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Interested in researching Appalachian History? Here are some links to archives and special collections to get you started.


Digital Library of Appalachia

Archives of Appalachia - East Tennessee State University

Digital Collections at Appalachian State University

Kentucky Digital Library

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

Biodiversity Heritage Library

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