Guide to Collection 104. Appalachian Land Records Survey Collection, 1976

Guide to Collection 104. Appalachian Land Records Survey Collection, 1976 - 1983

Descriptive Summary

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

Preferred Citation

Acquisitions Information

Processing Information

Biographical Note

Collection Overview

Collection Arrangement

Online Catalog Headings

Container List

Appalachian State University

Contact Information:

Special Collections
Carol G. Belk Library and Information Commons
Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina
28608 USA
Phone: (828) 262-4041
Fax: (828) 262-2553
Email: spcoll@appstate.edu
URL: http://www.library.appstate.edu/appcoll

Descriptive Summary

Repository:	Appalachian State University W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection
Creator:	Appalachian Land Ownership Survey
Title:	Appalachian Land Records Survey Collection, 1976 - 1983
Language of Material:	Material in English
Location:	For current information on the location of these materials, please consult Appalachian State University.
Abstract:	The Appalachian Land Ownership Survey was a study initiated by Appalachian residents in Fall 1978 to examine land ownership patterns, particularly absentee and corporate ownership, and how that affected regional development. The study participants concluded that a disproportionate amount of land owners were absentee and that corporate owners paid a disproportionately low amount of taxes.
	Materials illustrate Appalachian-related issues such as agriculture, coal mining, housing, land ownership, land usage, and tourism and how they affect the Appalachian Region and its residents. The collection contains computer punch cards, computer print-outs, land plats, newspaper articles, notes, research documents, working papers, correspondence, maps, posters, a reel-to-reel cassette and audio cassettes.
Extent:	38.5 linear feet, 43 archival boxes

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Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

An appointment for research is required. No restrictions to access. No Inter-Library Loan. Use of computer print-outs requires outdated formats, which the Special Collections does not maintain.

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Copyright Notice

Standard copyright laws apply. Authors retain copyright.

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Appalachian Land Records Survey Collection, W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina, USA.

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Acquisitions Information

Linda H. Selfridge gave the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey materials to W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection on 4 January 1984.

On 22 August 2000, three documents, entitled "Grant Prospectus: Center for Application [sic] Studies", "Guidelines for Master of Arts Students in Appalachian Studies, Appalachian State University", "Introduction to Appalachian North Carolina", were removed and placed in the Appalachian Studies Collection.

This collection was opened to the public in 2001.

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Processing Information

Processed by Kathryn Staley and several student employees, 2001, revised by Kathy Staley, 2008

Encoded by Kathryn Staley, Rachel Critzer, 2005

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Biographical Note

The Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force conducted the Appalachian Land Ownership Survey in Fall 1978 to examine land ownership patterns, particularly absentee and corporate ownership, and how that affected regional development. The Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force was a coalition of community groups, scholars and individuals associated with the Appalachian Alliance, which served as an umbrella group for many community-based groups. The Appalachian Land Ownership Survey was funded in part by an Appalachian Regional Commission grant and a Needmor Grant. The Highlander Research and Education Center organized the project, and Appalachian State University was a primary sponsoring institution and handled administrative and fiscal details. Instrumental individuals were Patricia Beaver, John Gaventa, and Bill Horton.

The Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force studied 80 counties within the Appalachian counties of Alabama, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia. Beginning in the spring of 1979, the task force created working groups for each of these six states and chose counties for particular concentration. Within these counties, volunteer and paid researchers examined land deeds of plots with 250 acres or more. Researchers noted the amount of land and mineral tax rates as well as other characteristics such as agricultural or industrial usage and absentee, corporate, federal, or local ownership. They also included over 100 socio-economic indicators to correlate indicators to various ownership patterns. Nineteen counties were used as detailed case studies. Research gathered by the task force members was used in the development of two interlinking projects, the seven volume, 1,800 page study Land Ownership Patterns and Their Impacts on Appalachian Communities and Who Owns Appalachia?

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Collection Overview

Collection Arrangement

The Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Collection is organized into six series and eight subseries: Series 104A. Administrative Files, Series 104B. State Surveys, Series 104C. Draft Files (Background Information Subseries, Preliminary Version Subseries, Revised Version Subseries, Typed Manuscripts Subseries, Completed Versions Subseries), Series 104D. Data Records (Land Ownership Profiles Subseries, Grid Records Subseries, Computer Notebooks Subseries), Series 104E. Newspaper Clippings, and Series 104F. Audio-visual tapes.

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Online Catalog Headings

Agriculture -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Sources

Appalachian Region, Southern -- Economic conditions -- Sources

Beaver, Pat D

Coal mines and mining -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Sources

Gaventa, John, 1949-

Highlander Research and Education Center (Knoxville, Tenn.)

Horton, Bill, 1943-

Land tenure -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Sources

Land use, Rural -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Sources

Land value taxation -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Sources

Tourism -- Appalachian Region, Southern -- Sources

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Container List


Collection 104A. Administrative Files Series. (1979-1981)
Administrative Files Series contains documents regarding grant applications, paychecks, receipts, refunds, and book orders. The Center for Appalachian Studies generated the majority of these materials with director Patricia Beaver's role administrative coordinator.
Box	Folder
1	1	Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) Contract, 1977-1980, n.d.
	2	ARC Contract, 1977-1980, n.d.- ARC Contract with Head (letter from Gidez to Beaver); ARC Research Program; Appalachian State Univerisity Stationary; Applicants for Positions [Restricted until 2055] (alphabetical in order of applicant)
	3	ARC Contract, 1977-1980, n.d.- Applicants for Positions (continued) [Restricted until 2055]
	4	ARC Contract, 1977-1980, n.d.- Applicants for Positions (continued) [Restricted until 2055]
	5	ARC Contract, 1977-1980, n.d.- Applicants for Positions (continued) [Restricted until 2055]
	6	ARC Contract, 1977-1980, n.d.- Applicants for Positions (continued) [Restricted until 2055]
	7	ARC Contract, 1977-1980, n.d.- Beaver's Miscellaneous Notes
	8	Budget, 1979-1981- Alliance Contract; Amended Budget; ARC Land Study: Phase I Budget Report; Budget for Alabama; Budget for Central Office; Budget for Kentucky
	9	Budget, 1979-1981- Budget for NC; Budget for Tennessee; Budget for Virginia; Budget for West Virginia; Budget Information; Budget: Overall notes
	10	Budget, 1979-1981- Budget: Personnel Notes; Budget: Revised; Center for Continuing Education; Combined Checks; Computer Print-Outs (Separation sheet)
	11	Budget, 1979-1981- Cumulative Budget Print-out (July 1, 1979 - May 31, 1980)

		Computer Information, n.d.- ARC Land Ownership Study Data Collection Progress Report; Coding Instructions Land Ownership Study; Computer- Tasks: County Profile Aggregate Data List; Data Compilation Report Sept. 10, 1979; Data Received from ARC, Sept. 25, 1979
Box	Folder
2	1	Computer Files, 1980- Data Sheet: Aggregate Socioeconomic Data; Data Systems at ARC; Economic Development: Summary Information and Computer Printouts; Initial Computer Run by ARC, Selected Information; Pertinent Working Documents
	2	Computer Files, 1980- Pertinent Working Documents (continued); Summary List: Aggregate Information: ARC; Summary: Coding Sheets received August 1979 (Communications with J. Linkous: ARC); Summary Information Request: First Computer Run: Case Study Counties

		Contracts

		Corrections
Box	Folder
2	3	Corrections (continued)

		Correspondence
Box	Folder
2	4	Correspondence (continued)

		Correspondence- Interval
Box	Folder
2	5	Correspondence- Phase I Report; State Coordinators

		County Profiles

		Creation

		Critiques of Appalachian Land Ownership Survey
Box	Folder
2	6	Daily Notes- May 1979; May 10, 1979 Meeting; June 1979
	7	Daily Notes- July 1979; August 1979
	8	Daily Notes- September 1979; October 1979; November 1979
	9	Daily Notes- January 1980; February 1980
	10	Daily Notes- March 1980; April 1980; May 1980; June 1980
	11	Daily Notes- June 1980

		Data Collection- Progress Report

		Data Compilation Report

		Dual Employment Forms

		Evaluation

		Follow-up
Box	Folder
3	1	Gaventa Appalachian Land Ownership Survey Paper
	2	Grant Information
	3	Grant Information-Needmor Computer Printouts;

		Grant Information-Needmor Reimbursement [Restricted until 2055]
Box	Folder
3	4	Grant Information- Summer Appraisal Letter

		Grayson County, Virginia Furor, 1982

		Highlander Voucher

		In-kind Expenses

		Invoices
Box	Folder
3	5	Invoices
	6	Invoices
	7	Invoices
	8	Invoices
	9	Invoices
	10	Invoices
	11	Invoices
	12	Invoices
	13	Invoices
Box	Folder
4	1	Invoices
	2	Invoices
	3	Invoices
	4	Invoices
	5	Invoices
	6	Invoices
	7	Invoices
	8	Invoices
	9	Invoices

		John Henry Award

		Key Punch Tabulation
Box	Folder
4	10	Marin County, Kentucky Pre-test

		Miscellaneous Notes
Box	Folder
4	11	Miscellaneous Notes- Includes Bibliography
	12	Miscellaneous Notes- Includes Bibliography
	13	Moretz Response to Watauga Democrat

		Needmor Fund

		News Releases
Box	Folder
5	1	Newsletter and Media Coverage

		North Carolina Data
Box	Folder
5	2	North Carolina Follow-up

		Payroll- Time Sheets [Restricted until 2055]

		Personnel Information [Restricted until 2055]
Box	Folder
5	3	Personnel Information [Restricted until 2055]

		Phase I Report (beginning)
Box	Folder
5	4	Phase I Report (Bibliography - Appendix B)
	5	Phase I Report (Appendix C - Appendix I)
	6	Phase I Report (Appendix J - Appendix M)

		Plan of Work

		Pre-Test for ARC (Watauga County, North Carolina)
Box	Folder
5	7	Progress Report- Receipt of Coding Forms and Key Punching; State Data Collection; Task Force Mailing List

		Proposal
Box	Folder
5	8	Publicity Land Ownership
	9	Publicity Land Ownership
	10	Publicity Land Ownership

		Receipts- Data Processing (3800)
Box	Folder
5	11	Receipts- Freight (3600); Groceries (2200); Highlander Facilities; Miscellaneous Contracted Services; Office Supplies (2600)
	12	Receipts- Office Supplies (2600); Postage (3202)
Box	Folder
6	1	Receipts- Telephone (3201)
	2	Receipts- Telephone (3201)

		Receipts- Travel
Box	Folder
6	3	Receipts- Travel; Travel (3101)
	4	Receipts- Travel (3101)
	5	Receipts- Travel (3101)
	6	Receipts- Travel (3101); Travel - Motor Pool (3105); Travel Approval Copies
	7	Reimbursement Forms
	8	Reimbursement Forms (continued)
	9	Reimbursement Forms (continued)

		Release Forms

		Request for Supplementary Funds
Box	Folder
6	10	Research Data

		Sales

		Sign-up Sheets
Box	Folder
6	11	State Reports
Box	Folder
7	1	State Clearinghouse Approval

		Summary

		Telephone Log
Box	Folder
7	2	Telephone Log (continued)
	3	Telephone Log (continued)

		Tentative List Aggregate Data

		University of Kentucky Contract
Box	Folder
7	4	Warehouse Requisition Supply List
	5	Warehouse Requisition Supply List (continued)

		Water Quality Information
Box	Folder
7	6	Water Quality Information (continued)

		Workshop- Community Organization
Box	Folder
7	7	Workshop- Highlander Meeting, January 12, 1980; Redistribution Workshop, July 18, 1980; Evolution Workshop, July 10, 1981; Mineral Conference (Harrogate)
	8	Workshop- Mineral Conference (Harrogate)
	9	Workshop- Mineral Conference (Harrogate)
	10	Workshop- Mineral Conference (Harrogate)
	11	Workshop- North Carolina PIRG Conference; Rural America Conference, February 8-10, 1981; Washington, D.C.; State Coordinators Workshop, May 10-11,1979; State Coordinators Workshop, September 14, 1979; Training Workshop, May 1979
	12	Workshop- Training Workshop, May 1979; Vista Conference; Watauga County, North Carolina Conference


Collection 104B. State Surveys Series.
State Surveys Series contains county profiles, relevant magazine and newspaper articles, some handwritten drafts and some typed, edited drafts.
Box	Folder
1	1	Outline of State Report
	2	Comments and Suggestions on State Surveys
	3	Alabama- State Overview Report
	4	Alabama- State Overview Report (continued); Rough Draft
	5	Alabama- Working Papers; County Profiles
	6	Alabama- S/N Blount; S/N Cherokee; S/N Cleburne; S/N Cullman; County Case Study Dekalb; S/N Dekalb; Dekalb Rough Draft
	7	Alabama- Dekalb Rough Draft; Dekalb First Draft; Dekalb (revised)
	8	Alabama- Dekalb (revised); S/N Etowan; S/N Fayette; S/N Jackson; S/N Lamar; S/N Marion; S/N Marshall
	9	Alabama- County Case Study Shelby; S/N Shelby; Shelby First Draft
	10	Alabama- Shelby First Draft; S/N Tuscaloosa; County Case Study Walker; S/N Walker
Box	Folder
2	1	Alabama- Walker, Original
	2	Alabama- Walker, First Draft; Case Study Draft
	3	Alabama- Walker, Case Study Draft; Revised Copy #2
	4	Alabama- Winston

		Kentucky- State Ownership Report
Box	Folder
2	5	Kentucky- State Ownership Report; State Report Draft
	6	Kentucky- State Report Draft; Joey's Revised Edition; Childers' Revised Edition
	7	Kentucky- County Profiles
	8	Kentucky- County Profiles
	9	Kentucky- S/N Bell; S/N Breathitt; S/N Floyd
	10	Kentucky- S/N Grayson, Harlan Case Studies
	11	Kentucky- Harlan, Case Study Draft
Box	Folder
3	1	Kentucky- Harlan Case Study Draft (continued); S/N Harlan
	2	Kentucky- S/N Johnson; S/N Knott; S/N Knox; S/N Laurel
	3	Kentucky- S/N Letcher; County Case Study Martin
	4	Kentucky- County Case Study Martin; S/N Martin; Martin Case Study Rough Draft and Interviews
	5	Kentucky- Martin Case Study Rough Draft and Interviews (continued)
	6	Kentucky- Martin Case Study Draft; Greg Campbell, Field Researcher
	7	Kentucky- Martin Revised; S/N Perry; County Case Study Pike
	8	Kentucky- S/N Pike; Pike Case Study Draft
	9	Kentucky- Pike Case Study Draft (continued); State Report Rough Draft
	10	North Carolina- State Report Rough Draft
	11	North Carolina- State Report Rough Draft (continued)
Box	Folder
4	1	North Carolina- State Report Rough Draft
	2	North Carolina- Land Study, State Report Drafts
	3	North Carolina- State Report Drafts (continued)
	4	North Carolina- State Report Drafts (continued); State Report Original copy
	5	North Carolina- State Report Original Copy; State Report Draft Copy #2
	6	North Carolina- State Report
	7	North Carolina- State Report First Draft
	8	North Carolina- State Report Draft; Overview Report; County Profiles
	9	North Carolina- County Profiles (continued)
	10	North Carolina- Case Study Information; S/N Alleghany; S/N Ashe; S/N Avery; S/N Burke; S/N Clay; S/N Haywood; Haywood County Talk; County Case Study Henderson; S/N Henderson
	11	North Carolina- Henderson Draft
Box	Folder
5	1	North Carolina- Henderson Draft (continued)
	2	North Carolina- Henderson Draft (continued); S/N Jackson; S/N Madison; S/N Mitchell
	3	North Carolina- Swain; County Case Study; Swain County Profile
	4	North Carolina- Swain Case Study Draft; Swain First Draft
	5	North Carolina- S/N Swain; Watauga, Pretest; County Case Study Watauga; S/N Watauga; Watauga County Study Draft
	6	North Carolina- Watauga County Study Draft (continued)
	7	North Carolina- Watauga County Draft
	8	North Carolina- Watauga County Draft (continued)

		Tennessee- State Report Rough Draft; State Overview Report
Box	Folder
5	9	Tennessee- State Overview Report (continued); State Report Draft
	10	Tennessee- First Draft
	11	Tennessee- First Draft
Box	Folder
6	1	Tennessee- Profiles
	2	Tennessee- S/N Anderson; S/N Bledsoe; County Case Study Campbell; S/N Campbell; Campbell Draft
	3	Tennessee- Campbell Case Study Draft
	4	Tennessee- Campbell Case Study Draft
	5	Tennessee- Campbell Summary
	6	Tennessee- Cumberland Case Study Draft (continued); Cumberland Original Draft
	7	Tennessee- Cumberland Original Draft (continued); Cumberland Draft
	8	Tennessee- Cumberland Draft (continued)
	9	Tennessee- Cumberland Draft (continued)
	10	Tennessee- Cumberland Draft (continued); S/N Fentress; County Case Study Hamilton; S/N Hamilton; Hamilton Rough Draft
	11	Tennessee- Hamilton Rough Draft (continued); S/N Marion; S/N Rhea; S/N Roane; S/N Scott; S/N Sequatchie
Box	Folder
7	1	Tennessee- Shelby Rough Draft; S/N Van Buren; S/N White

		Virginia- State Report Draft
Box	Folder
7	2	Virginia- State Report Original; Draft
	3	Virginia- Draft (continued)
	4	Virginia- State Report Revised Edition; Weis's State Report
	5	Virginia- State Report Draft
	6	Virginia- State Report Edited Draft
	7	Virginia- State Report Edited Draft (continued); State Report Summary
	8	Virginia- State Report (duplicate sections)
	9	Virginia- S/N Bland; S/N Buchanan; S/N Dickenson; County Case Study Grayson; Grayson
	10	Virginia- Grayson Draft
	11	Virginia- Grayson Draft (continued); Grayson Case Study Draft
Box	Folder
8	1	Virginia- Grayson Case Study Draft; S/N Lee; S/N Russell; County Case Study Scott; S/N Scott
	2	Virginia- Scott Rough Draft; Scott First Draft; S/N Smyth
	3	Virginia- S/N Tazewell; S/N Washington; County Case Study Wise; S/N Wise; Wise Draft
	4	Virginia- Wise First Draft
	5	Virginia- Wise First Draft (continued); Wise (corrected)
	6	Virginia- County Case Study Wythe
	7	Virginia- County Case Study Wythe (continued)
	8	Virginia- S/N Wythe; Wythe First Rough Draft
	9	Virginia- Wythe First Draft (continued)
	10	Virginia- Wythe Case Study Draft
	11	West Virginia- State Report; Ray Morentz Summary; Follow-up Proposal
Box	Folder
9	1	West Virginia- Draft
	2	West Virginia- Draft
	3	West Virginia- Draft
	4	West Virginia- County Profiles
	5	West Virginia- County Profiles (continued)
	6	West Virginia- State Report
	7	West Virginia- State Report Edited Draft; State Report; Notes
	8	West Virginia- Notes (continued)
	9	West Virginia- Notes (continued)
	10	West Virginia- Problem; S/N Braxton; S/N Jefferson; S/N Kanawha; Lincoln Case Study Draft
Box	Folder
10	1	West Virginia- Lincoln Case Study Draft
	2	West Virginia- Lincoln Case Study
	3	West Virginia- Lincoln Case Study (continued); Lincoln Case Study Draft
	4	West Virginia- Lincoln Case Study Draft (continued)
	5	West Virginia- Lincoln; County Case Study Lincoln; S/N Lincoln
	6	West Virginia- County Case Study Logan
	7	West Virginia- County Case Study Logan (continued)
	8	West Virginia- Logan
	9	West Virginia- S/N Logan; Logan
	10	West Virginia- S/N Marion; S/N Marshall; Martin Brief Summary
	11	West Virginia- Martin County Summary Rough Draft; S/N McDowell; S/N Mineral; County Case Study Mingo
Box	Folder
11	1	West Virginia- S/N Mingo; Mingo Case Study Revised Draft
	2	West Virginia- Mingo Case Study Draft (continued)
	3	West Virginia- Mingo Case Study Draft (continued)
	4	West Virginia- Mingo Case Study Draft (continued)
	5	West Virginia- S/N Ohio; S/N Raleigh; S/N Randolph; Case Study Draft Randolph
	6	West Virginia- County Case Study Randolph
	7	West Virginia- County Case Study Randolph (continued); S/N Summers; S/N Wayne


Collection 104C. Draft Files Series.
Background Information Subseries contains materials divided by subjects, agriculture, economic development, housing, and methodology. Folders with relevant background information are organized in the original arrangement.
Preliminary Version Subseries contains initial drafts of the Land Ownership Patterns and Their Impacts on Appalachian Communities manuscript. Some handwritten and some typed
Revised Version Subseries contains revised drafts of the Land Ownership Patterns and Their Impacts on Appalachian Communities manuscript.
Typed Manuscripts Subseries contains additional revised drafts of the Land Ownership Patterns and Their Impacts on Appalachian Communities manuscript.
Completed Versions Subseries contains the revised versions of the Land Ownership Patterns and Their Impacts on Appalachian Communities manuscript.

		Background Information Subseries.
Box	Folder
1	1	Agriculture- Working Notes
	2	Agriculture- Working Notes
	3	Agriculture- Working Notes
	4	Agriculture- Working Notes (continued); Drafts
	5	Agriculture - Drafts (continued)
	6	Agriculture - Drafts (continued)
	7	Agriculture - Drafts (continued)
	8	Economic Development Notes (organized by date)- Alabama; ORBES Study
	9	Economic Development Notes (organized by date)- West Virginia; Kentucky; Virginia
	10	Economic Development Notes (organized by date)-Issues for Section; Industrial Diversification; Individual Socio-Economic Impacts; Statistical Case Studies; Demographic Change; Recreation; Availability of Land; Conceptual/Theoretical Approaches
	11	Economic Development Notes (organized by date)-Historic Development; Coal/Resource Dependency; States' Economic Development for Alabama; Energy Development/Environment (Kentucky)
	12	Economic Development Notes (organized by date)-Energy Development/Environment (Tennessee, West Virginia, Quotes, Newspaper Articles); Juliet Merrifield's "Synthetic Fuel Developments in Appalachian States"; Strip Mine Production
Box	Folder
2	1	Economic Development Notes- Strip-mining; Tentative Issues; Working Papers
	2	Economic Development- Draft Copy #1; Revised Draft
	3	Economic Development- Revised Draft

		Housing- Notes and Drafts (pp. 46 - 35 in reverse order)
Box	Folder
2	4	Housing- Notes and Drafts
	5	Housing- Notes and Drafts
	6	Housing- Notes and Drafts; Graphs
	7	Methodology Section
	8	West Virginia Information- Working PapersWho Owns West Virginia?; Memos; Notes; Who Owns Lincoln County?; Pocahontas Land Corp's Land Conveyances, Ownership
	9	West Virginia Information- Working Papers
	10	Titled Folders- Appalachian Research and Defense Fund, Inc., n.d.; Appalachian Studies Newsletter Notes (Summary of Federal Investment Disclosure Act Reports)
	11	Titled Folders- Appalachian Volunteers Staff Quarterly Reports, 1968; Assorted Comments on Case Studies (DeKalb, Lincoln, Logan, Martin, Pike, Randolph, and Swain Counties' Case Studies Criticisms); Background Literature (Quotes from Sven Lindquist's Land and Power in South America)
	12	Titled Folders- Bardge's Study: Illinois: Today and Tomorrow (Booklets on Community Problems in Illinois); Booklist to Check On; Bureau of Census: State Data Center Program, 1980; Case Study and Other Outlines
Box	Folder
3	1	Titled Folders- Clergy and Laity Concerned "People's Commission on Land and Justice"; Congress for Appalachian Development, 1966-1967 (Minutes 1966 and Speak 1967); Fred Cooper's "Zoning - A Tool for Power"; County Business Patterns, 1977
	2	Titled Folders- Discussion Notes, 1981; Draft ORBES Study (with John [Gaventa?], Gidez and Barnett]; Erik Eckholm's The Disposed of the Earth: Land Reform and Sustainable Development
	3	Titled Folders- For Your Information (regarding Coal Corporations), 1973; Gilbert and Harris' "Corporate Ownership and Rural Poverty", 1978; Susan Huck's "Land Grab" 1977; Journal of Current Social Issues, 1974
	4	Titled Folders- Si Kahn's The Forest Service and Appalachia; Land Counseling Program (Proposal, North Carolina General Assembly Bill Land Survey Questionnaire)
	5	Titled Folders- Land Development Rag and Confluence, 1979; Land Ownership Patterns and Community Development: Alabama; Land Ownership Study: North Carolina (Draft and Notes), 1979
	6	Titled Folders- Land Study Working Notes (Correspondence and Notes)
	7	Titled Folders- Miscellaneous (Pacific News Service on El Salvador Land Reform, Memo); Miscellaneous Notes/Discussions; Natural Hazards in Appalachia
	8	Titled Folders- Plaut's Community Attitudes Survey; Preliminary Notes: Recommendations Section; Resort Fever: Appalachia Georgia Mountains; Schommer: A Critique of Virginia's Mineral Taxation Program
	9	Titled Folders- Stonewall Jackson Dam (Political History, Flyers, and Brochures); Strip-Mine Permits Martin County, Kentucky; Support Data and Public
	10	Titled Folders- Support Data and Public (Boone History, Notes, Watauga County Soil and Water Conservation District); Swain County, North Carolina; "Vanishing Farmlands"; Watauga County Handbook
	11	Titled Folders- West Virginia Community Report : Housing (1973); West Virginia Land Study Newsletter; West Virginia State Land Use Policy
	12	Titled Folders- West Virginia Surface Mining Law (Public Laws)
Box	Folder
4	1	Titled Folders- Who's Mining the Farm?; Who Owns the Land?; Who Owns the Land and Minerals? A Survey of 80 Appalachian Counties
	2	Titled Folders- Who Owns McDowell County? (Brochure); Robert Wise: "Means of Making Land Available for Low-Income Housing"

		Untitled Folders- (Congressional Record) "The Congress for Appalachian Development"; "Planning for People: The Gaspe Project"; Minutes from 1966 Appalachian Development; "Appalachian Light Industrial Village Endeavor (Alive)"
Box	Folder
4	3	Untitled Folders- Letters and Notes of Recommendations, 1967-1982
	4	Untitled Folders- "The Tax School Action Committee"; Various Staff Fliers; Papers; Land Study Follow-up North Carolina; "Black Land Loss"
	5	Untitled Folders- Boon or Boondoggle
	6	Untitled Folders- Highlander Reports (February 1980); The Highlands Voice (December 1978); "Island Creek's Plans for Your Future"; "Preliminary Report: New and Expanded Coal Production in Eastern States by 1985"; "So You Want a Land Use Bill?"; "The South Coast Conspiracy"; "Southern Farms: A Vanishing Breed"; "Institute for Southern Studies: Special Report on Food, Fuel, and Fiber"
	7	Untitled Folders- "50 Top Surface Owners in 80 Appalachian Counties"; "The Feasibility and Design of a Central Appalachian Land Bank"; Oil and Gas Leave; Appalachian Studies Conference, 1980

		Preliminary Version Subseries.
Box	Folder
1	1	County Profile Forms- General Information Research Files

		Brief Summary- Land Study Methodology

		Outlines

		Roughest Draft- Impact Methodology Statement
Box	Folder
1	2	Roughest Draft- Impact Methodology Statement (continued)
	3	Roughest Draft- Impact Methodology Statement (continued)
	4	Chapter 1: "Land as a National Issue"; Revision: Preliminary Draft

		Chapter 1B Studies of Ownership in Appalachia; Rough Draft II
Box	Folder
1	5	Rough Draft II (continued)
	6	Rough Draft II - 1; Preliminary Draft - Preface

		Rough Draft- Chapter II Regional Report Part I
Box	Folder
1	7	Rough Draft- Chapter II Regional Report Part I (continued); Land Ownership and Minerals Early Draft
	8	Draft Chapter IV and V Land Ownership and Economic Development
	9	Draft Chapter V- Property Taxes
	10	Draft Chapter V- Property Taxes (continued)
	11	Draft- Land Ownership Study; Draft Chapter VII Analysis: The Impact of Concentrated Land Ownership
Box	Folder
2	1	Draft Chapter VII Analysis: The Impact of Concentrated Land Ownership

		Draft Chapter VIII Land Ownership and Agriculture; Draft Chapter VIII - Corrected
Box	Folder
2	2	Draft Chapter VIII Land Ownership and Agriculture Corrected (continued)
	3	Draft Chapter VIII Land Ownership and Agriculture Horton Revision
	4	Draft Energy Chapter
	5	Draft Energy Chapter (continued)
	6	Draft Energy Chapter (continued)
	7	Draft Chapter IX
	8	Draft Chapter X
	9	Draft Housing Chapter
	10	Draft Housing Chapter (continued); Draft Tax Chapter
	11	Draft Notes Section
	12	Draft Notes Section (continued); Draft Recommendations Chapter
Box	Folder
3	1	Draft Cumberland County
	2	Draft Tennessee Overview; Follow-up Funding Proposal
	3	Draft Chapter 1 and Summary; Draft Notes (Who Owns the Land? A Primer on Land Reform in the USA)
	4	Draft Chapter 1 and 2 Notes; ARC Critique of Impact Methodology; ARC Land Study Methodology
	5	Draft Methodology
	6	Draft Methodology (continued)
	7	Draft Methodology (continued)
	8	Draft Methodology- Pre-Revision Copy; Phase I Report of ARC Proposal

		Revised Version Subseries.
Box	Folder
1	1	Miscellaneous Corrections
	2	Land Study Preface Revised Draft; Chapters II-IV Revised Draft
	3	Chapter IV Revised Draft
	4	Chapter IV Revised Draft (continued)
	5	Economic Development Draft; Economic Development Draft Copy #2
	6	Economic Development Draft Original
	7	Energy Chapter Revision
	8	Energy Chapter Revision (continued)
	9	Methodology Appendix Revision
	10	Methodology Appendix Revision (continued); Impact Methodology Revision
	11	Alabama State Report- Revision; Follow-up

		Typed Manuscripts Subseries.
Box	Folder
1	1	Alabama Manuscript- Volume II, pp. 0-8/46
	2	Alabama Manuscript- pp. 9/47-Blount County, Alabama
	3	Alabama Manuscript- Blount County, Alabama (continued)
	4	Alabama Manuscript- Lamar County, Alabama-Winston County, Alabama
	5	Kentucky Manuscript- Volume III, pp. 0-63
	6	Kentucky Manuscript- Volume III, p. 1/65-9/133
	7	Kentucky Manuscript- Volume III, pp. 10/134-Letcher County, Kentucky
	8	Kentucky Manuscript- Martin County, Kentucky-Pike County, Kentucky
	9	Kentucky Bound Manuscript
	10	North Carolina Manuscript- pp. 1-16/63
	11	North Carolina Manuscript- pp.17/64-35/133
Box	Folder
2	1	North Carolina Manuscript- Volume III, pp. 36/134-Jackson County, North Carolina
	2	North Carolina Manuscript- Volume III, Jackson County, North Carolina- Watauga County, North Carolina

		Tennessee Manuscript- Volume V, pp. 0-17
Box	Folder
2	3	Tennessee Manuscript- Volume V, pp. 18-27/64
	4	Tennessee Manuscript- Volume V, pp. 0/65-Hamilton County, Tennessee
	5	Tennessee Manuscript- Volume V, Hamilton County, Tennessee-White County, Tennessee
	6	Virginia Manuscript- Volume VI, pp. 0-65
	7	Virginia Manuscript- Volume VI, pp. 66-16/158
	8	Virginia Manuscript- Volume VI, pp. 17/159-2/205
	9	Virginia Manuscript- Volume VI, pp. 3/206-Lee County, Virginia
	10	Virginia Manuscript- Volume VI, pp. Lee County, Virginia-Wythe County, Virginia
	11	West Virginia Manuscript- Volume VII, pp. 0-60
Box	Folder
3	1	West Virginia Manuscript- Volume VII, pp. 61-28/107
	2	West Virginia Manuscript- Volume VII, pp. 29/108-33/166
	3	West Virginia Manuscript- Volume VII, pp. 34/167-225
	4	West Virginia Manuscript- Volume VII, pp. 1/226-McDowell County, West Virginia
	5	West Virginia Manuscript- Volume VII, McDowell County, West Virginia-Wayne County, West Virginia

		Completed Versions Subseries.
Box	Folder
1	1	Who Owns Appalachia?, edited
	2	Who Owns Appalachia?, pp. 3-25
	3	Who Owns Appalachia?, edited: pp. 26-80
	4	Who Owns Appalachia?, edited: pp. 81-Footnotes
	5	Who Owns Appalachia?, edited: Index-p. 53
	6	Who Owns Appalachia?, edited: pp. 54-114
	7	Who Owns Appalachia?, edited: pp. 115-182
	8	Who Owns Appalachia?, edited: pp. 183-19
	9	Landownership in Appalachia, original page proofs: pp. 0-70
	10	Landownership in Appalachia, original page proofs: pp. 71-155
	11	Landownership in Appalachia, original page proofs: pp.157-215
	12	Landownership in Appalachia, corrected page proofs: pp. 0-66
	13	Landownership in Appalachia, corrected page proofs: pp. 67-139
Box	Folder
2	1	Landownership in Appalachia?, corrected page proofs
	2	Landownership in Appalachia?, corrected page proofs (continued)
	3	Landownership in Appalachia?, corrected page proofs: "Indexing Your Book", North Carolina pp. 0-27/125
	4	Landownership in Appalachia?, corrected page proofs: North Carolina pp. 28/136-55/153; Chapter VIII, Chapter IX-pp. 18
	5	Landownership in Appalachia?, corrected page proofs: Chapter IX pp. 19-end; Chapter V, Methodology
	6	Landownership in Appalachia?, corrected page proofs: Volume IV: North Carolina, Henderson County, beginning-pp. 13
	7	Landownership in Appalachia?, corrected page proofs: Henderson County, North Carolina, pp. 14-end; Watauga County, North Carolina, beginning-pp. 34
	8	Landownership in Appalachia?, corrected page proofs: Watauga County, North Carolina pp. 35-Jackson County Grid
	9	Landownership in Appalachia?, corrected page proofs: Jackson County, North Carolina grid-Watauga County, North Carolina Grid


Collection 104D. Data Records Series.
Grid Records Subseries contains land data organized on a grid format. Each land entry contains information regarding the acreage, monetary value, and ownership.
Computer Notebooks Subseries contains data computed by Appalachian State University Sociological professor Dr. Michael Wise. These data originated from grid records, located in the above subseries.

		Grid Records Subseries.
Box	Folder
1	1	Correspondence re: Scott and Russell County, Virginia

		Ownership Grid- State: 3, County: 10
Box	Folder
1	2	Ownership Grid- State: 3, County: 9; State: 3, County: 6
	3	Ownership Grid- State: 3, County: 2; State: 3, County: 4
	4	Ownership Grid- State: 3, County: 2; State: 3, County: 4
	5	Ownership Grid- State: 3, County: 4; State: 3, County: 3
	6	Ownership Grid- State: 3, County: 1; State: 3, County: 5
	7	Ownership Grid- State: 3, County: 11; State: North Carolina, County: Henderson County
	8	Ownership Grid- State: North Carolina, County: 8
	9	Ownership Grid- State: North Carolina, County: Watauga County
	10	Ownership Grid- State: Tennessee, Correction; State: Tennessee, County: 2
	11	Ownership Grid- State: Tennessee, County: 2; State: Tennessee, County: 3; State: Tennessee, County: 4
Box	Folder
2	1	Ownership Grid- State: Tennessee, County: 4; State: Tennessee, County: 5
	2	Ownership Grid- State: Tennessee, County: 5; State: Tennessee, County: 6
	3	Ownership Grid- State: Tennessee, County: 6; State: Tennessee, County: 7
	4	Ownership Grid- State: Tennessee, County: 7
	5	Ownership Grid- State: Tennessee, County: 7; State: Tennessee, County: 8
	6	Ownership Grid- State: Tennessee, County: 8
	7	Ownership Grid State: Tennessee, County: 9; State: Tennessee, County: 10; State: Tennessee, County: 11
	8	Ownership Grid- State: Tennessee, County: 12; State: Tennessee, County: 13; State: Tennessee, County: 15
	9	Ownership Grid- State: Tennessee, County: 15; State: Tennessee, County: 16; State: Kentucky, County: 12
	10	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 3
	11	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 3
Box	Folder
3	1	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 3; State: Alabama, County: 4
	2	Ownership Grid- State: Alabama, County: 4; State: Alabama, County: 1
	3	Ownership Grid- State: Alabama, County: 6; State: Alabama, County: Pekalt County
	4	Ownership Grid- State: Alabama, County: Pekalt County
	5	Ownership Grid- State: Alabama, County: Pekalt County; State: Alabama, County: 8; State: Alabama, County: 2
	6	Ownership Grid- State: Alabama, County: 2; State: Alabama, County: 3; State: Alabama, County: 5
	7	Ownership Grid- State: Alabama, County: 5; State: Alabama, County: 15, Cherokee County
	8	Ownership Grid- State: Alabama, County: Cleburne County; State: Alabama, County: 11; State: Alabama, County: 9
	9	Ownership Grid- State: Alabama, County: Jackson County
	10	Ownership Grid- State: Alabama, County: 10; State: Alabama, County: Marshall County; State: Virginia, County: 12
	11	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 2
Box	Folder
4	1	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 2
	2	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 2; State: Virginia, County: 1
	3	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 4
	4	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 4
	5	Ownership Grid- State: West Virginia, County: 5; State: West Virginia, County: 1
	6	Ownership Grid- State: West Virginia, County: 2; State: West Virginia, County: Lincoln County
	7	Ownership Grid- State: West Virginia, County: 4; State: West Virginia, County: 6; State: West Virginia, County: 7; State: West Virginia, County: 8
	8	Ownership Grid- State: West Virginia, County: Mingo County; State: West Virginia, County: Ohio County; State: West Virginia, County: 12; State: West Virginia, County: 13
	9	Ownership Grid- State: West Virginia, County: 14; State: West Virginia, County: 15; State: West Virginia, County: 16; State: Virginia, County: 6, 7, 9; State: Kentucky, County: 1; State: Kentucky, County: 2; State: Kentucky, County: Floyd County
	10	Ownership Grid- State: Kentucky, County: 4; State: Kentucky, County: 5; State: Kentucky, County: 6; State: Kentucky, County: 7; State: Kentucky, County: 8; State: Kentucky, County: Knox County
	11	Ownership Grid- State: Kentucky, County: 10;State: Kentucky, County: 11; State: Kentucky, County: 12; State: Alabama, County: 1-6, 8-16; State: 3, County: 6-9, 12 (new entries); State: Virginia, County: 1; State: Virginia, County: 2
	12	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 1-12 (corrections); State: West Virginia, County: 1-16 (corrections); State: Kentucky, County: 1- (new entries)
Box	Folder
5	1	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 3; State: Virginia, County: 5
	2	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 5; State: Virginia, County: 1-12 (corrections); State: Virginia, County: Russell County
	3	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: Russell County
	4	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: Scott County; State: Virginia, County: 8
	5	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 9
	6	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 9; State: Virginia, County: Jefferson County
	7	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: Jefferson County; State: Virginia, County: 11
	8	Ownership Grid- State: Virginia, County: 11

		Computer Notebooks Subseries.


Collection 104E. Newspaper Clippings. (n.d. -1982)
Newspaper Clippings contains a collection of books, magazines and newspaper articles. Books include Common Group Problems, Council of the Southern Women, Mexican American Education Study, Vietnam: The Inside Story, Who's Mining the Farm. Magazines include Coal Patrol (1972), Coal Field Defender (1978), Mountain Life and Work (1979-1980), Family Farm Monitor (1979), 40 Acres and a Mule (1979). Newspaper articles range from 1980 to 1982.
Box	Folder
1	1	Books- Common Group Problems; Council of the Southern Women; Mexican American Education Study; Vietnam: The Inside Story; Who's Mining the Farm
	2	Newspaper Articles, August 9, n.d.-May 1, 1972Coal Patrol, March 1, 1972; May 1, 1972
	3	Newspaper Articles, July 1978-December 1979 Coal Field Defender, July 1978, October 1978; Mountain Life and Work, May 1979, July/August 1979, October 1979, December 1979; Family Farm Monitor, November 1979; 40 Acres and a Mule, December 1979
	4	Newspaper Articles, December 18, 1979-November 2, 1980Mountain Life and Work, January 1980, February 1980, March 1980
	5	Newspaper Articles, October 11, 1980-April 2, 1981
	6	Newspaper Articles, April 2, 1981-April 8, 1981
	7	Newspaper Articles, April 9, 1981-June 16, 1982


Collection 104F. Audio-visual Cassettes. (1979)
Audio-visual Cassettes contains twenty audio cassettes and one reel-to-reel cassette. Audio cassettes include interviews of Ashe and Watauga County, North Carolina residents.
Box
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