and Letters of Oliver Max Gardner, Governor of North Carolina: 1929-1933. The Library of the University of North Carolina. Edward & Broughton Co. Online. https://archive.org/details/publicpap19291933nort/page/n9

  • Compiled written records of Gov. Oliver Max Gardner, contributor to public universities in North Carolina.

• Graydon Eggers and King of Scotland James I. Graydon Eggers Manuscript. 1972. http://eds.b.ebscohost.com.proxy006.nclive.org/eds/detail/detail?vid=1&sid=d03cf0f4-6f2d-4000-8958-0d29ebb74cff%40sessionmgr102&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWRzLWxpdmUmc2NvcGU9c2l0ZQ%3d%3d#AN=app.b2283493&db=cat04042a 

  • Professor Eggers’ translation of the Middle English poem Kingis Quair, originally published in 1972. The work was archived in the Special Collection floor of Belk Library in 2002, where it can be accessed.

North Carolina History

• Thad Eure. North Carolina Manual: 1961. The Library of the University of North Carolina. Raleigh. Owen B. Dunn Co. 1961. https://archive.org/details/northcarolinaman1961nort

  • Published work regarding politicians and policical events that include information about John Stanton Coltrane, to whome Coltrane Hall was dedicated.

• William S. Powell. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 4, L-O. Univ of North Carolina Press. 2000.                      https://www.worldcat.org/title/dictionary-of-north-carolina-biography-vol-4-l-o/oclc/47008279 

  • The fourth volume of a collection of works chronicling important people and notable events in the state history of North Carolina.