UPCOMING EVENTS
The following events are open to the public, although membership in the WCHS or special appointment to the Digital Watauga Project Committee is required for voting eligibility on action items at WCHS and Digital Watauga Project Committee meetings.
Flyer for Dr. Emily Kader’s upcoming WCHS Speaker Series talk.
Wednesday, March 5, 2026, 5:30pm
WCHS Speaker Series: Dr. Emily Kader
Join us in person as Anne Belk Distinguished Professor and Curator for Distinctive Collections at Appalachian State, Dr. Emily Kader, discusses the curatorial process of documenting Watauga County’s past through the W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection.
Before her arrival in September 2024, Dr. Kader worked for ten years with the Rare Book Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill. She holds a Master’s degree in Library Science from UNC-Chapel Hill and a PhD in English from Emory University. Her areas of expertise are Irish and Appalachian narrative folklore, the history of the book in Appalachia, and teaching with primary sources.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026, 9:00am
Digital Watauga Project Committee
HYBRID (WCPL Community Room/Zoom)
The agenda for this meeting will be posted three to four days ahead of time and available on the link below.