We Still Scream: The Mountain Eagle/Tom and Pat Gish Archives
Item
Title
We Still Scream: The Mountain Eagle/Tom and Pat Gish Archives
Description
Appalshop seeks to create public and scholarly access to the historic paper and mixed media archives of the crusading publishers Tom and Pat Gish and The Mountain Eagle newspaper. This regional weekly in rural Appalachia is a nationally recognized model of journalistic courage, commitment to community and investigative reporting, and holding power to account in strained economic circumstances. The collaborative project will assess at-risk materials, create a catalog record and series-level finding aid in EAD format, and develop an outreach plan for access. The accessible collection will be useful across scholarly disciplines, reaching a wide user base via OCLC, Archive Grid, and sites such as Kentucky Digital Library.
Program
Date
Temporal Coverage
1957 - 2005
Spatial Coverage
The materials cover the town of Whitesburg, KY, Letcher County, KY, state of Kentucky, central Appalachia and covers a national range as well.
Extent
365 Artifact (Including Archaeological Objects, Weapons, Machinery, Instruments, Costumes, Textiles, Ceramics, Glass, Furniture, Etc.), Artwork (Including Original Paintings, Prints, Sculpture, Etc.), Audio (Including Speech And Music), Audiovisual, Book (Including Serials), Dataset (Paper Based Or Electronic), Ephemera, Image, Text (Including Electronic Texts)
Institution
Applicant Unit
Collaborating Institution
Identifier
PI2 Institution
Appalshop
PI2 Name
Ms. Elizabeth Barret
Primary Contact
Ms. Caroline Rubens
Request
$90,605