Rare Books Librarian
How Do I Find Rare Books and Print Collections?
Use UK Libraries' online catalog, Infokat Discovery, to find rare books and print collections from the Special Collections Research Center. Rare books and print collections contain printed material from numerous geographic locations in a variety of formats, including: monographs (books); newspapers; serials (periodicals); pamphlets; and broadsides. Look for the "Submit Request to Special Collections Research Center" link beneath items any items from SCRC to schedule in-person use in the Breckinridge Research Room or to order digital scans.
Selected Appalachia Rare Books and Print Collections in SCRC
- River of Earth by James StillFirst published in 1940, James Still's masterful novel has become a classic. It is the story, seen through the eyes of a boy, of three years in the life of his family and their kin. He sees his parents pulled between the meager farm with its sense of independence and the mining camp with its uncertain promise of material prosperity. In his world privation, violence, and death are part of everyday life, accepted and endured. Yet it is a world of dignity, love, and humor, of natural beauty which Still evokes in sharp, poetic images. No writer has caught more effectively the vividness of mountain speech or shown more honestly the trials and joys of mountain life.
- Kinfolks by Gurney NormanA series of short stories unfolds surrounding Wilgus Collier and his large extended family, as the boy grows to manhood in the eastern Kentucky mountains.
- June of the hills : a story of the southern mountains with Lake Junaluska, N.C., as the center of action by David EnglishAn elegant yet quirky, vivid portrait of life in Southern Appalachia in the vicinity of Lake Junaluska, N.C. The story involves a mountain school teacher, the son a of a New York millionaire, an African medical missionary, a mountain storekeeper, a nurse "who comes in time" and the "Moonshine King of Big Bear Cove."
Where Do I Find Newspapers?
That's a complicated question! There are a number of ways to find newspapers at UK Libraries depending on when and where they were published. To learn more about finding newspaper sources at UK Libraries, check out the guide below.