Appalachian land records survey collection 1976-1983.

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Appalachian land records survey collection 1976-1983.

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The collection contains computer punch cards, computer printouts, land plats, newspaper articles, notes, research documents, working papers, correspondence, maps, posters, a reel-to-reel cassette and audio cassettes. Materials illustrate Appalachian-related issues such as agriculture, coal mining, housing, land ownership, land usage, and tourism. The Survey was organized by the Highlander Research and Education Center and conducted by the Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force. Appalachian State University was a primary sponsoring institution. Instrumental individuals were Patricia Beaver, John Gaventa, and Bill Horton.

38.5 linear feet.

Appalachian State University, ASU

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SNAC Resource ID: 7585524

Appalachian State University, ASU

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Appalachian State University. W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection. Archives.

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Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)

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Myles Horton founded the Highlander Folk School in 1932 as an adult education institution based on the principle of empowerment. Horton and other School members worked towards mobilizing labor unions in the 1930s and Citizenship Schools during the civil rights movement beginning in the late 1950s. They worked with Martin Luther King, Jr., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Guy and Candie Carawan, Septima Clark, and Rosa Parks, among others. In 1959, t...

Gaventa, John, 1949-....

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Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force

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Beaver, Pat D.

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Horton, Bill, 1943-

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Appalachian State University. Center for Appalachian Studies

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