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Montgomery, Michael – 1992
The work of Joseph Sargent Hall, a pioneer researcher in Appalachian studies, is chronicled. Hall was hired by the National Park Service in 1937, as a graduate student, to document the lives and lore of older mountain residents allowed to remain in the Great Smoky Mountains after the land was purchased for a national park. His early efforts…
Descriptors: Appalachian Studies, Bibliographies, Folk Culture, Historiography