History
For those seeking general information about Appalachia, these resources provide insight into specific moments in the history of the region
Prop plane flies over Dow Lake in Strouds Run State Park near Ohio University, 1966
- Athens Mental Health CenterThis collection contains information and documents of the Athens Mental Health Center during its operation. The Athens Mental Health Center was the primary mental health care facility for southeast Ohio from 1874 to 1993.
- Civil War CorrespondenceA collection of mainly Ohioan soldiers, this collection documents life at war and the turmoil of fighting fellow countrymen. Many of these men fought and traveled within the Appalachia mountains as it had the tactical advantage of having higher ground on their enemy.
- Frank Buhla CollectionThe Frank Buhla collection contains papers and photographs from his time as a traveling magician. Buhla took and collected photographs during his travels, some of his collection dates back to the Civil War and beyond.
- Lloyd E. Moore Photograph CollectionLloyd E. Moore Photograph Collection: Includes photographs taken by Lloyd E. Moore, a long-time resident of Ironton, Ohio who later retired to Athens, Ohio. Photographs document people, places, and events in Ironton, Athens, and numerous southeastern Ohio communities with the bulk of images taken from the 1970s to the late 1990s.
- Lyndon B. Johnson's Visit to OU and the War on PovertyIn 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson and his daughter visited Ohio University during his tour across Appalachia to figure out a game plan for the War on Poverty. In this speech, LBJ discusses how colleges and college students could help prevent poverty and help those in poverty.
- Lynn Johnson CollectionPittbsurgh-based photojournalist Lynn Johnson was the first female staff photographer for the Pittsburgh Press where she worked from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. The Johnson collection includes photographs taken with the Press as well as various freelance assignments in the Pittsburgh and Western Pennsylvania region, including material photographed for her first photobook, Pittsburgh Moments (1984).
- William E. Peters PapersWilliam E. Peters was a lawyer, engineer, and surveyor in Athens, Ohio. Peters documented and mapped the southeastern Ohio Landscape, focusing on areas he knew were being damaged or likely to disappear such as Native American mounds and coal mines.
- Ann BaileyRead all about Ann Bailey (1742-1825), Born in England, defended present-day Charleston, WV during the American Revolutionary War, and died in Ohio:
Frank Hill, The True Life of Anne Bailey, 1979;
Virgil A.. Lewis, Life and Times of Anne Bailey : the Pioneer Heroine of the Great Kanawha Valley, 1891;
Livia Simpson-Poffenbarger, editor, Ann Bailey; Thrilling Adventures of the Heroine of the Kanawha Valley; Truth Stranger than Fiction as Related by Writers who Knew the Story, 1907.
- Down Home, Downtown byCall Number: HT384.U5 D65 1996ISBN: 0787220256Publication Date: 1996-02-01A collection of essays on nearly every topic regarding Appalachia. The topics include but are not limited to gender, race, class, infrastructure, literature, culture, migration, prison systems, and art. This rare book has an article for nearly every interest in Appalachian studies.
- Warning in Appalachia; a study of Wirt County, West Virginia byCall Number: HN79.W4 R4Publication Date: 1967A case study of Wirt County that discusses Isolationism and emigration and its effects on Appalachians. This book does not pose a solution for this problem but is a diagnosis of the problem.
- The Women of Appalachia : Their Heritage and AccomplishmentsCall Number: HQ1438.A127 W6 1999xPublication Date: 1999A collection of papers from the first-ever conference on women in Appalachia at Ohio university Zanesville. these writings range from case studies and research to excerpts from memoirs of growing up in Appalachia. these writings cover a variety of subjects from art, food security, family life, homelessness, media, poverty, and more.