From: jfurr@vtssi.vt.EDU (Joel Furr)
Newsgroups: alt.appalachian
Subject: alt.appalachian request list
Date: 25 Aug 92 18:19:05 GMT
Organization: The Ohio State University Department of Computer and Information Science

alt.appalachian list of requested articles
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1 Current events in your part of Appalachia
2 Local color from your part of Appalachia
3 History of your part of Appalachia:
      3.1 initial settling
      3.2 1800's
      3.3 1900-1945
      3.4 1945-present
4 Folklore told in your part of Appalachia:
      4.1 moonshining (please, please, please!)
      4.2 stock-car racing 
      4.3 snake-handling churches
      4.4 feuding
      4.5 coal mining:
            4.5.1 the Coal Wars
            4.5.2 mines you've worked in
            4.5.3 mines relatives have worked in
            4.5.4 horrible wretched safety violations in mines
            4.5.5 etc...
      4.6 ginseng-hunting
      4.7 Appalachian ghost stories
      4.8 etc. etc.
5 Appalachian "patriotism"
      5.1 Stories/facts to counter image of Appalachia as hillbilly country
      5.2 Why you love Appalachia
      5.3 What your part of Appalachia is like:
            5.3.1 West Virginia
            5.3.2 southwest Virginia
            5.3.3 western North Carolina
            5.3.4 eastern Tennessee
            5.3.5 western Pennsylvania
            5.3.6 northern Georgia
            5.3.7 southeast Ohio
            5.3.8 north Alabama
            5.3.9 northwest South Carolina
            5.3.10 eastern Kentucky
            5.3.11 northern Appalachia (New York, New England)
            5.3.12 anyplace I left out
6 Tacky Appalachia
      6.1 Rock City
      6.2 Gatlinburg
      6.3 Maggie Valley
      6.4 "The Lost Sea"
      6.5 Dollywood
      6.6 etc.
7 Appalachian-oriented research:
      7.1 culture
      7.2 society
      7.3 economy
      7.4 education
      7.5 natural resources
      7.6 diet/nutrition
      7.7 etc.
8 Appalachian crafts
      8.1 quilting
      8.2 pottery
      8.3 carving
      8.4 basketry
      8.5 etc.
9 Appalachian performing arts:
      9.1 music:
            9.1.1 dulcimer
            9.1.2 fiddle
            9.1.3 Gospel
            9.1.4 etc.
      9.2 dancing
            9.2.1 square
            9.2.2 folk
            9.2.3 etc.
      9.3 theater
            9.3.1 Barter Theater in Abingdon, Va.
            9.3.2 other local theaters worth talking about
            9.3.3 dramatic productions 
10 recreation opportunities:
      10.1 local trails
      10.2 the Blue Ridge Parkway
      10.3 wild/scenic rivers
      10.4 the Great Smoky Mountains
      10.5 the Appalachian Trail
      10.6 festivals
11 cooking
      11.1 ramps 'n' hot dogs
      11.2 what you like about Appalachian food
      11.3 local dishes
12 colleges and universities
      12.1 what life's like at yours
      12.2 athletics
      12.3 folklore
      12.4 etc...

If you know anything about any or several of these subjects, please post! 
This list will be reposted periodically, and if you have suggestions for
additions to this list, please send them to jfurr@vtssi.vt.edu.  I'll add them
to the list.

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Joel Furr                                                   jfurr@vtssi.vt.edu
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