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Three Western North Carolina Newspapers Added to DigitalNC

27 Jun 2025 3:58 PM | Anonymous

The following is an announcement written by DigitalNC:

A closeup of the masthead and title design of the newspaper Watauga Democrat (Boone, N.C.)

Masthead of the January 28, 1974 issue of the Watauga Democrat

With the help of our partners at the State Archives of North Carolina, the Western Regional Archives (Asheville, N.C.), and the Watauga County Public Library we are excited to announce that new issues of three different newspaper titles are now available on DigitalNC. Represented in these most recent issues is news from Watauga County, Alleghany County, and Buncombe County. These batches are part of the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center’s effort to aid our partners and neighbors in western North Carolina as they continue to address the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Helene last fall. Along with checking in with partners in the immediate aftermath of Helene and creating a disaster recovery resource guide, the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center has prioritized working with new and current partners who have been affected by Hurricane Helene

DigitalNC visitors can now browse new issues of the following newspapers:

A Norfolk and Western Railway advertisement titled "The Fable of the Embarrassed Monkey Wrench". Illustrations of a monkey wrench "head" attached to the body of a human are shown in various scenes as it tries to find its purpose in the railway industry. The monkey wrench is shown whistling in a tool room, looking into a factory, gazing at a crane, and sitting defeatedly on a wooden crate as text boxes narrate the tale of the "embarrassed monkey wrench".A Norfolk and Western Railway ad from the Alleghany News and Star-Times (Sparta, N.C.)

More information about our partner, Watauga County Public Library, can be found on their website here. More materials, including more issues of the Watagua Democrat (Boone, N.C.), another newspaper title, yearbooks, and photographs, can be found on Watauga County Public Library’s contributor page, which is linked here.

More information about our partner, State Archives of North Carolina, can be found on their website here. More materials, newspaper titles, yearbooks, and moving images can be found on the State Archives of North Carolina’s contributor page, which is linked here.

More information about our partner, Western Regional Archives (Asheville, N.C.), can be found on their website here. More issues of The Black Mountain News (Black Mountain, N.C.) can be found on the Western Regional Archive (Asheville, N.C.) contributor page, 

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