Welcome to the Directory of Southern Culture Online


Bowling Green, Wilkinson County, Missisippi

The directory is a collection of links to internet sites relating to the history, music and literature of the American South, from Huey Long to Flannery O'Connor to Elvis.

Links are organized in broad categories -- archives and historical societies, genealogy, genres of music, and so on -- and are also cross-listed by state. So for example, if you're looking for a webpage about Robert Johnson, you'd check under "Blues" and "Mississippi." Be sure and visit the state listings, as in many cases that's where the greatest number of pages are linked.

Contents:


Southern Studies (Archives, special collections, historical societies)
Genealogy
Literature (Authors, presses, magazines and newspapers)
Appalachia

Music:


Appalachian/Oldtime/Stringband
Bluegrass
Blues
Cajun (With the Louisiana links)
Country (coming soon)
Elvis (coming soon)
Sacred Harp/Shape-Note
Tejano (coming soon)

States:


Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Washington DC
West Virginia


Florida; 1904 postcard

Recommended this month:


The Creole Family Photo Page
David Lynch's Oldtime Music Page
Moravian History Pages
Recording Samples from North Carolina Performers
Y'all.com

This site is brand new and still under construction. Comments, problem reports, suggestions and additions are all very welcome.


Email me -- 76255.2172@compuserve.com

Thanks for visiting.


-- Sarah Bryan