Hinton Rural Life Center (Hayesville, N.C.).

Scope and Contents

This collection is comprised of photographs and microfilmed records (1958-1985) documenting the work of the Hinton Rural Life Center, a North Carolina based Methodist Church mission project which focuses on strengthening small-membership churches.

For a Photograph Index to Part B of the Collection click on the "On Line Images/Records" link below.

Abstract The Settlement Institutions of Appalachia (SIA) was founded in 1970 as a non-profit consortium of private service institutions in South Central Appalachia. Leaders of the twelve founding institutions envisioned it as a mechanism to facilitate exchange of ideas, cooperation in program development and fund raising. The first executive committee of the board of directors consisted of Chairman, John Ramsay - John C. Campbell Folk School; vice-chairman, Robert Fulton - Henderson Settlement;...