Richard Hurley worked in the mill the summer of 1967, but his association with Champion Fibre Mill dates back to when his parents started working there in the 1920s. Hurley recalls the nearly perfect childhood that he had growing up in Canton.
David Huskins attended Western Carolina University during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Huskins recounts his time at WCU and how it influenced his life after college. He provides a detailed look at the inner workings of the student government…
Luke Hyde is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Hyde operates the Calhoun House in Bryson City, North Carolina. He discusses growing up in Swain…
Hilda Inabinett is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 23, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Inabinett discusses his first jobs, being married over 50 years so far, wanting to serve in WWI,…
Janice Inabinett is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Born in 1941 in Bryson City, Inabinett grew up in a tight-knit African American community and…
Della Jackson is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith in 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1905, Jackson talks about growing up in Mill Spring where she worked hard on the farm, but didn’t realize…
George Jackson is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith March 2, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Jackson was born in Altapass in Mitchell County in 1909. He was raised by his grandparents who owned and…
Eugenia Dennis Jarrett is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on March 3, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1896, Jarrett graduated from Samuel Houston College and was nominated to come from…
Vera Blair Jessup remembers the hardships of food shortages and rationing during World War II, her community’s negative reactions to the war, and her brother’s struggles after coming back shell shocked from the war. Also present during the interview…