Appalachian Resource Center

The mission of the Gateway to Appalachia Resource Center is to provide information on the culture, literature, art, history and natural resources of the Appalachian region.

The Gateway to Appalachia Resource Center was started in 1999 under the direction of Mary Ayres, LRC Manager at the South Campus of Southern State Community College and Louis Mays, Librarian of Southern State with the help of Joy Padgett from the Governor’s Office of Appalachia and under the advisement of Arts and Cultural Consultant Michael London, the Management Team, and the Governing Council of the Appalachian Gateway Center.

Current Projects

The Resources Management Team has compiled a local Appalachian cookbook. It is available in the Gift Shop, or can be ordered by contacting Mary Ayres.

Collection

Books and audiovisuals circulate for 3 weeks. A courtesy card is issued in order to check out materials. For more information see the college web site at lrc.sscc.edu or contact Mary Ayres at mayres@sscc.edu.

Book Collection

Due to the length of the book collection, it is available through this link as a PDF file.

Audiovisual collection

Last updated May 22, 2003

• Amazing Grace
• American Quilts
• American Roots Music
• America’s Music
• Beyond Measure: Appalachian Culture & Economy
• Century of Quilts
• Classic Country: the fifties
• Classic Country 1952-1957
• Classic Country 1964-1968
• Classic Country 1975-1979
• Classic Country 1980-1984
• Country Crafts
• Country Music hall of Fame Presents Merle Haggard
• From This Valley
• Hills of Home
• Jesse Stuart
• The Most Dulcimer
• October Sky
• Old Time Hammered Dulcimer Favorites
• Rocket Boys
• The Roots of Country
• Thru Hiking the Appalachian Trail
• The Will to Read

Periodicals

Periodicals do not circulate but visitors can request a copy of an article.

• American Heritage
• Appalachia
• Appalachian Connection
• Appalachian Heritage
• Appalachian Quarterly
• AppaLink
• Arts Across Kentucky
• Blue Ridge Country
• Country Living
• Country Woman
• Foxfire Magazine
• Foxfire News
• Good Old Days
• Journal of Appalachian Studies
• Local History Notebook
• Natural Ohio
• Now and Then
• Old News
• Over the Back Fence
• Pathways
• Real Simple
• Reminisce
• Rural Conditions and Trends
• Rural Education News
• Rural Educator
• Rural Sociology
• Rural Voices
• Southern Living
• Spin-Off
• State of Ohio/Governor’s Office of Appalachia
• Taste of Home
• Timeline

Suggestions/Comments

If you have an organization that would like to know more about our Resource Center, please contact us. We will be more than happy to come and talk to your group or send you information.