Record Series Name: Appalachian Trail Guides and Trail Manuals
Physical Location:  Box 7
Record Series Value (High, Medium, Low):  Estimated as High - Medium
Record Series Description:  As a member of the Appalachian Trail Conference, CMC is responsible for a segment of the Appalachian Trail in North Carolina.  CMC likely acquired these throughout the years as an aid in preparing the narratives to the guide for CMC’s section in North Carolina.  Summary of records:
Box Folder Description
CMC 2002.2.7 1 1934 AT Trail Guide:  Entitled   Guide to Paths in the Blue Ridge:   Personal copy signed by Marcus J. Book, a Forest Service supervisor of Unaka Division at the time.  Note:  may have significant historical and monetary value.
2 1937 AT Trail Guide:  Entitled   Guide to the Southern Appalachians:  Personal copy signed by Laura C. Smith, possibly a CMC member at the time.  Note:  may have significant historical and monetary value.
3 General guides:  "Trail Manual for the Appalachian Trail," 1931, 1940, 1966; "The Appalachian Trail," 1939;  "Appalachian Trail Data Book 1987."
4 "Guide to the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire and Vermont," 1968, 1983.  Bundle of nine trail maps.
5 "Guide to the Appalachian Trail in Massachusetts and Connecticut," 1972, 1983.  One trail map.
6 "Guide to the Appalachian Trail in Maine," 1969, 1975.
7 "Appalachian Trail Guide New York-New Jersey," 1977, 1983.  "Guide to the Appalachian Trail in New York and New Jersey,"  1972 [2 copies].  Bundle of eight trail maps. 
8 "Guide to the Appalachian Trail in Pennsylvania," 1970, 1973.
9 "Guide to the Appalachian Trail and Side Trails in the Shenandoah National Park," 1970.  "Appalachian Trail Guide Central and Southern Virginia," 1980. 
10 "Guide to the Appalachian Trail in the Great Smokies, the Nantahalas, and Georgia," 1973.  "Appalachian Trail Guide North Carolina-Georgia," 1980.  "Appalachian Trail Guide Tennessee-North Carolina," 1981.
11 Thirteen tail maps covering North Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia.  One USGS survey map of the Asheville quadrangle.  Two brochures describing the Appalachian Trail Conference.
12 Appalachian Trail Conference, miscellaneous publications:  "Suggestions for the Appalachian Trail Users," April, 1941; "Maintenance Guide for the Appalachian Trail," 1978;  "The Appalachian Trail, a Footpath through the Wilderness. . ." May, 1967;  Copy of a letter from "Paul Gerrard, Forest Supervisor" to Myron H. Avery, July 22, 1938 concerning trail maintenance in North Carolina, with copy of a report "Notes on the Appalachian Trail in Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee," June 6, 1938; Forest Service map of great Smoky Mountains Trail Guide.
13 "Appalachian Hiker, Adventure of a Lifetime," by Edward B. Garvey, Appalachian Books, 1971.
14 "Hiking the Mountain State, the Trails of West Virginia," by Allen de Hart, Appalachian Mountain Club, 1986.
15 "Hiking the Old Dominion, the Trails of Virginia," by Allen de Hart, Sierra Club, 1984.
16 "Stalking the Healtful Herbs," by Euell Gibbons, McKay, 1966.  "Stalking the Wild Asparagus," by Euell Gibbons, McKay, 1962.

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