Appalachian Region -- Social conditions.

Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of sixteen audio recordings and unedited transcripts (of six of the interviews) with former Appalachian Volunteer workers who were assigned to West Virginia, between 1964 and 1967, and then settled in the area after their service ended.These interviews were recorded by Marie Tyler McGraw during the summer of 1982 with the support of an Appalachian Studies Fellowship from the Berea College Appalachian Center. McGraw's article based on this research...

Abstract The Appalachian Volunteers (AV) was one of the most visible and, initially, successful of the War on Poverty projects of the 1960s. At its peak—in the summers of 1966 and 1967—the organization was receiving large amounts of federal funding and had over 500 volunteer workers in the field. Its prominent involvement in social and political reform, the geographic area it served, and the factors contributing to its demise make the records of the Appalachian Volunteers a rich source for the study...