Dave Tabler, Author at Appalachian History

Berea College Archives preserve the stories, black and white, man and woman

Berea College archivist Rachel Vagts is ‘proud to do what we are able to preserve the story and history of all peoples of Appalachia.’

‘Bedlam’ is a true story firsthand account by America’s last moving train robber as told to author Wilson Casey.

Irene Drukker Broh, one of Huntington’s foremost civic leaders, led a campaign to pass a $1 million bond to fund the city’s flood wall.

Coal Dust depicts a modern lobbyist who is called home to see her family. She reflects on her town/family’s history with coal mines.

When I first wrote about our Grandma Gatewood project for Appalachian History in 2013, we were at the half-way point of our shooting schedule.