Harvey J. Kincaid is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on August 13, 1986 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. His wife, Sadie (1923 or 1924-) is also present and comments throughout the interview. Born in 1917,…
Harvey Welch talks about moving to Fontana Village while he was a junior in high school so his father could work on the Fontana Dam project, hiking and camping with other Dam Kids, working on the project himself while still in school and joining the…
Hazel Henderson recalls the stories she heard growing up in the Tuckaseegee area about the Hooper-Watson feud, about the Hooper and Watson families "bushwackin" each other, murders related to the feud, and the role bootlegging and drinking possibly…
Hazel Soles discusses the many jobs that she's had and the places that she has lived. She talks about growing up on a farm, then going to business school, and loving the different types of work she has been able to do. This interview was conducted to…
Adrien Litzau interviews sisters Hazel Whiteside and Louise Allen (Mae Louise Allen) on October 22, 2004 for the Western North Carolina Oral History Project. Born in 1923 and 1922, Whiteside and Allen have been members of AME Mount Zion Church in…
Helen McKinney is interviewed as part of the "Native Plants Project"--a research project of the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University. A native and lifelong resident of Buncombe County, Helen shares some memories of relatives and…
An interview with Helen Patton of Macon County in which she discusses her family's history in the area as well as her personal history. Her ancestor, George Patton, settled in the Cartoogechaye Creek area when Cherokee Indian lands became available…
Henry Kornegay is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Kornegay talks about joining the Marine Corps and shares some of his experiences in Afghanistan.…
Henry Lambert, popularly known as "Chief Henry," talks about his work--posing as a Cherokee "chief" wearing Indian attire, including headdress, for tourists and vacationers visiting Cherokee, North Carolina. Lambert initially worked as a construction…
Henry Robinson is interviewed by Gwendolyn Sheppard on August 29, 1989 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Reporting for the Asheville Citizen Times newspaper at the time of the interview, Robinson’s interview…