Eliza Jane Coward Thomas is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 6, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Thomas was born on Long Branch in Cullowhee in 1893. She talks about her childhood in Jackson…
Elizabeth Mary Hyatt Gibson is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 29, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1906, Gibson grew up in the Webster / Little Savannah area of Jackson County. She…
Anne Collins interviews Ella Mae Rogers on November 11, 2004 for the Western North Carolina Oral History Project. Born May 23, 1929 in Swain County, Rogers moved to Cullowhee around 1950 after getting married to William Rogers (1924-1980). She talks…
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…
Skagit and Snohomish Counties in Washington saw an influx of Western North Carolina migrants between 1900 and 1950 settling in Darrington, Sedro-Woolley and Lyman and bringing their customs, culture, and traditions. In 1947 the census shows 500 out…
Emily Neuwirth, an accountant, discusses her work experiences in corporate and manufacturing settings, as well as how she came to be in accounting. This interview was conducted to supplement the traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibit “The Way We…
Emma Mosley is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 23, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1910, Mosley discusses working on the family farm and cutting wood during her childhood. She…
Emma Mosley is interviewed as part of the "Native Plants Project"--a research project of the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University. Ms. Mosley is a native and lifelong resident of Swain County. This interview takes place in…
Erik Watkins is interviewed by Laura Selby on June 2, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Watkins discusses his childhood growing up in Hendersonville, North Carolina and his decision to join the…
Essie Casey is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 16, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. At the time of the interview, Casey is 93 years old and the oldest black citizen in Jackson County. She…