Southern Appalachian Archives at Mars Hill College

FAIN: CH-50424-07

Mars Hill College (Mars Hill, NC 28754-9134)
Kathryn Newfont (Project Director: May 2006 to August 2009)
Joanna Tapp Pierce (Project Director: August 2009 to September 2010)
Kathryn Newfont (Project Director: September 2010 to October 2013)

Endowment for the position of director/archivist and for programming in Southern Appalachian History and Culture.

Celebrating its Sequicentennial this year, Mars Hill College proposes to strengthen teaching, research, and public programs in Southern Appalachian History and Culture while drawing on the rich resources of our Appalachian archive. The grant would endow: 1) a Southern Appalachian History and Culture programming fund, and 2) a permanent archivist position to care for the collection, develop an online catalog, and assist faculty and students with use of primary materials. This program builds on efforts to bring together a humanities-based core program with a strong history of regional study, recognizing that place provides a window into national and international issues and that region is best understood comparatively.

Associated Products

Ramsey Center for Regional Studies Director and Archivist for the Southern Appalachian Archives (Staff/Faculty/Fellow Position)
Name: Ramsey Center for Regional Studies Director and Archivist for the Southern Appalachian Archives
Abstract: Mars Hill College hired Dr. Karen Paar as Director of the Liston B. Ramsey Center for Regional Studies and Archivist for the Southern Appalachian Archives. Dr. Paar has done an outstanding job in the position and has led the Ramsey Center and the Southern Appalachian Archives into a new era of professionalism and increased visibility.
Year: 2007
Primary URL: http://www.mhc.edu/ramsey-center
Primary URL Description: This is the website for the Ramsey Center. It offers a brief introduction to the Center's work, all of which Dr. Paar has spearheaded.
Secondary URL: http://www.mhc.edu/ramsey-center/southern-appalachian-archives
Secondary URL Description: This is the website for the Southern Appalachian Archives, which houses archival treasures of national importance, and which Dr. Paar stewards.

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