Welcome to the new Appalshop Archive website, winner of the 2020 e-Appalachia Award from the Appalachian Studies Association. Help us grow this living archive by visiting the Get Involved page to learn how to leave comments and tags. We are continually refining the site, and welcome your feedback at archive@appalshop.org

William R. "Pictureman" Mullins Photo Collection, 1935-55

Selected images by "Pictureman" Mullins, a commercial rural photographer who created indelible images of people and places in eastern Kentucky, southwestern Virginia, and Baltimore, MD.

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Eastern Kentucky Family Collections

Family photographs, home movies, and other items donated to our digital archive by eastern Kentucky residents.

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Creating in Place project

Creating in Place is a collection of original stories, photographs, audio, visual art, and writing both expressing and documenting how individuals in our communities have experienced 2020.

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Appalachian Women: Three Generations exhibition booklet

Girls' Hoops

Silent home movies of Hazard, KY and Catholic Church community

Appalbrochure 1971

Long Journey Home dub master (full film)

Big Lever: Party Politics in Leslie County, KY, The (full film, preserved in 2019)

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Welcome to Appalshop Archive Online!

Welcome to Appalshop Archive’s online catalog, where you can search film, video, audio, photographs and other records in our collections. This beta version gives access to only a portion of our digitized media, item catalog records, and finding aids, however we will be regularly making updates and revealing the catalog, so keep checking back for … Continue reading “Welcome to Appalshop Archive Online!”

William R. "Pictureman" Mullins Photo Collection, 1935-55

Eastern Kentucky Family Collections

Creating in Place project

Featured Collections

Spotlight

Latest News