Hello all. Long-time reddit/askhistorians reader, first time posting. So, I'm a senior History major and after visiting the Sgt. Alvin York home in east TN last month I've decided to write my Senior seminar paper on that subject. Here are my two questions, would love to hear you guys' thoughts on either or both: (1) First, it seems like every major question about York has already been answered. He was a pretty simple man so there wasn't a lot of mystery. Can you think of any questions that maybe the history community so far has relatively neglected to explore about York and his life; questions that I could explore to hopefully add something original to the conversation? (2) Obviously, a senior seminar paper requires scholarly sources including secondary. Problem with York is, almost everything that was written about him was primary/eyewitness, and almost everything that has been written is popular history, not really academic. Any ideas on places I could look? Thanks, y'all!
The Tennessee State Museum in Nashville used to have a display on York- including the old Sharps and Hankins rifle he hunted with as a boy. There's also some York stuff at the TN State Archives
Myself, I'd prefer a trip to Jamestown over Nashville, but that looks like a better place to start.