Special Collections and University Archives Resources for APS1704: Appalachian Literature & Art (about fiction, non-fiction, journals, & printing)
Resources for APS1704 at Virginia Tech Special Collections and online through Virginia Tech and other institutions.
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Books & Journals
- ALCA-lines: Newsletter of the Assembly on the Literature and Culture of Appalachia, v.4, no. 1. Call Number: PS 537 A42 Spec Large
- Encyclopedia of Appalachia, 2006. Call Number: F 106 E53 2006 Spec Large
- Kirk, Stephen. Scribblers: Stalking the Authors of Appalachia, c2004. Call Number: PS 266 N8 K57 2004 Spec Small
- Satterwhite, Emily. Dear Appalachia: Readers, Identity, and Popular Fiction Since 1878, c.2011. Call Number: PS 286 A6 S28 2011 Spec Large
- Vande Brake, Katherine. How They Shine: Melungeon Characters in the Fiction of Appalachia, 2001. Call Number: PS 286 A6 V36 2001 Spec Large
Manuscript Collections
- Lucy Dickinson Urquhart Papers, 1865-1973 (Ms1987-046).
- Lucy Herndon Crockett Papers, 1940-2015, n.d. (Ms2011-032).
- Marvin H. Neel Papers, 1933-1988 (Ms2016-022).
- Mary Sinton Leitch Correspondence with J. J. Lankes, 1932-1950 (Ms2017-001).
- Sherwood Anderson Collection, 1912-1938 (Ms1973-002).
- Sherwood Anderson Correspondence with Llewellyn Jones, 1916-1924, n.d. (Ms2015-044). Digitized collection available online.
- Sherwood Anderson Photograph and Postcard, 1929, 1939 (Ms2011-004).
- Welford D. Taylor Collection on Sherwood Anderson, 1918-2006, n.d. (Ms2015-020).
Media
- Tell It on the Mountains: Appalachian Women Writers, 1995 [sound recording]. Call Number: Cassette 536. Please note: Special Collections does have equipment to listen to this audio recording.