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Appalachian Literature

• Appalachian Books
• Handbook to Appalachia (available through UT Press)
• Mountain Lit
• Wilma Dykeman, River Writer

EDUCATION:

 At Radford University:

• Department of English, Radford University
• Department of Geography, Radford University
• Department of Geology, Radford University
• Department of History, Radford University
• Department of Sociology and Anthropology , Radford University
• Office of Continuing Education at Radford University

 Other Education links:

• Appalachian Center, Berea College, Berea, KY
• Appalachian Center, Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City, TN
• Appalachian Center, University of Kentucky
• Appalachian Center for Community Service, Emory and Henry College, Emory, VA
• Appalachian Studies Center at Appalachian State University
• Appalachian Studies Association
• Appalachian Studies at Virginia Tech
• Augusta Heritage Center at Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, WV
• Blue Ridge Institute, Ferrum College, Ferrum, VA
• Center for Appalachian Studies and Services at ETSU
• Mountain Heritage Center, Western Carolina University, Culowhee, NC
• National Council of Teachers of English
• Regional Research Institute, West Virginia University

FOLKLIFE AND FOLKLORE:

• American Folklife Center
• American Folklore Society
• Bland County History Archives
• Foxfire Fund
• The Mountain Laurel
• National Storytelling Association
• North Carolina Folklore Society
• Smithsonian Center for Folklife Programs and Cultural Studies
• Virginia Folklore Society
• West Virginia Folklife Center

LOCAL INTEREST:

• Barter Theatre
• New River Historical Society
• Trail of the Lonesome Pine Outdoor Historical Drama

MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITS:

• American Museum of Science and Energy
• Amherst County (Virginia) Historical Museum
• Appalachian Cultural Museum at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC
• Arts Council of the Blue Ridge
• Avoca Museum (Altavista, VA)
• Bland County History Archives at Rocky Gap High School (VA)
• Blue Ridge Institute and Museum at Ferrum College
• Booker T. Washington National Monument (Hardy, VA)
• Carroll Reece Museum (Johnson City, TN)
• Cumberland Gap National Historical Park (KY/VA/TN)
• Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History (VA)
• Department of Historic Resources (VA)
• Edward Cox House (Bluff City, TN)
• Harmon Museum (Woodlawn, VA)
• Historic Crab Orchard Museum (Tazewell, VA)
• John Fox, Jr. Museum (Big Stone Gap, VA)
• Museum of the Cherokee Indian (Cherokee, NC)
• National Trust for Historic Preservation
• New River Trail State Park (Foster Falls, VA)
• Pest House Medical Museum (Lynchburg, VA)
• Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine
• Radford University Art Museum
• Reynolds Homestead (Critz, VA)
• Salem Museum and Historical Society (VA)
• Smithfield Plantation (Blacksburg, VA)
• Smithsonian Institution
• Southwest Virginia Museum (Big Stone Gap, VA)
• Virginia Association of Museums
• Virginia Historical Society
• Virginia Museum of Natural History (Martinsville, VA)
• Virginia Museum of Transportation (Roanoke, VA)
• Virginia's Explore Park (Roanoke, VA)
• William King Regional Arts Center (Abingdon, VA)
• Wolf Creek Indian Village and Museum (Bastian, VA)

MUSIC and STORYTELLING:

• Bluegrass Unlimited
• The Bluegrass Blog
• Carter Family Fold (Hiltons, VA)
• Fiddle Contest Links
• Folklore Productions
• Folk Music
• Galax Old Time Fiddlers' Convention (VA)
• The John Quincy Wolf Collection of Ozark Folksongs
• Mike Seeger
• Nat Reese
• Nickel Creek
• Old Time Slow Jam: Clawhammer Banjo
• Rounder Records

ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY GROUPS:

• Appalachian Community Fund
• Appalachian Events Committee
• Appalachian Regional Commission
• Appalachian Regional Entrepreneurship Initiative
• Appalachian Trail
• Appalachian Trail Conservancy
• Appalachian Women's Alliance
• Coalition For Appalachian Ministry
• COPE (Citizens Organized to Protect the Environment)
• Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition
• Trailplace.com

RESOURCES:

• Appalshop
• Appalachian Coal
• Appalachian Heritage
• Appalachian Studies Association
• Appalachian Studies Bibliography, 1994-1998, From WVU Libraries
• Appalachian Studies Conference
• AppLit: Resources for Readers and Teachers of Appalachian Literature for Children and Young Adults
• Blue Ridge Country Magazine
• Blue Ridge Traditions Magazine
• Encyclopedia of Appalachia
• George Brosi's Appalachian Mountain Books
• Kentucky Humanities
• KYLIT: Kentucky Writers
• National Endowment for the Humanities
• A Selected Bibliography of Scholarship on Appalachia
• Virginia Foundation for the Humanities
• West Virginia Authors

TRADITIONAL APPALACHIAN CRAFTS:

• Berea College Crafts
• Wildcrafting with Ila

Web Resources

• AppLit: Resources for Readers and Teachers of Appalachian Literature for Children and Young Adults
• Digital Library of Appalachia

Women's Studies

• The Women of Appalachia: Their Heritage and Accomplishments: Annual Conference, Zanesville, Ohio