Topics in Appalachia

Each semester, the Center hosts a series of campus symposia on a selected topic. The series is intended to stimulate interest in research in and on Appalachia.

History:

Fall 2006: "Discover Appalachia in the Archives"
This series showcased research derived from the Bert T. Combes Collection. Speakers shared their challenges and triumphs of working with one of the most extensive Appalachian archival collections in the region.

Presenters:

Dr. Melanie Goan, University of Kentucky
“’One Has the Right to a Private Life’: The Frontier Nursing Service Collection and Mary Breckinridge's Archival Legacy.” 

Dr. Glenn Taul, Georgetown University, KY
“The papers of John D. Whisman, founding father of the Appalachian Regional Commission”

Dr. Chris Green, Marshall University, WV
“The Text in History and History in the Text: Unearthing Don West's Clods of Southern Earth”
Article in the Kentucky Kernel

Spring 2006: “Many Facets of Coal”