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Articles 1 - 30 of 1469
Full-Text Articles in Appalachian Studies
Charity Begins At Home: A Case Study Of Rural Western Pennsylvania During The Great Depression, Jacob A. Battle, Colin J. Wood, Christian E. Mumpower
Charity Begins At Home: A Case Study Of Rural Western Pennsylvania During The Great Depression, Jacob A. Battle, Colin J. Wood, Christian E. Mumpower
Bound Away: The Liberty Journal of History
Rural Pennsylvania is often neglected when discussing the world-shaping events of the Great Depression. This study addresses a significant gap in historical research by exploring how a small-town in Pennsylvania, New Bethlehem, survived and even thrived during the Great Depression. New Bethlehem, situated in the fertile Redbank Valley, built its settlement on local resources and rural communalism. During the Depression, the townsfolk banded together through wealthy philanthropy, backyard gardens, and homegrown charity to withstand the crippling implications of the event. By examining church records, newspaper archives, and conducting oral interviews, this article reveals the resilience and resourcefulness of rural Pennsylvanian …
Carter County Veterans, Rhonda Sparks P'Simer, Kaitlyn P'Simer
Carter County Veterans, Rhonda Sparks P'Simer, Kaitlyn P'Simer
County Histories of Kentucky
Veterans in the Sparks, Tackett, Roak, and P'Simer families in Carter County, Kentucky.
This Is A War: The 1977-78 Coal Strike And The Fracturing Of The Postwar Social Compact, Christian B. Rowe
This Is A War: The 1977-78 Coal Strike And The Fracturing Of The Postwar Social Compact, Christian B. Rowe
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The 1977–78 coal strike was a landmark moment for the American labor movement. Despite holding out for 110 days with no pay or benefits through a historically severe winter, miners were unable to advance their demands and achieve a progressive contract. By invoking the Taft–Hartley Act to end the strike, Jimmy Carter destabilized the New Deal political coalition by enraging one of its core constituencies and placing the needs of the state over the needs of unionized industrial workers. The BCOA’s immovable position in negotiations was an early sign that the labor-management accord that had governed industrial relations since World …
Morgan County - W. Lynn Nickell Collection Inventory & Finding Aid, Dieter C. Ullrich
Morgan County - W. Lynn Nickell Collection Inventory & Finding Aid, Dieter C. Ullrich
County Histories of Kentucky
An Inventory & Finding Aid for the W. Lynn Nickell Collection housed at the Morgan County Public Library in West Liberty, Kentucky. For more information on how to access the collection contact [email protected] or call (606) 743-4151.
Floyd County - Community Oral History: The Town Of Martin, Chelsey Johnson, Glenda Frye, Jimmy Hammond, Alan Whicker
Floyd County - Community Oral History: The Town Of Martin, Chelsey Johnson, Glenda Frye, Jimmy Hammond, Alan Whicker
County Histories of Kentucky
Transcripts of oral histories conducted by Chelsey Johnson related to the town of Martin, Floyd County, Kentucky in January and February of 2024. Those interviewed included Glenda Frye, Jimmy Hammond, and Alan Whicker.
Coal, Land, And Ideology: Inventions Of Appalachia In The Mind Of The American Ruling Class, Zachary Harris
Coal, Land, And Ideology: Inventions Of Appalachia In The Mind Of The American Ruling Class, Zachary Harris
Undergraduate Honors Theses
Appalachia, itself a difficult to resolutely define region, has undergone the economic forces of colonialism and industrializing capitalism which allow for an excellent case study to apply Gramsci’s theory of cultural hegemony. No American region’s national conception is likely to have been as varied and often misrepresented as that of Appalachia. From the Revolutionary American State’s invention of early white settlers as the virtuous yeoman of the Republic to the modern perception of Appalachia as backwards, conservative, and drug-addled, shifting national economic conditions resulted in a constant invention of Appalachia in congruence. Whenever the people residing in Appalachia, whether Black, …
The Vanishing Frontier: Economic And Social Change In Western North Carolina, 1945-1970, Elisabeth Avery Moore
The Vanishing Frontier: Economic And Social Change In Western North Carolina, 1945-1970, Elisabeth Avery Moore
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This dissertation works to integrate the growth of regional tourism into the existing historiography of economic development in Appalachia and the postwar American South. Regional leaders introduced an economic transition throughout western North Carolina that emphasized the growth of regional tourism. By centering this study on the growth of regional tourism, this research also analyzes regional boosters’ efforts to manufacture and commodify a racialized and classed folk culture within the region for tourist consumption. In the late nineteenth century, journalists and folklorists had emphasized the deviance of mountain life and simultaneously romanticized the area as a land of rugged, white …
A Forgotten Shade Of Blue: Support For The Union And The Constitutional Republic In Southeastern Kentucky During The Civil War Era., Howard Muncy
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This thesis analyzes Southeastern Kentucky’s political and military support for the Union during the Civil War era. In the decades prior to the 1860 election, Kentucky developed deep social and economic ties with all sections of the country. After the secession winter that followed Abraham Lincoln’s presidential election, the statewide population divided and pockets of significant Confederate sympathies emerged. Kentucky’s southeastern counties aligned with the Union at the outbreak of the Civil War because of a strong national identity and the absence of a large slave population. As the war unfolded, Southeastern Kentuckians played an important role in the disruption …
Bourbon County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Bourbon County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names for Bourbon County, Kentucky.
Multiple Streams Framework, Advocacy Coalition Framework, And The Passage Of The National Trails Systems Act Of 1968, Harrison Miller
Multiple Streams Framework, Advocacy Coalition Framework, And The Passage Of The National Trails Systems Act Of 1968, Harrison Miller
Senior Honors Projects
Early American conservation efforts consisted primarily of the federal government seizing large swaths of land in the largely unpopulated western frontiers, away from more concentrated populations, and placing them under federal protection. While many of these became National Parks, to visit them was still mostly available only to the upper class, and they often seemed more like investments in to-be-cultivated land than sincere efforts at environmental conservation. In the eastern U.S., where the population was dense and industrialization was the new norm, federally protected lands were harder to come by. This pattern of federal conservation continued well into the 20th …
Forging A Bluegrass Commonwealth: The Kentucky Statehood Movement And The Politics Of The Trans-Appalachian West, 1783–1792, Christopher L. Leadingham
Forging A Bluegrass Commonwealth: The Kentucky Statehood Movement And The Politics Of The Trans-Appalachian West, 1783–1792, Christopher L. Leadingham
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
In 1893 historian Frederick Jackson Turner first presented his frontier thesis to a group of historians at the World’s Columbian Exposition, a fair honoring the four-hundredth anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ expedition, in Chicago, Illinois. Since then, scholars have long debated the role that the frontier played in shaping the development of the United States. The Kentucky statehood movement emerged at a critical juncture in the early republic’s history, and, when viewed in a transatlantic context, becomes much more important to the development of the United States and larger Atlantic world than what has generally been recognized. Kentuckians found themselves at …
Green County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Green County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Green County, Kentucky.
Lincoln County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Lincoln County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Lincoln County, Kentucky.
Wolfe County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Wolfe County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Wolfe County, Kentucky.
Woodford County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Woodford County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Woodford County, Kentucky.
X - Miscellaneous Kentucky Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
X - Miscellaneous Kentucky Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Miscellaneous Kentucky place names.
Webster County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Webster County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Webster County, Kentucky.
X - Kentucky Community Nicknames, Robert M. Rennick
X - Kentucky Community Nicknames, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Kentucky community nicknames.
Whitley County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Whitley County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Whitley County, Kentucky.
Rowan County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Rowan County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Rowan County, Kentucky.
Todd County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Todd County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Todd County, Kentucky.
Warren County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Warren County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Warren County, Kentucky.
Washington County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Washington County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Washington County, Kentucky.
Robertson County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robertson County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Robertson County, Kentucky.
Wayne County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Wayne County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Wayne County, Kentucky.
Russell County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Russell County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Russell County, Kentucky.
Union County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Union County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Union County, Kentucky.
Simpson County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Simpson County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Simpson County, Kentucky
Shelby County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Shelby County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Shelby County, Kentucky.
Scott County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Scott County - Place Names, Robert M. Rennick
Robert M. Rennick Manuscript Collection
Place names of Scott County, Kentucky.