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McConnell Library Card Catalog
McConnell Library Card Catalog
Before libraries used computer programs and electronic catalogs, they depended on the card catalog. In each drawer of the catalog was a group of index cards with call number, title, author, and several bits of cataloging information about the book represented by the card. Patrons would look up a book in the catalog to find the call number so they could go to the book stacks to obtain the book. -
McConnell Library Audio-Visual Equipment Room
McConnell Library Audio-Visual Equipment Room
The library has checked out projectors, screens, and other things needed to use audio-visual material. At the time of this photograph, the Audio-Visual items were checked out from a room on the 4th floor of McConnell Library. In addition to the items available for checkout, in this photograph we can also see the lamination machine that was available for use in the building. -
Conversation with Gurney Norman (1985)
- Creator
- Lanier, Parks
- Norman, Gurney
Conversation with Gurney Norman (1985)
This video is one in a continuing series of interview videos conducted by Parks Lanier, of Radford University's Department of English. In this series, Dr. Lanier interviews featured authors from the yearly Highland Summer Conference held on the campus of Radford University. In this conversation, he talks with Gurney Norman, one of the featured artists of the 8th Annual Highland Summer Conference held in the summer of 1985. The Highland Summer Conference is held yearly and consists of classes, readings and personal interaction with featured Appalachian authors.- Creator
- Lanier, Parks
- Norman, Gurney
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James Still (1985)
- Creator
- Lanier, Parks
- Edwards, Grace Toney
- Still, James
James Still (1985)
Public reading by James Still, one of the featured authors from the 8th Highland Summer Conference held on the campus of Radford University in the summer of 1985. The Highland Summer Conference is held yearly and consists of classes, readings and personal interaction with featured Appalachian authors.- Creator
- Lanier, Parks
- Edwards, Grace Toney
- Still, James
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Conversation with James Still (1985)
- Creator
- Lanier, Parks
- Still, James
Conversation with James Still (1985)
This video is one in a continuing series of interview videos conducted by Parks Lanier, of Radford University's Department of English. In this series, Dr. Lanier interviews featured authors from the yearly Highland Summer Conference held on the campus of Radford University. In this conversation, he talks with James Still, one of the featured artists of the 8th Annual Highland Summer Conference held in the summer of 1985. The Highland Summer Conference is held yearly and consists of classes, readings and personal interaction with featured Appalachian authors.- Creator
- Lanier, Parks
- Still, James
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Auburn United Methodist Church, 1885-1985
- Creator
- Virginia Lawrence
Auburn United Methodist Church, 1885-1985
Auburn United Methodist Church 1885-1985, a 100 year history of the church written by Virginia Lawrence, Part of Virginia Deal Lawrence Scrapbook Collection, Box 34, Folder 1- Creator
- Virginia Lawrence
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Scrapbook 82
- Creator
- Lawrence, Virginia Deal
Scrapbook 82
Scrapbook labeled Historical 1985, containing news clippings primarily from national headlines along with some local history. Items include: Western fires rage, Reagan's tumor malignant, Second treasure found off Florida, Wreck of Titanic found, Quake hits Mexico, Replica of Godspeed makes voyage, Record flooding hits Roanoke, Army remembers Grant centennial, U.S. Soviet summit ends, Fury of a Flood, and many others.- Creator
- Lawrence, Virginia Deal
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McConnell Library Exit Gate
McConnell Library Exit Gate
McConnell Library is built on a hill so the main entrance is on the third floor. This photo shows an unidentified student leaving the library Reading Room with a stack of books. The structure on the left works, in conjunction with a detection device put in each book, to detect theft of library material. -
McConnell Library Reading Room
McConnell Library Reading Room
When a person enters the main entrance and building lobby of McConnell Library they enter a large Reading Room. In this room is the circulation desk, popular journals and selected books. In this photo we see an unidentified student using a campus telephone that is also in this room. -
McConnell Library Card Catalog
McConnell Library Card Catalog
There was a time of transition between when libraries used a physical card catalog and when they used a computer based catalog. During this transition time it seems some items were cataloged in the card catalog and some on fiche. The microfiche catalog would later be used as a backup system when the new electronic catalog was first in use. -
McConnell Library Cataloging Department
McConnell Library Cataloging Department
The cataloging department of McConnell Library in 1985. This department was located on the third floor of the library, and has since been moved to the second floor. This department was responsible for creating records and call numbers for books, serials, videorecordings, sound recordings, and other types of information in the library. -
McConnell Library Circulation Workroom
McConnell Library Circulation Workroom
Next to the circulation desk on the third floor of McConnell Library was a circulation workroom. The machine in this photograph was in that room and was used to sensitize or de-sensitize a detection device installed in each book in the library collection. That device, in conjunction with a detection gate near the exit helped deter theft of library materials. -
McConnell Library Microforms
McConnell Library Microforms
At the time of this photo, the library microforms (both microfilm and microfiche) were housed in the reference area on the alumni side of the third floor. In this photo are machines to read both fiche and film, and some of the cabinets holding the microforms. They were later moved to the 4th, the 2nd, and now the 1st floor of the library. -
McConnell Library Audio-Visual Equipment Room
McConnell Library Audio-Visual Equipment Room
The library has checked out projectors, screens, and other things needed to use audio-visual material. At the time of this photograph, the Audio-Visual items were checked out from a room on the 4th floor of McConnell Library. -
McConnell Library Listening Room
McConnell Library Listening Room
At the time of this photograph, there were two rooms on the 4th floor of McConnell Library devoted to listening to music. Recordings were kept in one room, along with record and tape players. Library patrons would request a recording be played and would then sit in the adjoining room with headphones on to hear it. -
McConnell Library Audio-Visual Equipment
McConnell Library Audio-Visual Equipment
The item in this photograph is for viewing 35mm slides. The slides would be in a round carousel that sits on top of the machine and are then viewed on the screen beneath it. At the time of this photo this equipment was on the 4th floor of McConnell Library. -
Unforgettable Experiences: Dealing with the Flood of 1985
- Creator
- Parr, Matthew T.
- Gibson, Crystal
- Parr, Susan
- Parr, Thomas
- Cox, Ricky
Unforgettable Experiences: Dealing with the Flood of 1985
In this Matthew Parr interviewed his parents, Thomas and Susan Parr, and Crystal Gibson about a flood in Roanoke Virginia in 1985. During the interview, the three interviewees told personal stories of how they dealt with and survived the flood. This interview is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.- Creator
- Parr, Matthew T.
- Gibson, Crystal
- Parr, Susan
- Parr, Thomas
- Cox, Ricky
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Unforgettable Experiences: Dealing with the Flood of 1985, Audio Part 1
- Creator
- Parr, Matthew T.
- Gibson, Crystal
- Parr, Susan
- Parr, Thomas
- Cox, Ricky
Unforgettable Experiences: Dealing with the Flood of 1985, Audio Part 1
In this Matthew Parr interviewed his parents, Thomas and Susan Parr, and Crystal Gibson about a flood in Roanoke Virginia in 1985. During the interview, the three interviewees told personal stories of how they dealt with and survived the flood. This interview is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.- Creator
- Parr, Matthew T.
- Gibson, Crystal
- Parr, Susan
- Parr, Thomas
- Cox, Ricky
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Unforgettable Experiences: Dealing with the Flood of 1985, Audio Part 2
- Creator
- Parr, Matthew T.
- Gibson, Crystal
- Parr, Susan
- Parr, Thomas
- Cox, Ricky
Unforgettable Experiences: Dealing with the Flood of 1985, Audio Part 2
In this Matthew Parr interviewed his parents, Thomas and Susan Parr, and Crystal Gibson about a flood in Roanoke Virginia in 1985. During the interview, the three interviewees told personal stories of how they dealt with and survived the flood. This interview is among projects created by students enrolled in English 446 (initially English 452), “Appalachian Folklore,” 1981-2019, and in graduate level counterparts English 548 and 648 “Appalachian Folk Culture(s)” offered 17 fall semesters between 1987 and 2009. Minimally contain collector’s introduction and analysis, transcribed informant interviews, and excerpted and labeled examples of oral, customary, and/or material folklore/folklife collected primarily within the Appalachian region. Most include also tables of contents, informant information, indexes (outlines) of interviews, photographs, miscellaneous paper items, and indexes of informants, genres, and geographic locations. Accompanying audio recordings (several minutes to 2+ hours). Transferred to McConnell Library Archives & Special Collections from Appalachian Regional and Rural Studies Center, Fall 2013.- Creator
- Parr, Matthew T.
- Gibson, Crystal
- Parr, Susan
- Parr, Thomas
- Cox, Ricky
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- Authors, American3
- Authors, American 20th century interviews.3
- Folklore--Appalachia3
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- Cox, Ricky3
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- Parr, Susan3
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- Still, James2
- Edwards, Grace Toney1
- Lawrence, Virginia Deal1
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