Scope and Contents Note From the Sub-Series: The 1980s correspondence document the writing and publishing processes for Wilma Dykeman's last novel, Explorations (1984). The eighties also mark the beginning of her academic career as an Appalachian writing and literature instructor at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Berea College; her continued speaking career and travels across the country; and her involvement in establishing the Newport-Cocke County Museum and the James R. Stokely Institute...