This article appeared in the Volume 5, Issue 1 Spring/Summer 2024 issue of the Appalachian Curator. Click here to view a PDF of the full issue. By Molly Copeland and Carolyn Runyon Introduction Archivists in the Special Collections unit of the Library at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) document the history of the university, Chattanooga, and the Tennessee Valley, including source materials and analyses that examine the cultural heritage of Southern Appalachia as seen through the lens of Emma Bell Miles. Miles was an artist, writer, and naturalist whose fiction, poems, and paintings reflect deep knowledge and appreciation for the distinct culture and ecology of Southern Appalachia. As…
