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

Resources for APS1704 at Virginia Tech Special Collections and online through Virginia Tech and other institutions.

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Books

  • 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

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