APPALACHIAN STUDENT COMMITTEE RECORDS

1972-1973 and undated

East Tennessee State University

Archives of Appalachia

Box 70295

Johnson City, Tennessee 37614

E-Mail: archives@etsu.edu

Telephone - (423) 439-4338

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INTRODUCTION

Title: Appalachian Student Committee Records

Collection Number: Accession No. 531

Physical Description: 1 file folder

Creator: Appalachian Student Committee

Repository: Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Provenance: The Appalachian Student Committee Records were donated to the Archives of Appalachia by Dr. Jean Speer, Center for Appalachian Studies, ETSU, on February 16, 1999.

Access: The collection is open for research.

Processing Information: This collection was processed by Brianne Johnson and opened for research in April 2007.

HISTORICAL NOTE

The Appalachian Student Committee was a group of student activists at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), Blacksburg, Va., in the early 1970s. The committee focused on supporting grassroots organizations locally in Blacksburg, as well as throughout the Appalachian region. The committee was involved with researching topics of concern in Appalachia such as health and welfare, mining, and economic development. The student committee also promoted education of the region within the university community.

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The Appalachian Student Committee Records consist of one file folder of material relating to the activities of the Appalachian Student Committee at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia. The Appalachian Student Committee was highly involved and concerned with social, economic, and environmental issues in their local community as well as throughout the Appalachian region. Materials in the collection include pamphlets, broadsides, meeting agenda, and articles on grassroots organizing efforts in the Appalachian region.

Note: A bibliography on Appalachia was removed and placed in the Appalachian Vertical Files under the heading “Appalachian Region, Southern—Bibliography.” One issue of Mountain Life and Work (June 1972-73) has been removed and placed in the Appalachian Publications Vertical Files under that title.

Important subjects covered in the collection include:

Appalachian Region, Southern—Social conditions

Student movements—Virginia

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University—Students

FOLDER LIST

1. Appalachian Student Committee Records, 1972-1973 and undated