Community members visit Blue Ridge Community College's Local History Fair in 2023 and 204. (Photos by: Rich Keen.)

Blue Ridge Community College Libraries to Host 2025 Preservation Week

Published March 6, 2025

Featured Photo: Community members visit Blue Ridge Community College’s Local History Fair in 2023 and 204. (Photos by: Rich Keen.)

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The Blue Ridge Community College Library invites the public to celebrate Preservation Week on campus this April 1 – 4, 2025. The planned festivities on two campuses include a documentary showing, discussion, two local history fairs, and Student Life activities.

The American Library Association held the first Preservation Week in 2010 to raise national awareness about the importance of preserving historical and cultural records.

Blue Ridge Community College Library archivist Rachel Quinn said the success of Blue Ridge’s local Preservation Week celebrations since 2023 have underscored the community’s eagerness to preserve history while connecting with one another.

“The enthusiasm we’ve seen around Preservation Week shows us that people are eager to learn more about local history,” said Quinn, “and the fairs provide great venues for us to highlight the work of dozens of organizations from Buncombe, Henderson, and Transylvania Counties.”

As part of Preservation Week, Local History Fairs will be held on Blue Ridge’s Henderson County Campus (HCC) and Transylvania County Campus (TCC). The fairs will feature numerous local organizations ready to discuss and display historical information.

Preservation Week activities are open to the public. Year-round, Blue Ridge’s Henderson County Campus Library is also open to the public.

Preservation Week Public Events:

  • April 1: Documentary and Discussion -Come Hell or High Water: Remembering the Great Flood of 1916, 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m., Library in the Killian Building (HCC)
  • April 3: Local History Fair, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., TEDC Conference Hall (HCC)
  • April 3: Local History Fair, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Library in the Straus Building (TCC)
  • April 4: Library Movie Afternoon, 1 – 3 p.m., Library in the Killian Building (HCC)

As part of Preservation Week, Blue Ridge Community College students are also invited on April 2 to submit recipes at the Henderson County Campus library as part of an 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. event aimed at preserving family and community recipes. The first 100 students to submit a recipe at the event will receive a limited edition sweet potato pie from Towne House Fried Pies in Candler. Further information on these activities will be posted to www.blueridge.edu/student-life.

For more information about the library or this event, community members can visit www.blueridge.edu/library, or call (828) 694-1879 (HCC), or 828-694-1900 (TCC).