Herman Edward Gibbs is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on September 10, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1910, Gibbs talks about losing his mother and then his father, and being raised by…
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,…
Hilliard Gibbs 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 the 1930s, Gibbs is a lifelong resident of Haywood County. He shares memories of growing…
Howard Harrison is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on June 11, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Harrison was born in 1903 on Hill Street in Asheville. His father operated the first Black barbershop…
Jack Mincey is interviewed by Juan Moore on May 31, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Mincey discusses growing up around Cullowhee and the changes over the years. He talks about teaching at…
James P. (Porter) Cunningham is interviewed by Susan Moody on March 26, 2003. James Cunningham (1915-2003) was born in Franklin, North Carolina. Cunningham discusses the process of the rural electrification. He also gives personal accounts on what it…
Jennifer Rich interviews James R. Nicholls on October 10, 2002. James Nicholl was born in 1938 and raised in Texas. Dr. Nicholl ended up in Western North Carolina perhaps by fate. He started teaching English at WCU in the early ‘70s after receiving…
Susan Moody interviews James R. Vinson on October 16, 2002. James Robert Vinson, a local World War II veteran, served in many famous battles in Germany, such as the Battle of Hurtgen Forest (September 19, 1994 - December 16, 1944). During this…
Jane Privette discusses her experience growing up in the surrounding area of Indian Land, South Carolina. She talks about the recent population growth and the realities of living through suburbanization. Jane also gives some insight into pieces of…
Jane Shipman talks with James Taylor about how Champion Paper Mill shaped the town of Canton and the surrounding area. She remembers with gratitude the role Champion played in her childhood during the war years and beyond. Shipman also recounts the…