BRIAN CHISOM PAPERS

East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
Box 70295
Johnson City, Tlennessee 37614

E-mail: archives@etsu.edu
Telephone: (423) 439-4338

INTRODUCTION

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The Brian Chisom Papers were donated to the Archives of Appalachia by Brian Chisom on February 26, 1990.

Access: The papers are open fro research.

Processing Information: Becky Tuthill, Melissa Garant and Scott Schwartz completed processing, and the collection was opened to researchers on February 18, 1991.

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Brian Chisom (1968- ) is a resident of Salem, Virginia and is currently completing his senior year as an English major at East Tennessee State University. As a junior in Dr. Fred Waage's fall 1989 English course, "Literature and Culture of the 1960s," Chisom completed a research paper entitled, "Appalachia in the Sixties: Decade of Reawakening and Change." After the semester was complete, the paper and accompanying audio cassette tape were placed in the archives at the insistence of Dr. Waage.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Brian Chisom Papers consist of a 23-page research paper and a 90-minute audio cassette tape containing commercially produced folk songs that depict the poverty of Appalachia. The paper describes economic, political, and educational issues surrounding the attempts to "revitalize" Appalachia by the federal government during the 1960s.

Important subjects covered in the collection include:

Agriculture assistance, American--Appalachian Region
Appalachian Regional Commission
Education--Appalachian Region
Poverty--Appalachian Region
Strip mining--Appalachian Region

ITEM INVENTORY

1. "Appalachia in the 1960s: Decade of Reawakening and Change," 1989.
2. Songs of Appalachia (audio cassette tape).

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