some resources

Andrew Smith
Interdisciplinary Studies

Resources

Appalachian State University Belk Library: The W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection.
Appalachian State University Libraries. 312 University Drive. P.O. Box 32036. Boone, NC. 28608-2026 Tel: (828) 262-2186. Fax: (818) 262-3001.
The William Leonard Eury Appalachian Collection is a repository for a wide variety of materials related to the Southern uplands. Located on the second floor of Belk Library at Appalachian State University, the Appalachian Collection has more than 37,000 volumes of books and over 200 periodical subscriptions, with special strengths in the social sciences, regional history, folklore, music, religion, genealogy, fiction, and African and Native Appalachia.-The Appalachian State University Library Homepage

Now and Then: Appalachian Museums and Archives. http://cass.etsu.edu/n&t/appmuseums.htm
Although a dying journal, Now and Then serves as a collaborative journal of Appalachian Museums and Archives.

The Appalachian Cultural Museum. University Hall Dr. Boone, NC. (828) 262-3117
The Appalachian Cultural Museum is worth noting due to its local presence and undeniably rich source of visual scholarship. Open to the public since 1989, “Its mission is to provide a continuing reinterpretation of life and culture in the mountains of western North Carolina.”-(Charles A. Watkins, Director)

Ballard, Sandra L. Appalachian Journal. Boone, NC. Center for Appalachian Studies at Appalachian State University. 1972-
A journal compiled by our own Sandra Ballard whose continuous research explores volumes of literature, critical essays, ecological concerns, political conflictions, etc.

Brosi, George. Appalachian Heritage. Berea, KT. Berea College. 1973-
A valuable resource of journals devoted to Appalachian literature and essays.

Ergood, Bruce. Appalachia: Social Context Past and Present. Dubuque, Iowa. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company. 1976-
An upgraded and reinterpreted textbook which is republished throughout the years in devotion to the study of Appalachia.

Hill, Samuel S. Encyclopedia of Religion in the South. Macon, GA. Mercer Publications. 1984.
An encyclopedia with defined, clear, concise representations of religion here in the Appalachians.

Higgs, Robert J. Ambrose N. Manning. Jim Wayne Miller. Appalachia: Inside Out. Knoxville. University of Tennessee Press, 1995.
These two volumes of critical essays and literature devoted to the study of the culture and customs of Appalachia with respect to diversity and change provide a significant addition to the Appalachian collection. Taking into consideration such themes as dialect and language, family and community, and the future of the region as a whole, this collection analyses a collaboration of fiction, poetry, history, literary criticism and folklore to assess the current Appalachian situation.

Hudson, Charles. Mark Reed. Laura Hill King. Journal of Cherokee Studies. Cherokee, NC. Museum of the Cherokee Indian. 1976-
A continuing journal of research and scholarship devoted to the study of the Cherokee.

McNeil, Nellie. Joyce Squibb. A Southern Appalachian Reader. East Tennessee State University. Appalachian Consortium Press. 1988.
Again, another body of collected literature from the area.

Encyclopedia of Appalachia. In progress at the Center of Appalachian Studies at ETSU, this body of knowledge is worth noting in anticipation.

Thernstom, Stephan. Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups. Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard University Press. 1980.
This body of knowledge is specifically important due to its classifying of Appalachia as a separate ethnic group from the rest of the States.

Williams, Cratis. A selected bibliography: The Southern Mountaineer: In Fact and Fiction. New York. New York University Press. 1961.
Cratis Williams’ thesis, The Southern Mountaineer: In Fact and Fiction, serves as the quintessential Appalachian Studies collection. Over sixteen hundred pages in length, Williams drew together an immense volume of research covering over a hundred years of Appalachian literature and history.

Marx, Carl. Capital. Vol. 1.

Matrices of Meaning

Awiakta, Marilou. Selu: Seeking the Corn Mother’s Wisdom. Golden, CO. Fulcrum Pub.1993
An important aspect of Appalachian Studies deals with the Native American population of the surrounding area. This is an important resource that draws many conclusions concerning areas such as politics, nuclear power, gender relations, and dam controversies from Native American culture and Appalachian society as a whole.

Ballard, Sandra L., Patricia L Hudson. Listen Here: Women Writing in Appalachia. Lexington, KT. University Press of Kentucky. 2003.
A valuable resource devoted to women’s writing(literature mostly) in Appalachia. Although brief representations of authors’ works, this resource is valuable to its broad-based comprehensive study.

Billings, Dwight B., Kathleen M Blee. The Road to Poverty: The Making of Wealth and Hardship in Appalachia. New York. Cambridge University Press. 2000.
An impressive collection of research by two sociologists, Billings and Blee argue their interpretation of the impoverishment of Southern Appalachia, through collected research of a specific southern community. An insightful book, The Road to Poverty clearly expresses concern towards the reoccurring pattern of political / industrial exploitation of third world societies, ie. Southern Appalachia. (places “without a history”)

Dunaway, Wilma. Slavery in the American Mountain South. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
A valuable resource on slavery in the Southern Appalachians, this work includes a great deal of statistical data and insights on southern culture as a whole. As well, “One lasting contribution is a permanent electronic archive of her(Dunaway) research materials. This repository includes statistics from census manuscripts and tax records of 215 counties in nine states, numerous slaveholder documents, and slave narratives, some from the WPA Federal Writers Project.”-( Jenny B. Wahl, Department of Economics, Carleton College)

Dunaway, Wilma A. The First American Frontier: Transition to Capitalism in Southern
Appalachia, 1700-1860. Chapel Hill. The University of North Carolina Press. 1996.
An interesting account of the transition from a rural, agricultural society of Appalachia to the more modern capitalistic, industrial region. It’s worth noting however many scholars critique of the portrayal of old Appalachia as being overtly noncapitalist.

Eller, Ronald D. Millers, Millhands, and Mountaineers: Industrialization of the Appalachian South (1880-1930). Knoxville. University of Tennessee Press. 1987.
An impressive body of research devoted to local skilled labor’s role in the industrialization of southern Appalachia.

Gates, Henry Lewis Jr. Colored People: A memoir. New York. Random House, 1994.
An in-depth portrayal of the social strife between African-Americans and the various ethnic groups in southern Appalachia, this memoir, is useful to the study of our cultural development as a whole.

Gaventa, John. Power and Powerlessness: Quiescence and Rebellion in an Appalachian Valley. Urbana, IL. University of Illinois Press. 1980.
Power and Powerlessness is a portrayal of many aspects of Appalachian society, not necessarily associated with coal mining, resisted by local concerns. These concerns dealt with issues such as dam construction, environmental degradation, and tourism development.

Jones, Loyal. Faith and Meaning in the Southern Uplands. Urbana. University of Illinois Press. 1999.
A well-researched and articulated portrayal of religion’s role in the Appalachian region, Loyal Jones again serves to be a quite useful resource in research.

Lewis, Helen Matthews. Linda Johnson. Donald Askins. Colonialism in Modern America: The Appalachian Case. Boone, N.C. Appalachian Consortium Press. 1978.
An important aspect to Appalachian studies deals with the influx of people from various areas of the world during colonialization, its affects on the native populations, and the overall resulting patterns of existence.

Lockard, Duane. Coal: A Memoir and Critique. London. University Press of Virginia. 2000.
A valuable resource of knowledge concerning the coal mining industry of southern Appalachia, including first hand accounts and significant statistics.

McCauley, Deborah Vansau. Appalachian Mountain Religion: A History. Urbana, IL. University of Illinois Press. 1995.
A comprehensive study of Appalachian Religion in context to its apparent role as a counter-stream reaction to Protestant religion.

Mooney, James. History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees. Asheville, NC. Bureau of American Ethnology. 1891.
An unbelievably impressive volume of knowledge concerning the Cherokee. Although somewhat outdated, its collection is irreplaceable to the study of the Cherokee Indian.

Whitson, S. Mont. Sense of Place in Appalachia. Morehead, KY. Office of Regional Development Services. 1988.
A comprehensive study of an underlying characteristic of the Appalachian People, as noted by Loyal Jones: Sense of Place.

Williams, Cratis D. Ed. David Cratis Williams. Patricia D Beaver. Tales From Sacred Wind : Coming Of Age In Appalachia : The Cratis Williams Chronicles. Jefferson, NC. McFarland Press. 2003.
A unique compilation of Cratis Williams’ works by various known writers in the field. With descriptions and critiques, it serves as a useful research tool for the Appalachian Studies department as a whole. Patricia D. Beaver is also worth noting due to her presence here as the head of Appalachian Studies at ASU, a valuable resource.

Williams, John. Appalachia: A History. Chapel Hill, NC. University of North Carolina Press. 2002.
This work gives a general political, economic, and industrial history of the region known as Appalachia. A fine introduction to Appalachian Studies, our local Boone writer and professor, John Williams, accurately portrays many important aspects of Appalachian society and culture.

Williamson, Jerry Wayne. Hillbillyland: what the movies did to the mountains and what the mountains did to the movies. Chapel Hill, NC. University of North Carolina Press. 1995.
This work gives our field an insightful look into the many stereotypical portrayals of Appalachia throughout Hollywood, as well as some introductions to various educationally sound visual representations of the Appalachian region.