Joe Sam Queen is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Queen talks about growing up in Panama in the 1950s and then in Waynesville in the 1960s. He…
John Brindle was born in Indiana in 1947 and moved to Bainbridge and Fort Valley, Georgia where he graduated high school. Brindle moved back to Indiana to attend Ball State University and got drafted in November of 1967. He discusses his basic…
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…
John Wermuth discusses his impressions of community and community institutions and his identity as a gay man in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Atlanta, Georgia; and Sylva, North Carolina. When discussing his experiences in these three places, Wermuth…
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.
Juanita Gudger Jones (1914-2010) is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on February 23, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Jones was born in Asheville where she grew up during the Great Depression. She…
In this interview, retired teacher, Juanita Metcalf, talks about growing up in a family where quilting was a tradition. She tried many different crafts herself, but fell in love with quilting after attending a quilting show. Juanita is self-taught…
Julia Ray Miller is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on March 26, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1907, Miller discusses growing up in Yancey County, North Carolina, attending school, and…
Julia Rucker Young is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on March 25, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in Yancey County in 1906, Young talks about growing up on the farm and attending school and…
Karen Eve Bayne talks about the importance of storytelling during her childhood in the Appalachian Mountains, and how years later while living in England she pursued training at the Unicorn Storytelling School and Emerson College before becoming a…