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Appalachia: Appalachian Regional Commission Oral History Project

Project Summary

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), established in 1965 by Congress, is made up of the governors of the thirteen Appalachian states and two cochairs and provides economic and social services to the region. These interviews document the founding and operations of the ARC. Interviewees include past ARC staff members, state and local officials, federal and congressional representatives, and concerned citizens in Washington, D.C., Kentucky, Tennessee, and Georgia. Topics include road building, congressional debates, regionalism, the coal industry, unemployment, infant mortality, the different attitudes of Republican and Democratic administrations toward the ARC, transportation, health care, housing, tourism, sewer and water projects, brick-and-mortar versus human services projects, airports, out-migration, the National Science Foundation, state officials, the Kentucky Infant Pre-school Project, Knott and Owsley counties, and the War on Poverty.

The original tapes are at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

Project Code

apparc

Project LC Subject

Airports--Appalachian Region   Appalachian Region   Appalachian Regional Commission   Appalachian Regional Commission--Officials and employees   Coal mines and mining--Appalachian Region   Economic assistance, Domestic   Economic assistance, Domestic--Appalachian Region   Knott County (Ky.)   Medical care--Appalachian Region   Migration, Internal--Appalachian Region   National Science Foundation (U.S.)   Owsley County (Ky.)   Regionalism--Appalachian Region   Sewerage--Appalachian Region   Tourism--Appalachian Region   Unemployment--Appalachian Region   United States. Congress   Water resources development--Appalachian Region


Interviews in this Project (33 Total):

Interview Accession Number: 1986oh001_app028
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh002_app029
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh003_app030
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh004_app031
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh005_app032
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh006_app033
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh007_app034
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh008_app035
Interviewer: Scott Ellsworth
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh009_app036
Interviewer: Scott Ellsworth
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh010_app037
Interviewer: Scott Ellsworth
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh011_app038
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh012_app039
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh013_app040
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh014_app041
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh015_app042
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh016_app043
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh017_app044
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh018_app045
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh019_app046
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh020_app047
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh021_app048
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh022_app049
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh023_app050
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh024_app051
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh025_app052
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh026_app053
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh027_app054
Interviewer: Barbara Griffith
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh028_app055
Interviewer: Scott Ellsworth
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh029_app056
Interviewer: Scott Ellsworth
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh030_app057
Interviewer: Scott Ellsworth
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh031_app058
Interviewer: Scott Ellsworth
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh032_app059
Interviewer: Scott Ellsworth
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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Interview Accession Number: 1986oh033_app060
Interviewer: Scott Ellsworth
Restrictions: No Restrictions
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