Appalachia.

Abstract

This collection is comprised of the organizational and administrative records of the Appalachian Studies Association (formerly the Appalachian Studies Conference) from its inception in 1977.

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...

Scope and Contents

Two prints without text:
1. "Deserted Cabin" (see page 57 in At Home In the Hills)
2. "Mountain Cabin" (see page 67 in At Home In the Hills)

Data from the original mailing box postmarked August 12, 1982: "Spellman - Prints from Linoleum cuts. Mr. Spellman was a worker at Pine Mt. Settlement School and an Artist. The deserted cabin was on Greasy Creek, Harlan Co. Kentucky."

Abstract Born in 1928, Loyal Jones grew up on a mountain farm in western North Carolina. He graduated from Hayesville North Carolina High School in 1945, earned an undergraduate degree in English at Berea College in 1954, and received his masters in English (becoming certified to teach) from the University of North Carolina in 1957. Jones served as Director of the Appalachian Center (now the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center) at Berea College from 1970-1993. Before coming to Berea College as director...