Jim Bowman (James Claude Bowman) is interviewed by Joel Evans on October 14, 2002. Bowman talks about his time serving in the United States military from the time right after the Korean War, until the time of the United States entry into the Middle…
Mathew Nickols interviews Betty Beaver on November 24, 2004. Betty talks about her practice of woodcarving and the presence of woodcarving in the surrounding area. Betty describes how she became introduced to woodcarving, her specific practices, how…
Matt Nickols interviews Ben Beaver and his wife, Betty Beaver on November 24,2004. They discuss Ben’s history and family traditions related to wood carving in the Appalachian region of Western North Carolina. Ben Beaver is the nephew of Nolan…
Jeff Seymour interviews Wayne Carson on November 21, 2002. Wayne Carson (born 1939), a Canton local who later moved to Buncombe County, worked in the Champion paper mill for 39 years. Carson discusses his experience from the new employee stage of his…
Juanita Allison is interviewed by Kimberly Allison on October 21, 2004. Longtime quilter Juanita Allison discusses the history of her craft, including how she got started, the methods, techniques, and tools she employs when making a quilt.
Perry Kelly (Dr. Isaac Perry Kelly, 1925-2018) is interviewed by Kathy Walters on October 19, 2002. Mr. Kelly was born in Orlando, Florida in 1925. He lived there for a while until he moved to Alabama, then Georgia, only to return to back Orlando. He…
Ella Owle is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 27, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Owle was born in 1894 in Swain County. She talks about the chores she and her siblings did as children…
Ethel Rogers Tate (1904-1994) is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 20, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Tate was born in 1904 in East LaPorte. Her father worked in mica mines and the children…
John Summerous is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 20, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1900 in Georgia, Summerous’ parents died when he was about 13 and he and his siblings were taken…
Martha Hammond is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 27, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Hammond was born in 1914 in Sunburst and grew up in Swain County. She talks about the school system…