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Microfiche Collections:

• Appalachian Oral History Collection: a project of Alice Lloyd College
  
• City Directories, Miscellaneous
  Charleston, SC: 1782 - 1860
  Richmond, VA: 1819, 1845 - 1860
  Savannah, GA: 1848-1860
  
  
• Dissertations: 500+ dissertations relating to the Appalachian region
  
• Draper Manuscripts
  Kentucky Papers
  Preston and Virginia Papers
  Tennessee and Kings Mountain Papers
  
• Family History Library (Church of Jesus Christ of Later-Day Saints) 1988
  
• HRAF Files (Human Relations Area Files):
  Cherokee
  Highland Scots
  Mountain Whites
  Rural Irish
  
  
• IGI (International Geneaolgical Index), 1988 edition
  The IGI is an ambitious project undertaken by the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons). They have compiled an index of millions of names from parish registers throughout the world, available on microfiche. While the index is enormous in scope, it is by no means complete.
  
  The IGI is arranged in this order: Country /County /Alphabetically by surname /Chronologically
  Information contained in the Index:
  
  Surname and given name
  Marriages, the spouse's name (women are listed under their maiden name)
  Births/christenings, the parents' names
  Sex (M or F), or (H - husband, W - wife)
  Date and Place (in larger towns, this may be the actual parish)
  
  Type of event:
  A - Adult christening
  B - Birth
  C - Christening
  D - Death/burial
  F - First known child born (if there is no marriage date)
  M - Marriage
  N - Census
  S - Miscellaneous
  W - Will or probate
  
  
• Journals, Miscellaneous
  Cold Mountain Review (1989, 1991-94)
  Valley Leaves (Vols. 1, 8-9)
  (Tennessee Valley Genealogical Societies, quarterly, covering the counties that touch the Tennessee River in Alabama.)
  
  
• Travelers' Accounts of Appalachia, 1540 - 1820

Microfilm Collections:

• Census Records-National Archives, 1860 - 1920 for the Appalachian Region counties
• Census Records-National Archives, 1930 for North Carolina counties
• County Records for three adjacent East Tennessee Counties (including birth, marriage, death certificates, deeds, wills, and, after 1914, vital statistics ):
  Carter
  Johnson
  Washington
  
• County Records for sixteen Western North Carolina Counties:
  Alexander
  Allegheny
  Ashe
  Avery
  Buncombe
  Burke
  Caldwell
  McDowell
  Madison
  Mitchell
  Rowan
  Rutherford
  Surry
  Watauga
  Wilkes
  Yancey
  
  
• Numbered Microfilm (1 - 748):
  To browse the Numbered Microfilm Collection online, go to the Online Catalog, select the Call Numbers search screen, select Local Call Numbers, then type "micf 18" (micf [space] and the number).

  #1-84 Assorted Theses, Dissertations, and Government Documents

#85 Appalachian Oral History, conducted by Alice Lloyd College (4 reels)

#86 Records of the Cherokee Indian Agency in Tennessee, 1801-1835 (14 reels)

#87 Census roll, 1835, of the Cherokee Indians East of the Mississippi and Index to the Roll (1 reel)

#88-126 Assorted Theses, Dissertations, and Government Documents

#127 Collection Of History And Genealogy Of Ashe County (4 reels)

#128-375 Assorted Theses, Dissertations, and Government Documents

#376 Draper Manuscripts:

Boone Papers (7 reels)
Kentucky Papers (7 reels)
North Carolina Papers (1 reel)
Preston Papers (2 reels)
Kings' Mountain Papers (6 reels)
Tennessee Papers (2 reels)

#377 Watauga Co. Census, 1850 (1 reel)

#378 Tennessee Folklore Society Bulletin, 1935-1972 (2 rolls)

#379 Records of the Assistant Commissioner of the State of North Carolina: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 (38 rolls)

#380 Records of the Superintendent of Education for the State of North Carolina : Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, 1865-1870 (15 rolls)

#381 Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers who served in Organizations from the State of North Carolina (25 rolls)

#382 Indexes to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Cherokee Disturbances and Removal in Organizations from the State of Tennessee and the Field and Staff of the Army of the Cherokee Nation [National Archives and Records Service] (2 rolls)

#383 Papers of Zebulon Vance (39 rolls)

#384 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (2 rolls: City of Asheville, City of Boone)

#385-422 Assorted Theses, Dissertations, and Government Documents

#423 Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of North Carolina (25 reels)

#424 Church Book Records for Globe Baptist Church, Caldwell County NC (1 reel)

#425 Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers Who Served During the Cherokee Disturbances and Removal in Organizations from the State of Georgia / National Archives and Records Service, 1972 (1 reel)

#426-486 Assorted Theses, Dissertations, and Government Documents

#487-493 Clingman's Store Ledgers, Huntsville, NC, 1818-1856

#494 Minutes of the Elizabeth Baptist Church, Mt. Croghan, Chesterfield County, SC: (the oldest Baptist church in the Chesterfield Association), 1825-1919 (1 reel)

#495 Fishing Creek Baptist Church, Somerset, KY, 1813-1949 (1 reel)

#496 Educational Development of Ashe County. Thesis, 1929. (1 reel)

#497 Jolts and Scrambles or, "We Uns and our Doin's." 1884. (1 reel)

#498 The Primitive Hymns, Spiritual Songs, and Sacred Poems: Regularly Selected, Classified and Set in Order, and Adapted to Social Singing and All Occasions of Divine Worship, by Benjamin Lloyd. 1845. (1 reel)

#499 Three Forks Baptist Church, Boone, NC: Minutes and Membership Roll, 1801-1974. (1 reel)

#500 FBI File, Highlander Folk School, 1936-1972. (1 reel)

#501 Frets magazine. Cupertino: CA, GPI Publications. v. 1, 1979. (1 reel)

#502 The Lined Hymn Tradition in Selected Black Churches of Eastern Kentucky. Thesis, 1988. (1 reel)

#503 Johnson's Tennessee Harmony: Containing, I. A Copious Introduction to the Grounds of Music; II. The Rudiments of Music...; III. A Collection of the Most Approved Psalm Tunes and Anthems, Selected with Care from the Best Publications Extant, with a Few that are Original, Suited to a Variety of Metres. 1821. (1 reel)

#504 The Easy Instructor or, A new Method of Teaching Sacred Harmony: Containing, I. The Rudiments of Music on an Improved Plan ... II. A Choice Collection of Psalm Tunes and Anthems, from the most Celebrated Authors, with a Number Composed in Europe and America, Entirely new ... Published for the Use of Singing Societies in General, But More Particularly for Those Who Have Not the Advantage of an Instructor. 1813. (1 reel)

#505 Eaton's Baptist Church, Rowan County, NC: Church Records, 1772-1902. (1 reel)

#506-7 Sinking Creek Baptist Church, Johnson City, TN: Church Records, 1803-1963. (2 reels)

#508 Yadkin Baptist Church, Patterson, NC: Church Records, 1787-1946. (1 reel)

#509-554 Assorted Theses, Dissertations, and Government Documents

#555 The Cecil Sharp Autograph Notebook Collection Folk Words, Folk Tunes, Folk Dance Notes and Index. (9 reels)

#556-565 Assorted Theses, Dissertations, and Government Documents

#566 Minutes of the First-Twelfth Annual Meetings and Reunions of the Confederate Veterans. New Orleans: United Confederate Veterans, 1890-1902. (1 reel)

#567 The South and the American Imagination: Mythical Views of the Old South, 1865-1900. Thesis, 1971. (1 reel)

#568 Records of Ante-bellum Southern Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War. Series J, Selections from the Southern Historical Collection, Manuscripts Department, Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Part 14, Western North Carolina. 1992. (10 reels)

#568 [duplicate number] Katúah Journal, 1988-1993. (1 reel)

#569 Analysis of Vegetation on the South Slopes of Peters Mountain, Virginia. Thesis, 1974. (1 reel)

#569 [duplicate number] World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. (reels 3-11, 13, 15, 31-32, 34, 36, 49, 57, 64-72, 75-76, 79-83, 85-86)

#570 World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Maryland. (reels 1-3, 45-46, 54-56)

#570 [duplicate number] A Study of Managerial Decision Making in a Social Responsibility Area: A Case Study of the Tufted Carpet Industry, Dalton, GA. Thesis, 1971. (1 reel)

#571 World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. North Carolina. (reels 2-4, 7-9, 11-13, 16-17, 22, 26-27, 36, 38, 40, 44-47, 56, 62, 65-67, 73, 75, 80)

#571 [duplicate number] The Mosses of West Virginia. Thesis, 1974. (1 reel)

#572 World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Misissippi. (reels 1-3, 7-9, 20-21, 25, 29-30, 34-35, 37-38, 41-42, 50-51, 55)

#572 [duplicate number] Geology of the Humpback Mountain Area of the Blue Ridge in Nelson and Augusta Counties, VA. Thesis, 1971. (1 reel)

#573 World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Tennessee. (reels: 1-13, 19-20, 23-27, 29, 33-39, 43-47, 49, 56, 64-67, 69-70, 73-74, 76-80)

#573 [duplicate number] The Regional Growth Points in Economic Development: A Comparison of West Virginia and West Pakistan. Thesis, 1965. (1 reel)

#574 World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. West Virginia. (reels: 1-59)

#574 [duplicate number] A Study of the Relationship Between Recreation Interest and Participation and Intelligence, Scholastic Achievement, Vocational Interest, and Socio-economic Status of Negro Students Enrolled in the Secondary Public Schools of Eastern Tennessee. Thesis, 1966. (1 reel)

#575-616 Assorted Theses, Dissertations, and Government Documents

#617 Slavery in Ante-Bellum Southern Industries (particularly mining and smelting) 26 reels

Newspapers on Numbered Microfilm:

#618 Taylorsville, NC: The Alexander County Journal. (Sept. 15, 1887 - Feb. 27, 1890) 2 reels

#619 Bakersville, NC (1 reel):
Roan Mountain Republican (1876-1879)
The Mountain Voice (1880)
The Western North Carolina Democrat (1888)

#620 Banner Elk, NC: The Pinnacles (Feb. 1922) 1 reel

#621 Blowing Rock, NC: The Blowing Rocket (June 24, 1949 - Sept. 1, 1950) 1 reel

#622 Bryson City, NC: The Bryson City Times (Jan. 4, 1895 - Dec. 25, 1896) 1 reel

#623 Burnsville, NC: The Eagle (July 10, 1914) 1 reel

#624 North Wilkesboro, NC: Carter's Weekly (Jan. 10, 1919 - July 24, 1924) 3 reels

#625 Cherokee, NC: The Cherokee One Feather (July 14, 1982 - Dec. 23, 1992) 7 reels

#626 Wilkesboro, NC: The Chronicle (Nov, 19, 1890 - Oct. 18, 1911) 7 reels

#627 Cullowhee, NC (1 reel):
Cullowhee Mirror (June 16 - Aug. 29, 1927)
Campus Bell (1937-41)
Faculty Newsletter (Aug. 7, 1963 - June 1, 1970)

#628 Moravian Falls, NC (1 reel):
The Fool-Killer (v.1, 1910 - v.8:1, 1917)
Boomer, NC:
Good News (v.8:2, Aug. 1917 - v.9:9, July 1919)
The Fool-Killer (v.9:10, Aug. 1919 - v.12:7, Nov. 1922)
Pearson's Paper (1923-1924)
Pores Knob, NC:
The Fool-Killer (1925-1929)

#629 The North Wilkesboro [NC] Hustler (May 1899 - June 1957) 14 reels

#630 Jefferson, NC (1 reel):
Mountain Messenger (v.2:17, Feb. 6, 1873)
The Ashe Reporter (v.2:14, Oct. 14, 1892)
The Western Herald (v.1:9, June 20, 1899)

#631 Moravian Falls, NC (1 reel):
Laws' Lash (v.1, Jan. 1910 - v.5, Nov. 1914)
The Lash (1914 - ?)

#633 Marshall, NC: The News-Record (1912-1936) 6 reels

#634 North Wilkesboro, NC: Newsworld (Nov. 12, 1942 - Aug. 26, 1943) 1 reel

#635 North Wilkesboro, NC: North Wilkesboro News (v.2:29, May 11, 1893) 1 reel

#636 Bryson City and Charleston, NC: Swain County Herald (Jan. 3, 1889 - Dec. 18, 1890) 1 reel

#637 Valdese, NC: The Valdese News (Dec. 8, 1938 - Dec. 20, 1950) 5 reels

#638 Boone, NC: Watauga Democrat (Aug. 22, 1888 - Dec. 28, 1944) 13 reels

#639 Cullowhee, NC: Western Carolinian (Sept. 16, 1957 - May 28, 1970) 4 reels

#640 North Wilkesboro, NC: The Wilkes Journal (Jan. 3, 1929 - Feb. 26, 1931) 4 reels

#641 North Wilkesboro, NC (1 reel):
The Index (July 22, 1880 - July 28, 1881
The Mountain Breeze (Jan. 26, 1888)
The Wilkes Patriot (Sept. 29, 1910 - Nov. 24, 1932)

#642 Moravian Falls, NC: The Yellow-Jacket (June 1895-1951) 6 reels

#644 Old Parochial Registers (Births), 1745-1786: County, Roxburgh; Parish, Kelso, Scotland (1 reel)

#645 Old Parochial Registers (Births), 1793-1803: County, Edinburgh; Parish, St. Cuthbert's, Scotland (1 reel)

#646 Blowing Rock, NC: Sundown Times (v.1:1 Aug.8, 1978 - v.3:6, Feb.7, 1980) 1 reel

#647 Blowing Rock, NC: The Mountain Times (v.3:7, Feb. 14, 1980 - v.9:19, Dec. 17, 1986; v.13:23, Jan. 9, 1992 - v.17:22, Dec. 28, 1995) 21 reels

#648-739 Assorted Theses, Dissertations, and Government Documents

#740 Cherokee Indian Reservation, Eastern Band Cherokee Indians, Historical Roll Books (1 reel)

#741 Records Relating to Enrollment of Eastern Cherokee, by Guion Miller, 1908-1910 (12 reels)

#742 Genealogical Column of the Boston Transcript 1921-1941: Genealogical Data, State Vital Records, Family Histories (2 reels)

#743 Alphabetical Cards of Newspaper Clippings: Genealogical Queries and Answers and Genealogical Data from the Genealogical Columns Published in the Boston Transcript and Hartford Times for Various Years and Issues, 1922-1942 (2 reels)

#744 Headquarters Records of Fort Gibson, Indian Territory, 1830-1857 (4 reels)

#745 Draper Manuscript Collection: Virginia Papers (3 reels)

#746 Ratified Indian Treaties, 1722-1869 (reels 1 and 16, + guide {4 p.})

#747 Baptist Associations' Records from the Appalachian Region, 1805-1983. (6 reels)

#748 Muster Rolls and Lists of Confederate Ttroops Paroled in North Carolina (7 reels)

Newspapers on Unnumbered Microfilm:

**Newspapers are listed first by town or city,
then chronologically by date of publication.

• Anderson, SC:
  Highland Sentinel (Calhoun and Anderson, SC): 1840-43 and Anderson Gazette: (12/18/1846 - 12/24/1848) 1 reel
  
  
• Andrews, NC:
  Andrews Journal (7/23/59 - 9/30/93) 6 reels
  
  
• Asheville, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Asheville News (1/9/1851 - 3/28/1883) 3 reels
  North Carolina Citizen (1870-73; 1875-76; 1/3/1878 - 12/23/1880; 1881) 1 reel
  Asheville Register (4/10/1884 - 11/04/1905) 2 reels
  Asheville Citizen (daily) (4/21/1885 - July 1923) 7 reels; (1881-88, weekly) reel 1A;
  (1882-85, semi-weekly) reel 1B; also May 1873 - present (daily)
  Country Homes (10/15/1885 - 12/1/1889) 1 reel
  Daily Sun (5/31/1888 - 8/5/1888) 1 reel
  Asheville Democrat (10/10/1889 - 9/25/1892) 3 reels
  Fuller's Gleaner (2/26/1894 - 12/1896) 1 reel
  Daily Asheville Gazette (10/13/1897 - 12/31/1902) 18 reels
  Asheville Gazette-News (9/2/09 - 12/31/17) 21 reels
  West Asheville News (12/11/42 - 9/27/46) 2 reels
  Native Stone (6/3/71 - 12/12/74) 2 reels
  Green Line (1/1992 - 7/1994) 2 reels

• Banner Elk, NC:
  Banner (2/1/1988 - 2/21/1992) 2 reels

• Brevard, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Sylvan Valley News (11/30/00 - 7/7/16) 8+ reels
  Brevard News (7/14/16 - 8/31/33) 11 reels (nos. 9-19)
  Transylvania Times (9/7/33 - 12/31/92) 79 reels (nos. 20-98)
  
• Canton, NC:
  Canton Enterprise (9/17/20 - 12/18/91) 33 reels
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  
• Cashiers, NC:
  Cashiers Crossroads Chronicle (5/2/84 - 12/30/92) 7 reels
  
• Columbus, NC:
  Polk County News 91/9/02 - 12/23/26) 16 reels
  
• Clyde, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  
• Cooleemee, NC:
  Erwin Chatter (7/1/65 - 12/21/70) 3 reels
  Cooleemee Journal (11/1/44 - 12/1/54) 1 reel
  
• Culler, NC:
  NC Voice Weekly and Pinnacle Era (1893 and 1894) 1 reel
  
• Danbury, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Danbury Reporter (3/24/1872 - 12/30/1992) 14 reels
  
• Elizabeth City, NC:
  Star and Intelligencer (3/26/1882 - 8/10/1833) 1 reel
  
• Elizabethton, TN:
  Misc. newspapers: Elizabethton Republican, The Mountaineer, Tennessee
  Equity, Carter County Banner, The Elizabethton News (no dates given) 1 reel
  Elizabethton Star: Jan 1929 - present
  
• Elkin, NC:
  Elkin Tribune (11/26/42 - 5/10/56) 7 reels
  
• Forest City, NC:
  Free Press (2/24/15 - 1/29/16) 1 reel
  Forest City Courier (10/9/19 - 8/31/83) 98 reels
  
• Fork, NC:
  Hornet (no dates given) 1 reel
  
• Franklin, NC:
  Franklin Press and the Highlands Maconian (11/5/42 - 7/20/39) 3 reels
  
• Franklinton, NC:
  Franklinton Weekly and Franklinton News (no dates given) 1 reel
  Dispatch (7/21/1887 - 7/5/1888) 1 reel
  Franklinton Post (11/26/42 - 5/10/56) 3 reels
  
• Greenville, SC:
  The Mountaineer (1829 - 1891) 12 reels
  
• Granite Falls, NC:
  Granite Falls Press (5/29/52 - 6/2/81) 9 reels
  
• Hayesville, NC:
  Clay County News (9/17/26 - 10/8/43) 2 reels
  Clay County Progress (11/16/51 - 12/27/84) 3 reels
  Mountain Home Companion (6/10/87 - 10/1/93)
  
• Hendersonville, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Western North Carolina Times (1/4/01 - 8/15/24) 12 reels
  French Broad Hustler (1/5/05 - 7/31/19) 13 reels
  also (1914-18) 5 reels
  Hendersonville Daily Herald (8/14/11 - 8/3/12) 1 reel
  Visitor: News of Henderson Co. (10/30/16 - 7/22/19) 1 reel
  Hendersonville News (8/7/19 - 1/28/27) 14 reels
  Hendersonville Times (9/2/24 - 6/30/25) 4 reels
  Times-News (2/1/27 - 12/31/50) 94 reels
  Western Carolina Tribune (6/28/35 - 12/31/71) 24 reels
  Arden-Biltmore-Fletcher-Skyland Tribune (2/22/66 - 8/26/70) 2 reels
  
• Hickory, NC:
  Carolina Eagle (1871 - 1922) 1 reel
  The Piedmont Press (9/10/1873 - 8/14/1886) and The Western Carolinian
  (7/2/1880 - 11/11/1887) 1 reel
  Press and Carolinian (11/17/1887 - 10/11/1900) 11 reels
  The Daily Press (Oct. 5-27, 1876) 1 reel
  The Hickory Mercury (10/22/1896) and The Hickory Times
  (12/2/1892 - 12/21/1898) 1 reel
  The Times-Mercury (3/22/1899 - 12/25/12) 6 reels
  The Hickory Democrat (7/19/06 - 12/23/15) 5 reels
  Daily Record (Sep. 1915-28) 46 reels
  
• Highlands, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Blue Ridge Enterprise (1/3/1883 - 1/22/1885) 1 reel
  Highlander (8-7-1885 - 7/13/1978) 3 reels
  Highlands Maconian (9/17/30 - 4/27/32) 1 reel
  
• Hokeville, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  
• Johnson City, TN:
  Misc. newspapers: (1883 - 1936) 2 reels
  Johnson County News (1918-47) 1 reel
  Johnson County Bulletin (Nov 1948 - Apr 1951) and Johnson County
  News-Bulletin (Jun 1951 - Aug 1954) 1 reel
  Johnson City Press (Jun 1934 - Dec 1942) 26 reels
  Johnson City Press-Chronicle (Apr 1943 - Sep 1985) 563 reels
  
• Jonesville, TN:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Enterprise (6/8/69 - 12/30 92) 11 reels
  
• Kernersville, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Kernersville News (6/15/1883 - 11/22/45) 1 reel
  
• Kings Mountain, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  
• Knoxville, TN:
  Daily Journal and Journal and Tribune (Sep 1886 - Dec 1901) 48 reels
  
• Lenoir, NC:
  The Caldwell Messenger, Daily Evening Lenoir Topic, and
  The Rural Chronicle (1884) 1 reel
  Lenoir Topic (9/29/1886 - 3/26/1919) 6 reels and (4/4/19 - 6/30/50) 24 reels
  Lenoir News-Topic (9/25/1875 - 12/31/1963) 71 reels
  Semi-Weekly News (9/11/00 - 6/20/02) 1 reel
  Lenoir News (10/25/10 - 10/17/11) 1 reel
  Caldwell Co. Weekly Photo News (10/20/38 - 11/23/39) 1 reel
  Hypodermic (3/27/41 - 12/21/61) 2 reels
  Lenoir News-Topic (5/2/55 - 12/31/79) 3 reels (reel nos. 25-27)
  
• Lincolnton, NC:
  Lincolnton Republican (1/23/1840 - 1/27/1853) 2 reels
  Lincolnton Courier (7/30/1845 - 9/20/1895) 4 reels
  Lincolnton Progress (5/7/1873 - 3/11/1882) 2 reels
  Lincolnton Democrat (9/27/1895 - 12/24/1896) 1 reel
  Lincoln Co. News (1/4/07 - 6/17/54) 16 reels
  Lincoln Times (6/20/35 - 5/10/56) 4 reels
  
• Marion, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Marion Record (1/2/1894 - 12/26/1895) 1 reel
  Marion Messenger (11/13/1896 - 12/16/1898) 1 reel
  Marion Progress (12/8/05 - 12/30/54) 45 reels
  
• Marshall, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  The Tobacco Grower (Aug. 20, 1886) and
  The Marshall Weekly Republican (Feb. 6, 1896) 1 reel
  Madison County Record (1902-1910) 2 reels
  also (1/3/02 - 10/27/11) 3 reels
  French Broad News (5/16/07 - 10/26/11) 1 reel
  Madison County Times (1/15/31 - 9/23/31) 1 reel
  
• Mocksville, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Davie Times (2/10/1881 - 10/8/1903) 2 reels
  Davie Record (5/10/1899 - 12/27/50) 40 reels
  Mocksville Herald (1/4/1912 - 12/26/1912) 1 reel
  Mocksville Enterprise (1943 - 1956) 4 reels
  
• Mount Airy, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Pilot News (12/4/1942 - 12/26/1947) 1 reel
  Pilot Piper (10/18/1968 - 12/10/1970) 1 reel
  Mount Airy News (6/4/1870 - 3/1/1946) 3 reels
  Mount Airy Times (12/4/1942 - 2/17/1956) 3 reels
  
• Mountain City, TN:
  Tomahawk (1954 to present)
  
• Morganton, NC:
  Blue Ridge Blade (5/9/1876 - 5/14/1881) 1 reel
  Burke County News (1/13/1899 - 12/28/1900) 2 reels
  Carolina Mountaineer (3/31/1883 - 11/15/1884) 1 reel
  News Herald (3/13/1885 - 1948) 46 reels
  Farmer's Friend (1/12/1898 - 12/22/1898) 1 reel
  Burke County Times (8/9/1917 - 8/1/1918) 1 reel
  
• Murphy, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Cherokee Scout (10/21/1890 - 12/30/1986) 36 reels
  
• New Echota, NC:
  Cherokee Phoenix and Indian Advocate (Feb 1828 - May 1834) 3 reels
  
• Newland, NC:
  Avery Co. News (10/30/52 - 12/25/57) 1 reel
  Avery Journal (1/7/82 - 12/28/95) 11 reels
  
• Newton, NC:
  Newton Enterprise (2/15/1879 - 12/17/1918) 16 reels
  Newton Observer (12/3/42 - 11/17/54) 4 reels
  
• Old Fort, NC:
  Old Fort Dispatch (1/5/78 - 12/24/86) 8 reels
  Old Fort Bulletin (1/4/89 - 12/30/92) 4 reel
  
• Pilot Mountain (see Mt. Airy)
  
• Raleigh, NC:
  Progressive Farmer (2/10/1886 - 12/20/04) 19 reels
  
• Rutherford College, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  
• Rutherfordton, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  North Carolina Spectator and Western Advertiser (3/26/1830 - 2/28/1835) 1 reel
  Mountain Banner (7/20/1848 - 7/30/1850) and
  Rutherford Banner (1881-87) 1 reel
  Rutherford Star (5/2/1866 - 4/20/1872) 2 reels
  Western Vindicator (3/23/1868 - 47/1873 and 7/1/1897 - 3/3/1899) 1 reel
  West-Carolina Record (1/18/1873 - 1/30/1875) and Rutherford Star
  West-Carolina Record (1874-75) 1 reel
  Rutherfordton Tribune (1/9/01 - 12/1/04) 2 reels
  Sun (1/15/03 - 12/24/25) 8 reels
  Rutherford Co. News (1/6/27 - 12/30/54) 28 reels
  
• Salem (see also Winston-Salem), NC:
  Weekly Gleaner (11/25/1828 - 12/29/1829) 1 reel
  Wachovia Moravian (1/1/05 - 12/1/14) 2 reels
  
• Salisbury, NC:
  Yadkin and Catawba Journal (5/20/1828 - 2/17/1834) 1 reel
  
• Shelby, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  New Era (1/26/1887 - 7/5/1889) 1 reel
  Cleveland Press (9/20/28 - 2/8/27) 1 reel
  Cleveland Times (1/3/56 - 2/17/56) 1 reel
  Cleveland Historian (4/14/76 - 9/1/76) 1 reel
  
• Skyland, NC:
  Skyland Post (Jan 1935 - Oct 1988) 68 reels
  
• Sparta, NC:
  Alleghany Times (1/26/33 - 12/26/35) 2 reels
  Alleghany News (2/14/41 - 10/9/97) 24 reels
  
• Spindale, NC:
  Spindale Sun (6/12/41 - 12/28/50) 9 reels
  
• Spruce Pine, NC:
  Mitchell Journal (11/2/78 - 12/27/95) 6 reels
  
• Taylorsville, NC:
  Taylorsville Index (5/8/1890 - 5/7/1891) 1 reel
  Mountain Scout (1/8/13 - 1/3/17) 3 reels
  Taylorsille Times (7/7/27 - 12/25/96) 54 reels
  
• Transylvania Co., NC:
  Transylvania Times (4/3/41 - 3/3/60) 28 reels
  
• Tryon, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  
• Walnut Cove, NC:
  Stokes Record (10/6/38 - 11/28/90) 2 reels
  
• Waynesville, NC:
  Waynesville Courier (3/7/1888 - 2/22/17) 2 reels
  Haywood Enterprise / Western Carolina Enterprise (10/2/08 - 9/7/10)
  Carolina Mountaineer and Waynesville Courier (11/11/17 - 3/5/25) 3 reels
  Carolina Mountaineer (3/12/25 - 10/29/25) 1 reel
  Waynesville Mountaineer (11/12/25 - 2/28/94) 152 reels
  
• Webster, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  
• West Jefferson, NC:
  Skyland Post (1/3/35 - 10/12/88) 68 reels
  Jefferson Times (8/7/78 - 9/29/88) 35 reels
  
• Winston-Salem, NC:
  Misc. papers: 1 reel
  Western Sentinel (1/23/1857 - 5/25/20)
  Daily Leader and Winston Leader (12/1/1880 - 11/12/1881) 2 reels
  Leader (1/9/1883 - 6/9/1885)
  Daily Pilot (8/27/1883 - 1/12/1884) 1 reel
  Business Guide (1/12/06 - 4/26/07) 1 reel
  Twin City Sentinel (1/2/28 - 2/29/28) 1 reel
  Twin City Gold Leaf (9/17/31 - 7/28/32) 1 reel
  Thursday (3/14/40 - 12/25/41) 1 reel
  Winston-Salem--Forsyth Suburbanite (10/5/67 - 3/26/70) 2 reels
  Winston-Salem Suburbanite (4/2/70 - 6/26/85) 9 reels
  Forsyth Weekly News (12/3/69 - 11/11/70) 1 reel
  
• Yadkin Co., NC:
  Yadkin Ripple (1/4/1893 - 12/24/1992) 51 reels

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