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Interested in researching Appalachian History? Here are some links to archives and special collections to get you started.
Archives of Appalachia - East Tennessee State University
Digital Collections at Appalachian State University
Southern Appalachian Digital Collections - Collaboration between Western Carolina University and the University of North Carolina-Asheville
Documenting the American South - University of North Carolina
The Southern Appalachian Archives - Mars Hill University
Bandy Heritage Center for Northwest Georgia - Dalton State College
Digital Public Library of America
Digital Collections at the Library of Congress
Chronicling America - the LOC’s digitized newspaper database
West Virginia and Regional History Center - West Virginia University
Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842 - Digital Library of Georgia
Black in Appalachia - Contains some great resources on the Black experience in Appalachia.
Digital NC - a collection of digitized newspapers from North Carolina
The Southern Historical Collection (Digitized) - UNC’s massive database of digitized sources
Historical Agricultural Census - Good data for states and counties since 1790
Buncombe County Special Collections - Pack Square Memorial Library, Asheville, NC