Council of the Southern Mountains records 1970-1989.

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Council of the Southern Mountains records 1970-1989.

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The collection consists of administrative and financial records, correspondence, organizational records, news clippings, photographs, audio and visual materials, and publications that document the continuation, progressive change, and disbandment of the Council of the Southern Mountains, 1970-1989. Some of the major topics include the formation of unions, mine health and safety programs, women miners, mine disasters and explosions, Scotia hearings, strikes, textile mills, farm and store cooperatives, solar heating, greenhouses, coal companies, coal company monitoring programs, education, health programs, bookstore, and Mountain Life and Work magazine. Among the groups represented include Poor People's Self-Help Commission, Black Appalachian Commission, Welfare Commission, Health Commission, Citizens for Social and Economic Justice (CSEJ) groups, Appalachian Projects Service Organization (APSO), Virginia Action, Appalachian Development Projects Committee (ADPC), HEAD Corporation, Save Our Cumberland Mountains (SOCM), Welfare Rights Organizations (WRO).

100 linear ft. (268 mss boxes)

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8083709

Berea College, Hutchins Library

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