East Tennessee State University
Archives of Appalachia
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Johnson City, TN 37614-0138
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Title: |
Human Economic Appalachian Development Corporation Records |
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Collection Number: |
Accession No. 68 L. C. No. MS 82-576 |
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Physical Description: |
0.1 linear foot |
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Creator: |
Human Economic Appalachian Development Corporation |
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Repository: |
Archives of Appalachia, East Tennessee State University |
Provenance: The papers of the Human Economic Appalachian Development Corporation were donated to the Archives of Appalachia on December 23, 1979.
Access: The collection is open for research.
Processing Information: Anne Sims completed processing, and the records were opened for research in January 1980.
The Human Economic Appalachian Development Corporation (HEAD) began in 1968 as the Self-Help Task Force of the Commission on Religion in Appalachia, with offices in Knoxville, Tennessee. On June 20, 1974, the Human Economic Appalachian Development Corporation incorporated as a separate coalition of church-related self-help organizations in central Appalachia. Offices for the group were set up in Berea, Kentucky and Abingdon, Virginia. HEAD Housing was formed as a functional branch of HEAD in 1976 to give specific attention to housing problems in the region. Another branch, the Mountain Management Institute, provides training in business management and community leadership.
The avowed goal of HEAD is to reverse poverty and outmigration in central Appalachia through promoting community-based economic and housing development in the region. Its services to members and their affiliates include technical assistance, training, marketing and research services, business planning, and loan packaging. Members include 20 farm and food cooperatives, non-profit housing and manufacturing corporations, and community development corporations. Among HEAD's successes are MATCH, a craft marketing cooperative, and the Citizen's Coal Company, the first community based and owned coal company in the region. In 1979, the group received the National Council of Church's award for best state-regional ecumenical project. HEAD's projects for 1979-1980 include: studies for a Land Bank, a small farm project, and the formation of a regional credit union for member groups.
The papers of the Human Economic Appalachian Development Corporation reflect its organization and activities for 1974-1979.
Citizens Coal Company
Council of the Southern Mountains
David Community Development Corporation
Human Economic Appalachian Development Corporation
MATCH
Mountain Education and Management Institute
Southern Cooperative Development Fund
United States. Farmers Home Administration
The papers of the Human Economic Appalachian Development Corporation reflect its organization and activities 1974-1979. Included are organizational papers, grant application, annual reports, publications, and newsclippings.
1. Charter of incorporation, By-Laws, 1974.
2. Listing of goals for 1980, New World Federation survey of self- help agencies for use by funding organizations, undated.
3. Annual report 1978, brochure reporting HEAD activities 1978-79.
4. Transcript for slide/tape show about HEAD, undated.
5. HEAD newsletter (December 1979), Head Housing newsletter (November 1979), newsclippings (August 1979).
Five photographs of HEAD activities have been placed in the Appalachian Photographic Archives.
*Number following entry refers to folder number in collection.
Appalachian Regional Commission: 3, 5.
Citizen's Coal Company: 3.
Council of the Southern Mountains: 5.
David Community Development Corporation: 4, 5.
HEAD activities: 3, 4, 5.HEAD Board of Directors: 1, 5.
HEAD budget, 1975-1978: 2.
HEAD funding: 2, 3, 5.
HEAD housing: 2, 3, 5.
HEAD member organizations: 3.HEAD staff: 2, 3.
David Hollingsworth: 5.
MATCH: 4.
Mountain Education and Management Institutes: 2-3.
Reverend Ben Poage: 1, 2, 5.Small farm: 2, 3.
Southern Cooperative Development Fund: 3.
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