Home Missions Movement in Appalachia
- Scope, Introductory Material
- Subject Headings
- Call Numbers
- Clippings File
- Books
- Bibliographies
- Journals
- Other Relevant Materials
Scope
This pathfinder contains materials written about the early home missions movement covering the years 1880-1940 which includes the local color writing period, the Christian America movement, the Social Gospel movement and the early crafts revival activity. The years 1880-1940 saw major changes happen in the Southern Appalachians primarily as the result of influences originating outside the region. Capitalists and missionary intellectuals alike came to the region to modernize it and to bring mainstream American culture to the area. The missionary intellectuals were mainly from the northern states, such as Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New York. They set up craft schools (settlement and folk schools), established Sunday schools, Vacation Bible Schools and established their personal denominations in the area.
Introduction: A good introduction to the home missions movement in Appalachia can be found in:
McCauley, Deborah V. Appalachian Mountain Religion: A History . Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 1995. [APP COLL STACK BR 535.M38 1995]
Some relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings
( Search by "Subject" in the online catalog using these headings) :
- Baptists--Education--Appalachian Region, Southern
- Cherokee Indians--Missions
- Home Missions
- Home Missions--History
- Home Missions--Periodicals
- Home Missions--Societies, etc
- Home Missions--Southern States--History
- Home Missions--United States
- Indians of North America--Missions
- Methodist Episcopal Church, South--Southern States--Missions
- Missions--Appalachian Region
- Missions--Appalachian Region--Periodicals
- Missions--Appalachian Region, Southern
- Missions--Kentucky
- Missions--Southern States
- Missions--United States
- Missions--United States--History--Sources
- Mountain Whites--Southern States
- Mountain Whites--Southern States--Education
- North Carolina--Church History
- Presbyterian Church--North Carolina
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.--Missions
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Asheville Presbytery
- Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A--Missions
- Red Bird Mission (Beverly, Ky.)
- Sisters of Divine Providence of Kentucky--Missions
- Southern States--Church History
- United Methodist Church (U.S.)--Missions--Appalachian Region
- Women in Missionary Work
- Women Missionaries
- Women Missionaries--United States
Frequently used Library of Congress Call Number ranges :
- BV 2082
- BV 2793
- BX 8968
- BV 2372
- BV 2803
- BV 2550
- BX 7990
- BV 2775
- BX 8384
- BV 2766
- BX 8347
- BX 8947
- E 99.C5
- F 210.W7
- LC 562
- LD 7501
More information can be found in the
Appalachian Collection Clippings File
under the following subject headings:
- Alice Lloyd College
- Appalachia - Social Programs
- Berea College, Berea Kentucky
- John C. Campbell Folk School Religion
Some Frequently Cited or Relevant Books include the following:
Campbell, John C. The Southern Highlander and His Homeland . Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co. 1973. ASU APP COLL STACKS: F210 .C2 1973.
Goodykoontz, Colin B. Home Missions on the American Frontier . New York: Octagon Books. 1971 WCU GENERAL: BV2765 .G62.
Hooker, Elizabeth R. Religion in the Highlands . New York: The Home Missions Council, 1933. ASU APP COLL STACKS: BV2793 .H6.
Shapiro, Henry. Appalachia On Our Mind . Chapel Hill: UNC Press, 1978. ASU APP COLL STACKS: F217 .A65 S52.
To Win the West; Missionary Viewpoints, 1814-1815 . Religion in America Series, II. New York: Arno Press, 1972. ASU APP COLL STACKS: BR540 .T6 1972.
Bibliographies that contain materials on this topic include:
Bibliography of Southern Appalachia . Boone, NC: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1967. ASU APP COLL OVERSIZE: Z1251 .A7 B5x.
Relevant Journals:
The American Missionary Association. American Missionary . New York: The Association, 1846-1934. [WCU PER MFILM]
CORAspondent . The Commission on Religion in Appalachia. Knoxville, TN: The Commission. June 1982-Spring 1994 (Scattered issues). ASU APP COLL STACKS.
Other Relevant Materials:
American Home Missionary Society. American Home Missionary Society Papers, 1816-1894 . WCU MICROFILM: #310.
Plattner, Elissa May. How Beautiful Upon the Mountains: the Sisters of Divine Providence and Their Mission to Kentucky Appalachia . Ph.D. Thesis, University of Cincinnati, 1987. ASU APP COLL MICROFILM: # 682.
COMPILER: Erica Collins, 9 November 1998
