{"id":19861,"date":"2012-12-07T13:08:41","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T17:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/?p=19861"},"modified":"2012-12-07T13:08:41","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T17:08:41","slug":"urban-appalachian-council-records-available-in-arb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libapps.libraries.uc.edu\/liblog\/2012\/12\/urban-appalachian-council-records-available-in-arb\/","title":{"rendered":"Urban Appalachian Council Records Available in ARB"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Suzanne Maggard<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Appalachian<\/a>

Music at an Appalachian Festival<\/p><\/div>\n

After World War II and through the 1960s and 1970s, millions of people fled Appalachia in search of jobs and a better life.\u00a0 Cincinnati\u2019s proximity to Appalachian counties in Kentucky and Ohio and its industries encouraged many migrants to settle in this area.\u00a0 The migrants brought unique music, cultural traditions, and stories.\u00a0 The experiences of Cincinnati\u2019s Appalachian migrants varied.\u00a0 Some found good jobs and quickly moved into suburban homes, but a significant number of migrants struggled with the adjustment to urban life.\u00a0 Many of these migrants settled in blighted neighborhoods such as \"Appalachian<\/a>Over-the-Rhine and Lower Price Hill where they experienced poverty, stereotypes, and little help from social service agencies.\u00a0 After years of struggle by groups and individuals including Michael Maloney, Ernie Myatt, Dr. Frank Foster, and the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission, the Urban Appalachian Council was established in 1974 to combat these problems.\u00a0\u00a0 The goals of the Urban Appalachian Council included attacking stereotypes, promoting Appalachian culture, helping to organize the neighborhoods where Appalachians lived, establishing a resource center to make cultural and social planning information on mountain migrants accessible, and creating a research program.\u00a0 The initial financial support came from the Cincinnati Human Relations Commission, the Appalachian Fund, the Great Cincinnati Foundation, and the Community Commitment Foundation.<\/p>\n

\"Appalachian<\/a>The Archives and Rare Books Library holds some early records of the Urban Appalachian Council which includes meeting minutes, newsletters, flyers, news clippings and photographs.\u00a0 Along with the history of the organization itself, the collection shows how the Urban Appalachian Council supported and promoted Appalachian culture in Cincinnati.\u00a0 The collection includes material related to the library and outreach programs like Appalachian storytelling sponsored by the Urban Appalachian Council.\u00a0\u00a0 Lilly-Marge Kelly served as the UAC librarian\/storyteller in the late 1970s and early 1980s and presented \u201cAppalachian Tales & Such\u201d to children and adults in Cincinnati.\u00a0 In addition, the collection contains records, flyers, \"Appalachian<\/a>correspondence, and reports related to Appalachian Festivals held in Cincinnati.\u00a0 The first of these exhibitions was organized by the Junior League of Cincinnati in 1971 and featured handmade goods.\u00a0 Strong attendance numbers of around 7000 people resulted in a second exhibition in 1972, called the \u201cAppalachian Festival.\u201d\u00a0 New that year was music, special films, craft demonstrations, and art exhibits.\u00a0 The festivals continued to the 1980s.<\/p>\n

The Urban Appalachian Council records at ARB also include general information on Appalachian culture and copies of studies on Appalachian migration and culture conducted in the 1970s and early 1980s.\u00a0 In addition, a vast amount of newsclippings available in these records tell the stories of many of the Appalachian migrants and trace changing attitudes towards them in Cincinnati and the quest to establish services to meet their needs.\u00a0 A finding aid for the collection is available in on the OhioLINK Finding Aid Repository<\/a>.\u00a0 Other material related to Urban Appalachians and the Urban Appalachian Council available in the Archives and Rare Books Library include:<\/p>\n

Books:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n

Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project.\u00a0 From Mountain to Metropolis:\u00a0 Urban Appalachians in Ohio<\/em>.\u00a0 Cincinnati, Ohio:\u00a0 Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project, 1978.\u00a0 Call Number:\u00a0 C.U. 901.M2 fr<\/p>\n

Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project.\u00a0 A report on Appalachians in Akron, Ohio. \u00a0<\/em>Cincinnati, Ohio:\u00a0 The Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project, 1978.\u00a0 Call Number:\u00a0 C.U.902 .O4ak<\/p>\n

Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project.\u00a0 A report on Appalachians in Cleveland, Ohio.<\/em>\u00a0 Cincinnati, Ohio:\u00a0 The Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project, 1978.\u00a0 Call Number:\u00a0 C.U.902 .O4cl<\/p>\n

Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project.\u00a0 A report on Appalachians in Toledo, Ohio.<\/em>\u00a0 Cincinnati, Ohio:\u00a0 The Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project, 1978.\u00a0 Call Number:\u00a0 C.U.902 .O4to<\/p>\n

Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project.\u00a0\u00a0 A report on Appalachians in Columbus, Ohio<\/em>.\u00a0 Cincinnati, Ohio:\u00a0 The Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project, 1978.\u00a0 Call Number:\u00a0 C.U.902 .O4co<\/p>\n

Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project.\u00a0 A report on Appalachians in Dayton, Ohio<\/em>.\u00a0 Cincinnati, Ohio:\u00a0 The Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project, 1978.\u00a0 Call Number:\u00a0 C.U.902 .O4da<\/p>\n

Shapiro, Henry D. and Jonathan D. Sarna, ed.\u00a0 Ethnic Diversity and Civic Identity:\u00a0 Patterns of Conflict and Cohesion in Cincinnati Since 1820<\/em>.\u00a0 Chicago:\u00a0 University of Illinois Press, 1992.\u00a0 Call Number:\u00a0 C.U. 801.S44 et 1992<\/p>\n

Wagner, Thomas E. and Phillip J. Obermiller. Valuing Our Past, Creating Our Future:\u00a0 The Founding of the Urban Appalachian Council<\/em>.\u00a0 Berea, Kentucky:\u00a0 Berea College Press, 1999.\u00a0 Call Number:\u00a0 C.U. 813.W2va 1999.<\/p>\n

Weiland, Steven and Phillip Obermiller, ed.\u00a0 Perspectives on Urban Appalachian:\u00a0 An Introduction to Mountain Life, Migration, and Urban Adaptation and a Guide to the Improvement of Social Services.\u00a0 <\/em>Cincinnati: Ohio Urban Appalachian Awareness Project, 1978.<\/p>\n

Archival Collections:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cincinnati Human Relations Commission records.\u00a0 UA-81-11<\/a> and UA-02-08<\/a><\/p>\n

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