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.

Thursday, March 13, 2025, 5:30pm
WCHS Speaker Series: Doris Perry Stam Discusses her New Book on the Doughertys & AppState

Join us in person local historian Doris Perry Stam discusses her recent book, D. D. Dougherty, Lillie Dougherty, and the Early Years of Appalachian State.

The founders of AppState and Mast Store are among Doris Perry Stam’s family roots, all of which grow deeply in Watauga County. Doris grew up in Greensboro, received her Bachelor of Music Education from UNC-Chapel Hill, and started a teaching career beginning at Durham Academy. Doris did graduate studies in vocal performance at the University of Notre Dame, where her late husband, Carl “Chip” Stam, was a professor of music. Later she earned a master’s in theology from Southern Seminary and taught first grade at Highlands Latin School and elementary school art at Sayers Academy—all in Louisville, Kentucky. She also taught fourth grade overseas at Whitman Academy in Amman, Jordan, music at Trinity School of Durham-Chapel Hill, and private piano from her home studio.

Doris resides in Durham, North Carolina, and enjoys grandchildren, church, her goldendoodle, tennis, and horses. One of Chip and Doris’ three children lives in Watauga County—Mike Stam. Seeking to learn of her ancestors led to Doris’ writing and research for her first book, Mountain Educators (2010, out of print), and to her current work, D.D. Dougherty, Lillie Dougherty, and the Early Years of Appalachian State (2024).

Wednesday, October 18, 2023, 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.