British Studies Collections
The Rhinehart Collection: British history and culture, concentrated on the 16th and 17th centuries, from which time many books in the collection date. About 900 volumes.
The Domesday Collection: English history in the Anglo-Norman period (1066-1200), with some of the collection extending farther into the Middle Ages. About 130 volumes.
The Keefe Collection: Records (including many re-prints of Pipe Rolls) from the Middle English period (1066-1485), formerly belonging to Dr. Tom Keefe, late of Appalachian State University.
The Hulme Collection: 17th century British political history, many volumes dating from the time which they cover, formerly belonging to Dr. Harold Hulme, late of New York University and a specialist in the subject addressed. About 60 volumes.
Rare books are available for use in Special Collections' Dougherty Reading Room. To make a research appointment, please contact the Dougherty Reading Room at 828-262-7974 or spcoll@appstate.edu. For more information, please see Make an Appointment to Use Rare Books and Manuscripts.
