Appalachia.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

Scope and Contents From the Collection:

This collection contains news releases, reports, brochures, flyers, small published and unpublished items, and other ephemeral materials documenting the history, events, customs and social lives of peoples in the Appalachian region of the United States.

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...