History and Development of the Appalachian Regional Commission
Scope:
Because the development of the Appalachian Regional Commission was such an involved and often controversial process, there are myriad resources available that detail the evolution and proceedings of the agency. This document is designed as an introduction to the literature outlining how the history of poverty in Appalachia and years of governmental proceedings led to the development of the Appalachian Regional Commission. A more exhaustive research will call for an in-depth look at governmental policies and specific statistical data available regarding individual counties located in the Appalachian Region.
Introduction:
A good introduction to the background of the Appalachian Regional Commission can be found in:
Walls, David S., and John B. Stephenson. Appalachia in the Sixties: Decade of Reawakening. Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1972. ASU App Coll HC107 A13 W35
Common Library of Congress Subject Headings
Highly Relevant :
- Appalachian Development Program
- Appalachian Mountains - Bibliography
- Appalachian Mountains - Periodicals
- Appalachian Region - Economic conditions
- Appalachian Region - Periodicals
- Appalachian Region - Social conditions
- Appalachian Region, Southern - Bibliography
- Appalachian Region, Southern - Economic Conditions
- Appalachian Region, Southern - Periodicals
- Appalachian Region, Southern - Social Conditions
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- Appalachian Regional Commission - Periodicals
- Economic Assistance, Domestic - Appalachian Region
- Poverty - Appalachian Region
- Regional Planning - Appalachian Region
- Southern States - Bibliography
- Southern States - Civilization - Dictionaries
- Southern States - Encyclopedias
- Southern States - History - Periodicals
- United States - History - Periodicals
Also Relevant :
- Appalachian Region - Economic policy
- Catalogs, Union - Appalachian Region, Southern
- Cumberland Mountains - Periodicals
- Economic Assistance, Domestic - United States
- Kentucky - Civilization - Encyclopedias
- Mountain Whites (Southern States) - Periodicals
- Poor - Southern States - Bibliography
- Tennessee - Civilization - Encyclopedias
- Tennessee - History - Encyclopedias
- Tennessee, East - Encyclopedias
- Tennessee, East - History
- West Virginia - Biography
- West Virginia - History
- Whites (Southern States) - Bibliography
W. L. Eury Appalachian Collection Clippings File
Highly Relevant:
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- Appalachian Regional Development Program
- Poverty
Also Relevant:
- Appalachian - Economic Conditions
- Appalachian Social Programs
- Depressions - Economic
- Economics - Appalachia
- Regional Development
Frequently Used Library of Congress Call Numbers
- F106 A58
- GR 103 M5
- HA37 A137
- HC106.5 L44
- HC107 A127
- HC107 A13
- HC107 A137
- HC107 K4
- HT392.5 A7
Frequently Mentioned Monographs
Ballanger, Judith K. The Appalachian Experiment, 1965-1970 . Washington, DC: Appalachian Regional Commission, 1972. ASU App Coll HT392.5 A7 A66 1972
Bradshaw, Michael. The Appalachian Regional Commission: Twenty-Five Years of Government Policy . Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, 1992. ASU App Coll HC107 A127 B73 1992
Levitan, Sar A. Federal Aid to Depressed Areas: An Evaluation of the Area Redevelopment Administration . Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins Press, 1964. ASU App Coll HC 106.5 L44
Salatino, Anthony J. Will Appalachia Finally Overcome Poverty? Kuttawa, KY: McClanahan Publishing House, c1995. ASU App Coll HC107 A127 S237 1995
Whisman, John D. The Appalachian Development Program . Reprinted from Labor Law Journal , v. 15. Chicago, IL: Commerce Clearing House, 1964. ASU App Coll HC107 A137 W34
Whisnant, David E. Modernizing the Mountaineer: People, Power, and Planning in Appalachia . Boone, NC: Appalachian Consortium Press, [1981] c1980. ASU App Coll HC107 A127 W48 1981
Guides, Encyclopedias, and Dictionaries
Comstock, Jim. The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia . Richwood, WV: Comstock, 1976. Vol. 1, Pp 111-129. ASU App Coll F241 W64 1976
Kleber, John E. The Kentucky Encyclopedia . Lexington, KY: University Press of Kentucky, c1992. Pp. 24-26. ASU App Coll F451 K413 1992
Stokely, Jim and Jeff D. Johnson. An Encyclopedia of East Tennessee . Oak Ridge, TN: Children's Museum of Oak Ridge, 1981. Pp. 10-16. ASU App Coll F442.1 E53
Van West, Carroll. The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture . Nashville, TN: Rutledge Hill Press, c1998. Pp. 21-22. ASU App Coll F436 T525 1998
Wilson, Charles Reagan, William Ferris, Ann J. Abadie, and Mary L. Hart. Encyclopedia of Southern Culture . Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, c1989. Pp. 1390-91, 1407-08. ASU App Coll F209 E53 1989
Bibliographies
Appalachian Bibliography . Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Library, 1972. Vol.1, Pp. 28-90. ASU App Coll Z1251 A7 A6 1972 v. 1, v. 2
Fisher, Steve. "A Selectively Annotated Bibliography of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC)." Appalachian Journal . Summer 1981, Pp. 300-307. Boone, NC: Appalachian State University. ASU App Coll F216.2 A66
Flynt, J. Wayne and Dorothy S. Flynt. Southern Poor Whites: A Selected Annotated Bibliography of Published Sources . New York: Garland Publishing, c1981. ASU App Coll Z1251 S7 F6 1981
Ross, Charlotte T. Bibliography of Southern Appalachia . Boone, NC: Appalachian Consortium, 1976. Pp. 7-9, 190-92. ASU App Coll Z1251 A7 B5x
Abstracts/Indicies
Journals
Appalachia: Journal of the Appalachian Regional Commission . Washington, DC: Appalachian Regional Commission. Multiple frequencies: Bi-Monthly, September 1967-Fall 1986; Quarterly, Summer 1987-Summer/Fall 1995; Three months a Year, January/April 1996. ASU App Coll HC107 A137 A3
Appalachian Journal . Boone, NC: Appalachian State University. Semi-Annual, Autumn 1972-Spring 1974; Quarterly, Autumn 1974-. ASU App Coll F216.2 A66
Mountain Life and Work (formerly Southern Mountain Life and Work. April 1925-October 1926). Berea, KY: Berea College. Quarterly, April 1925-Summer 1965; Monthly, December 1970. ASU App Coll GR103 M5
Reviews
Glen, John M. review: "The Appalachian Regional Commission: Twenty-Five Years of Government Policy." Register of the Kentucky Historical Society . 1992. Pp. 212-213. Frankfort, KY: The Society. ASU App Coll F446 K43
Menzel, Donald C. review: "Too Little But Not Too Late: Federal Aid to Lagging Areas." American Political Science Review v.72. September 1978. Pp. 1072-1073. Washington, DC: American Political Science Association. ASU Periodicals
Reports/Theses
Annual Report/The Appalachian Regional Commission. Washington, DC: Appalachian Regional Commission. Annual, 1965-1999. ASU App Coll HC107 A13 A3
Carnathan, Ralph Douglas. Experiment in Regional Federalism: Implementation of the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee . Thesis: University of Tennessee, 1973. ASU App Coll MicF 168
President's Appalachian Regional Commission. Appalachia: A Report by the President's Appalachian Regional Commission . Washington, DC: Appalachian Regional Commission, 1964. ASU App Coll HC107 A13 A29 1964
Other Relevant Sources
Appalachian Regional Commission website:
www.arc.gov
Sara E. Harris, November 27, 2001
