Urban Appalachian Council Publications
Scope and Contents
The papers of the Urban Appalachian Council are a collection reports, publications, and papers dealing with the recent immigrants to Ohio urban areas such as Akron, Toledo, and Cincinnati from neighboring rural Appalachian areas. These documents are focused on the socioeconomic, education, health, and settlement patterns of these people from 1960 through 1978. Race relations, labor distributions, religious preferences, and historical backgrounds are also addressed. The collection includes Council publications, working and research papers, case studies, reports, maps, and several pamphlets.
Dates
- 1974-1978
Creator
- Urban Appalachian Council (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
0.50 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Method of Acquisition
The Urban Appalachian Council Collection was given to Archives of Appalachia by Dan McKee, Research Associate, Urban Appalachian Council, October 27, 1978.
Processing Information
David H. Goodin completed the processing and the collection was opened for research on June 26, 1979.
- Appalachians (People) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Ohio--Population Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Rural-urban migration Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Archives of Appalachia Repository
PO Box 70295
344 J.L. Seehorn Jr. Rd.
Johnson City TN 37614 USA
423-439-4338
423/439-4338
archives@etsu.edu
