Appalachian Collection

Murder in the Southern Appalachians


 

 

Scope

The mountain people of the Southern Appalachians have been documented to incorporate retributive justice to handle conflicts. Within this framework for justice, violence, even murder, was used. This document is to be used as an introduction to the literature about murder in the Southern Appalachian mountains. All of the sources are available in the Belk Library or the W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection.

 

Introduction - A good introduction to murder in the Southern Appalachians can be found in:

Montell, William. Killings: Folk Justice in the Upper South . Lexington: University Press of Kentucky, 1986. [ASU APP COLL HV 6533.54 M66]


Some relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings include:

Highly Relevant:

Also Relevant:

More General:

Related:

 

Other books including material about Murder in Appalachia can usually be found within these Library of Congress Call Number ranges :

 

More information can be found in the Appalachian Collection Clippings File under the Subject Headings:

  • Crime
  • Gray, Jeni

Some Frequently Cited or Relevant Books include the following:

Johnson, Lewis F. Famous Kentucky Tragedies and Trials . Cleveland: Banks-Baldwin Law Publishing Company, 1933. ASU APP COLL STACKS: HV6793 .K4.

Parker, G. M. N. The Mountain Massacre . Bluefield: Author, 1930. ASU APP COLL STACKS: HV6795 .H5 P3.

Rhyne, Nancy. More Murder in the Carolinas . Winston-Salem: John Blair, 1990. ASU APP COLL STACKS: HV6533 .N8 R47.

Sturgill, Roy. Crimes, Criminals and Characters of the Cumberlands and Southwest Virginia . Bristol: Author, 1970. ASU APP COLL STACKS: HV6452 .V5.

Wright, George. Racial Violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940 . Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1990. ASU MAIN STACKS: HV6465 .K4 W75.


Encyclopedias and Directories

Dictionary of North Carolina Biography . William S. Powell, ed. Chapel Hill: University Of North Carolina press, 1994. 6 vols. ASU APP COLL OVERSIZE: CT252 .D5. See Vol 5, p. 346.

Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Charles Reagan Wilson & William Ferris, coeditors. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina, 1989. 1634 pages. ASU APP COLL OVERSIZE: F209 .E53. [Library use only]


Bibliographies

Boger, Louise. The Southern Mountaineer in Literature: An Annotated Bibliography . pp. 19-20. Morgantown: West Virginia University Library, 1964. ASU APP COLL STACKS: Z1231 .F4 B6.

Forbes, Harold. West Virginia History, A Bibliography and Guide to Research . p. 141. Morgantown: West Virginia University Press, 1981. ASU APP COLL STACKS: Z1349.1 .F6 W6.

McDade, Thomas. The Annals of Murder, a Bibliography of Books and Pamphlets on American Murders from Colonial Times to 1900 . University of Oklahoma Press, 1961. ASU MAIN STACKS: KF9305 .A1. (use index to find information on individual States)

Ross, Charlotte., ed. Bibliography of Southern Appalachia . Boone, NC: AppalachianConsortium, 1976. ASU APP COLL STACKS: Z1251 .A7 B5x.


Journals

American Sociological Review [also ASU PERIODICALS]

Appalachian Journal [ASU PERIODICALS]

Journal of American History [also ASU PERIODICALS]

 

Journal Articles:

Highly Relevant

Cressey, Paul. "Social Disorganization and Reorganization in Harlan County,Kentucky." American Sociological Review [Online version]. v.14 (1949) p. 389 Also in ASU PERIODICALS.

Holmes, William. "Moonshining and Collective Violence: Georgia." Journal of American History . Bloomington, IN: Mississippi Valley Historical Association. ASU PERIODICALS: Bound: v.51, 1964 to present. Web version: v.51, 1964 - v.81, 1994 . See: v. 67:3(1981) p. 589.

More General

Curriden, M. "The Trial of an All-American." American Bar Association Journal . 1 Oct. 1988: pp. 84-88. ASU PERIODICALS.

Gastil, Raymond. "Homicide and a Regional Culture of Violence." American Sociological Review . v.36 (1971) pp. 412-427. ASU PERIODICALS.


Abstracts and Indices

Criminal Justice Abstract . Published by the National Council on Crime and Delinquency. Covers a broad array of issues in the Criminal Justice Field and Criminology. [ASU PERIODICALS]

Use the following headings:

Highly Relevant     

  • Homicide

Also Relevant

  • Murderers

More General

  • Offenders
  • Victims

Sociological Abstracts . Contains information on sociology, social work and other social sciences. [ASU PERIODICALS]

Use the following headings:

Relevant
  • Crime
  • Crime Rates
  • Mortality Rates

Related

  • Criminal Justice
  • Offenders
  • Forensic Psychiatry


Other Relevant Materials

Uniform Crime Report . Annual Report, West Virginia Uniform Crime Reporting Section. South Charleston: West Virginia Department of Public Safety, 1981. [ASU APP COLL STACK HV 7293-A4

Internet: http://www.fbi.gov (Federal Bureau of Investigation Homepage)

Statistical Sources:

Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics

 


Compiled By: Mandy Deal, October 29, 1998