Ambrose Manning Papers, 1955-1979
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The collection contains correspondence,newsclippings, event programs, meeting agendas and minutes, reports, budgets, project proposals, and research articles. The papers document the early years of the Appalachian Consortium including committee responsibilities, special funding sources, the Consortium Laurel Leaves Award, and board of director's membership. Other events covered in the collection are the East Tennessee State University folk festival and the Appalachian Girl Scout Council Mountain Magic program. Also included are research articles on Appalachian literature and materials from Manning's folklore collection project at East Tennessee State University.
The current digital collection contains PDF and MP3 file surrogates created in 2025 of the complete content of the collection.
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