Katherine Summerous is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on August 12, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1912, Summerous describes growing up on the farm in Tate, Georgia. Her father was a…
Kelly Harmon, public school teacher turned homeschool teacher, talks about her experiences in both environments. She talks about her passion to be a teacher and the problems she saw with so much student testing in public school, as well as the pros…
Ken Brown, a generational resident of Jackson County, shares his views on the growth of the area and its impact on the environment. Brown is the Executive Director of the Watershed Association of the Tuckasegee River (WATR). He discusses what it…
Kim Woodard is interviewed by Allie Todd on June 1, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. She talks about her job duties as a VA nurse and the differences between treating military patients and…
Kirk Johnson examines moving from Augusta, Georgia to Asheville, North Carolina in the late 1960s. He describes his high school experience and explains the impact the Asheville High School Riot of 1969 had on his life. He describes race relations at…
In this interview, Lois Queen Farthing of Cherokee talks about her family's history in the tourism industry. Farthing grew up on the Cherokee Reservation, where her family operated a dairy farm before building and opening tourist cabins in the late…
Lance Holland discusses moving to Fontana Village and researching on the history of the Fontana dam, Dam Kids -- a group of children whose parents built the dam and who continue to hold reunions--and the North Shore group made up of residents who…
Lavonne Casey discusses her experiences growing up in Haywood County, Western North Carolina, in the '60s and '70s during the Civil Rights Movement, the strange dichotomy of living in a mixed-race community where everyone was neighborly and children…
Lebern Dills 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 1942, Dills grew up in Cullowhee and was one of eight children. He shares stories from his…
Lee Daggerhart Jr. shares his memories of the Cherryville New Years shooters tradition, a long-standing tradition that started in Germany along the Rhine River where celebratory gunfire was used to ward off evil spirits and ensure a good harvest.…