This image shows Doc and Merle Watson performing in front of a group of students in Plemmons Student Union (1967) at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in the 1970s. Doc Watson can be seen sitting second from the right holding a banjo,...
This image shows musicians Merle and Doc Watson rehearsing before their performance at the commencement ceremony in May 1973 at Appalachian State University (1967-current). Doc Watson plays a guitar while sitting on a bench, while Merle Watson...
This image shows musicians Merle and Doc Watson seated in the Varsity Gymnasium, built 1968, during commencement ceremonies in 1973. Arthel "Doc" Watson received a Doctor of Folk Arts degree during the commencement ceremony. Students can...
This image shows Doc and Merle Watson performing in front of a group of students in Plemmons Student Union (1967) at Appalachian State University (1967-current) in the 1970s. Doc Watson can be seen sitting second from the right holding a banjo,...
This image shows Doc Watson performing on a stage at the Horn in the West theater in Boone, NC. Arthel "Doc" Watson received a Doctor of Folk Arts degree in 1973 Appalachian State University (1967-current). The image was taken by the...
This image shows musicians Merle and Doc Watson speaking at Appalachian State University as part of the Artist and Lecture Series. Established in the mid-1950s, Artist and Lecture Series was a program to bring a variety of music, dance, and theater...
This image shows musicians Merle and Doc Watson playing guitars on a stage at Appalachian State University as part of the Artist and Lecture Series. Established in the mid-1950s, Artist and Lecture Series was a program to bring a variety of music,...
This image shows Chancellor Herbert Walter Wey (1969-1979), behind a podium, as two professors stand ready to place the doctoral hood on Arthel "Doc" Watson, second from the right, and Dean of the College of Fine and Applied Arts Nicholas...
Ballads, English -- North Carolina<br>Ballads, Scots -- North Carolina<br>Naval battles -- Songs and music<br>Betrayal -- Songs and
One leaf, handwritten in pencil on the front side. The paper is a Western Union telegram blank. The document is in good physical condition. There is a minor tear at the top edge. There is a significant tear at the right edge. There is another...
Ballads -- United States<br>Murder -- Songs and music<br>Last words -- Songs and music<br>Courtship -- Songs and music
Two leaves, handwritten in pencil on the front sides and handwritten in red ink on the reverse side of the second leaf. The document is in good physical condition. There are pushpin holes at the center edge and upper corners of both leaves. Both...