UNC Asheville and Mars Hill University co-hosted the 42nd annual Appalachian Studies Association Conference on the UNC Asheville campus, March 14-17, 2019. To celebrate the newly formed Special Collections Committee at ASA, eleven different special collections in Western North Carolina curated and contributed displays to the exhibit. The follow collections participated:
- UNC Asheville
- Mars Hill University
- Western Carolina University
- Appalachian State University
- NC Room, Pack Library
- Western Regional Archives
- Blue Ridge Parkway Archives
- Warren Wilson College
- Biltmore Estate
- Carl Sandburg House
- Swannanoa Valley Museum
