Appalachian Alliance Records
Scope and Contents
The Appalachian Alliance Records document various concerns and issues of interest to members of the organization, including Appalachian land ownership, coal mining and other mineral development, mining disasters, health, safety, and environmental issues, among other concerns. Also included are general office files documenting the operations and management of the alliance. Material in the collection includes general office files, financial records, correspondence, newsletters, reports, pamphlets, brochures, and miscellaneous printed matter.
Dates
- 1975-1983
Creator
- Appalachian Alliance (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
10.00 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The collection is arranged into two series, as follows: Series 1, Subject Files, 1975-1983 and undated, and Series 2, Publications, 1977-1983.
Method of Acquisition
The Appalachian Alliance Records were donated to the Archives of Appalachia by Jim Sessions and Joseph A. Szakos, New Market, Tenn., on September 21, 1998.
Processing Information
Mary Dykes completed processing the collection in August 2008.
- Agriculture -- Appalachian Region, Southern Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Economic conditions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social conditions Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Coal mines and mining Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Commission on Religion in Appalachia
- Community development -- Appalachian Region, Southern Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Corporation records Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)
- Kentucky Fair Tax Coalition
- Land use--Appalachian Region Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Ledgers (account books) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Miners--Health and hygiene Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Mines and mineral resources--Appalachian Region Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Personal papers Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Publications (document genre) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Strip mining Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
- Author
- Mary Dykes
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- eng
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
