Appalachia Remembered in living heritage
Appalachia Remembered is an academy for learning practical traditions, listening closely to elders, and documenting the stories that make a place home.
Inspired by regional oral history and the spirit of learning by doing.
A shared record
Learn the tradition. Ask permission. Carry the story forward.
A careful beginning
We encourage consent, attribution, and care when recording the memories people entrust to you.
Foxfire and other books can spark a question; your own community supplies the living answer.
Lessons connect cultural context with useful work—at the table, in the garden, and around the hearth.
The learning table
Follow your curiosity from the smokehouse to the front porch, with courses designed to help you learn, make, ask, and preserve.
See all available courses01—04
Explore mountain living, Appalachian foods, crafts, and gardening through traditions such as spring houses, soup beans, quilting, seed saving, cast iron, and heirloom gardens.
05—07
Study folklore, faith, community gatherings, and traditional skills—from weather signs and local legends to shape-note singing, tool sharpening, knot tying, and Dutch oven meals.
Folklore with context
Sayings, stories, beliefs, and the places they come from.
Skills for everyday life
Practical traditions that invite hands-on learning.
Module 08 · Signature project
Learn how to prepare thoughtful questions, seek permission, record interviews, and organize stories about coal camps, recipes, floods, school days, courtship, remedies, and family traditions.
Find the oral history courseLearn at your own pace
Course availability and pricing are shown clearly on each course page before enrollment.
Individual course
Enroll in a focused class when a particular skill, story, or seasonal practice calls to you.
Heritage pathway
Move across foodways, crafts, community traditions, and oral history as new courses become available. Begin with the course that meets you where you are.
Browse the course catalogThe record begins nearby
Take a course, make a note, ask an elder a question, and help ensure the knowledge of your place remains living knowledge.