Welcome to the Archives of Appalachia's ETSU Appalachian Photographs on Flickr!

The images you see on our photostream come from our Appalachian collections in the Archives of Appalachia, a part of the Center for Appalachian Studies and Services at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee.

About the Archives of Appalachia

The Archives of Appalachia is a keeper of memories—the written words, images and sounds that document life in Appalachia. Our collections span from the 1700s to the present and offer insights into the past from the perspectives of people from all walks of life.

The Archives of Appalachia also shares these collected memories with anyone interested in Appalachia and people’s lives in it.

We are excited to share a portion of our photograph collections with you on Flickr, and we encourage visitors to our photostream to contribute tags, notes, and comments that might be of help to other users. For guidelines on adding tags and comments to our images, please see our Flickr Use Policy Statement at the bottom of this page.

What you see here is a fraction of the Appalachian Photographic Archive, a collections of prints that document life in the Appalachian region. The prints have been donated to the Archives of Appalachia by various individuals over the past few decades. The Archives of Appalachia also maintains a number of other photograph collections in addition to the Appalachian Photographic Archive.

The images posted on Flickr are intended to be used for personal research and educational purposes. While many of the images may reside in the public domain, many others we cannot be certain of the copyright holder. It is the responsibility of the individual using the photograph(s) to determine copyright ownership and seek copyright release.

For more information regarding the access and use of items held by the Archives of Appalachia, please contact the Archives directly at archives@etsu.edu or see our Access Services and Fees Policy

Archives of Appalachia Flickr Use Policy Statement

The Archives of Appalachia welcomes your contributions to our images on Flickr in the way of adding tags, comments, and notes. Please read the following guidelines before posting on our photostream:

-We will remove any content added that is offensive, vulgar, or inappropriate or contains derogatory language.

-We will remove any content that promotes a commercial product or service.

-We will remove any content that is considered harassment or a personal attack upon any individual, including other Flickr members.

-We reserve the right to ban any user from contributing further comments, tags, or notes to our photostream who fails to adhere to this policy

-It is the responsibility of the user to determine copyright ownership and seek copyright release before using any of the photographs available on the ETSU Appalachian Photographs photostream or any other material held by the Archives of Appalachia.