Special Collections and University Archives Resources for APS1704: Economics, Education, Housing, & Transportation

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• Dulaney, Ben. An Economic and Social Survey of Washington County, 1932. Call Number: HC 107 V8 V8 no.17 Spec Large and Newman 3rd floor
• Encyclopedia of Appalachia, 2006. Call Number: F 106 E53 2006 Spec Large
• Industrial Opportunities in the Land of Plenty: Served by the Norfolk & Western Railway, 195-? Call Number: HC 107 V8 N6 1950 Spec Large
• Kennedy, Ralph. An Economic and Social Survey of Wise County, 1928. HC 107 V8 V8 no.11 Spec Large and Newman 3rd floor
• Lilienthan, David. TVA: Democracy on the March, 1944. Call Number: TK 1425 M8 L53 Spec Large and Newman 5th floor
• Norfolk and Western Railroad Company (later Norfolk and Western Railway Company). Annual Reports (incomplete holdings from 1882-1965. Call Number HE 2791 N8122 and HE 2791 N8123 Spec Large
• Pavlick, Anthony. Quality of Rural and Urban Housing in the Appalachian Region, 1964. Call Number: HD 1751 A47 no.52 Spec Large
• Snidow, Francis. An Economic and Social Survey of Giles County, 1927. HC 107 V8 V8 no.8 Spec Genealogy and Newman 3rd floor
• Stuart, Robert C. The People and Economy of the Abingdon Area, 1948. Call Number: HC 108 A2 S8 Spec Large
• Study of High School Dropouts in Appalachia, 1985. Call Number: LC 144 A127 S89 1985 Spec Large
• Van Zandt, G. C. Coal and the Norfolk and Western Railway, 1996. Call Number: TN 805 Z6 N67 1996 Spec Large
• When the Trains Came to Norton, Wise County, in Old Virginia in 1891, 1941. Call Number F 2334 W86 W64 1941 Spec Large
• Withoft, Mabel. Oak and Laurel: A Study of the Mountain Mission Schools of Southern Baptists, 1923. Call Number: BV 25230 W5 1923 Spec Small

• Appalachian Regional Commission Teaching Project Records, 2001-2006 (Ms2011-041). Finding aid available online. 
• Appalachian Student Organizing Committee Collection, 1964-1975 (RG31/14/10). Finding aid available online. 
• Crown Cotton Mills [Dalton, Georgia] Oral History Tapes, 1984-1985 (Ms1988-023). Short description available online. 
• Earl Palmer Appalachian Photograph and Artifact Collection 1880-1989 (Ms1989-025). Finding aid available online. Many photographs from the collection have been digitized and are available online.
• Harris Mountain Schools Collection 1913-1961 (Ms1961-001). Finding aid available online. 
• Industrial Education Association for Southern Mountaineers Collection, 1930, 1936, n.d. (Ms2011-059). Finding aid available online.
• Montgomery Female College Collection, 1875-1892 (Ms2009-013). Finding aid available online. 
• Norfolk & Western Railway and Associated Companies Collection, 1851-1978 (Ms2009-037). Finding aid available online. 
• Schoolmaster's Journal, 1846 (Ms1990-010). Short description available online.  

• Photographs from the Historical Photograph Collection (List of Subjects), 1890s-present.
  • A small portion of this collection, relating to Appalachia generally, is available online.
  • A small portion of the collection relating to railroad, including in Appalachia, is available online.
  • Photographs are organized in folders by topic, a list of which is available in the finding aid. All materials can be viewed by visiting Special Collections when we are open. 
• Postcards from Appalachia, 1901-1941 (Ms2015-032). Finding aid available online. Selected postcards have been digitized and are available online. 
• Preston Leech Glass Slides and Cassette Tape, c.1900-1925, 1994 (Ms1994-003). Short description available online. 
• Virginian Railway Photographs, 1945-1959, undated (Ms2013-015). Finding aid available online.