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FRS 117: History of the Southern Highlands
A Few Databases and Articles
GENERAL DATABASES COVERING A VARIETY OF DISCIPLINES
Academic Search Premier
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Sample article: Acid Murder No Longer a Mystery, by Jon R. Luoma, Audubon, Nov 1988, Vol. 90 Issue 6, p126-135.
Abstract: Discusses the causes and effects of acid rain. Increase in knowledge about the nature of acid rain; Effects of acid rain on Mount Mitchell, the highest peak in mainland U.S.; Problems posed by acid moss and acid soils; Worsening of the acid rain problem; Implications for ecology and conservation efforts.
Note: this article on Mount Mitchell is not available full-text, but our library has it in print format.
America's Newspapers, including The Asheville Citizen-Times
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Sample article: New Federal Rules Threaten Future of Smokies Elk Herd, Asheville Citizen-Times, Sep 6, 2006.
JSTOR
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Sample article: The Vegetation of Grassy Balds and Other High Elevation Disturbed Areas in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, by Mary M. Lindsay and Susan Power Bratton, Oct 1979.
Proquest Research Library
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Sample article: The Long and Winding Road, by Kim A O'Connell, Nov/Dec 2003.
SPEICALIZED DATABASES ON HISTORY
America: History & Life
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Sample article: The Barbarism of the Huns: Family and Community Removal in the Establishment of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, by Dan Pierce. Tennessee Historical Quarterly, 1998, 57(1): 62-79.
Abstract: When Great Smoky Mountains National Park was developed between 1923 and 1940, the National Park Service used the power of eminent domain and the incentive of cash settlements to move most residents out of the park area. Many of these families had lived there for generations, and while some were happy to receive the generous amounts the government paid for land, others resisted. Nevertheless, entire communities disappeared. The article discusses the efforts of several communities that fought resettlement and explores the mixture of persuasion and coercion government agents used to overcome such recalcitrance. Based on papers in the National Archives II, the North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Archives, Gatlinburg, Tennessee; map, 8 photos.
Note: this article is not available full-text or in our library, but you may request it through interlibrary loan.
American National Biography
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Sample article: Thomas Lanier Clingman.
Annals of American History
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Sample article: TVA in Foreign Eyes, by Odette Keun, 1937.
Biography Resource Center
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Sample article: Elisha Mitchell.
Literature Resource Center
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Sample article: Thomas Wolfe
New York Times Historical: full-image articles of the newspaper back to the very first issue in 1851.
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Sample article: Great Smokies to Be a National Park: Bold Mountains in Tennessee, North Carolina and the Shenandoah of Virginia Are Called Oldest in the World, August 23, 1925.
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