Southern Appalachian Collection

Dublin Core

Title

Southern Appalachian Collection

Subject

Appalachia
Local and Regional History

Description

"With the aid of an ESEA Title II grant, Mrs. Elaine Duty, librarian at the John S. Battle High School in Washington County, Virginia created a Southern Appalachian Collection of over 500 titles in the categories of general works, philosophy, religion, social sciences, linguistics, pure sciences, arts and recreation, literature, history, fiction, and reference works.
"In addition to books, the collection includes journals..., maps, pamphlets, sheet music, paintings and pictures, dozens of discs and cassette recordings, slides, films, and filmstrips."
Jim Wayne Miller, Reading, Writing, Region: a checklist, purchase guide, and directory for school and community libraries in Appalachia, 1978

Creator

Mrs. Elaine Duty

Date

1960-1970

Contributor

Ann Cox
Rebecca Blevins

Rights

Washington County Virginia Public Schools

Format

(see Description above)

Type

Document
Moving Image
Still Image
Oral History