This article appeared in the Volume 2, Issue 3 Winter 2021 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue.
By Gene Hyde and Liz Harper
In September 2020 Gene Hyde and Liz Harper presented a virtual Ramsey Library Brown Bag Talk at UNC Asheville. Their presentation, “Raising Archival Awareness in a Regional Studies Organization: The Appalachian Studies Case,” was originally accepted for the 2020 Society of North Carolina Archivists’ Conference in March 2020 at Elon University, which was canceled due to COVID. Their presentation describes how archivists led efforts to create a Special Collections Committee in the Appalachian Studies Association and also discusses the creation of the newsletter you’re reading now: the Appalachian Curator. The virtual Brown Bag Talk was presented on Zoom and the recording was placed on the UNC Asheville library YouTube channel.
