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Electronic Primary Sources

Digital Library of Appalachia

"Provides online access to archival and historical materials related to the culture of the southern and central Appalachian region." Includes photographs, text, and sound and music files.

Documenting the American South

"Provides Internet access to texts, images, and audio files related to southern history, literature, and culture. Currently DocSouth includes ten thematic collections of books, diaries, posters, artifacts, letters, oral history interviews, and songs."

Flora of Tennessee

"Houses the largest collections of fungi, bryophytes, lichens, and vascular plants from the state of Tennessee and the southern Appalachians. Other noteworthy collections include fungi from China and New Zealand, mosses from Mexico, Guatemala, Japan, and Alaska." Includes photographs,

LOC American Memory

"American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience."