This article appeared in the Volume 4, Issue 3 Winter 2024 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. By Tim Binkley, Head of Special Collections and Archives In July 2023, the Special Collections and Archives (SCA) department of Hutchins Library welcomed Emily Hilliard to our team. Emily is serving as Berea College Folklorist, a newly-funded position. She could have been stationed within other college programs and offices, but it seemed logical to the committee that created the position to give her direct access to SCA staff and resources. Of course, we agreed! Emily is a folklorist, writer, and media producer with degrees…

This article appeared in the Volume 4, Issue 3 Winter 2024 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. A few years ago Bill and Alice Hart donated their private library of Western North Carolina books and materials to Special Collections at UNC Asheville, as the Appalachian Curator reported several issues ago. This year, Bill and Alice Hart continued their generosity by creating the Bill and Alice Hart Internship for UNC Asheville students interested in working with Appalachian archives. The first Bill and Alice Hart Intern began work this semester in UNC Asheville’s Special Collections. Deb Irwin, a history major at UNC Asheville,…

This article appeared in the Volume 4, Issue 3 Winter 2024 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. Kim Larmee is now the Archivist, Records Manager & Liaison Librarian at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. Larmee is a Certified Archivist with a BA in Criminal Justice (minor in History) from Indiana University and an MLIS from the University of Iowa with a Certification in Special Collections. She previously worked at the Iowa Women’s Archive, the Science of Mind Archives and Library Foundation, and the Archive of American Art at the Smithsonian, and also spent a summer in Italy learning paper…