Lee Knight is interviewed by Smoky Mountain High School students as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Born in 1945 in upstate New York, Knight is influenced by both the Adirondacks and Southern Appalachian…
Leigh Freeman shares her experience of living in Elkin, North Carolina since the 1980s and has seen many changes to the historic downtown. Her mother was integral in expanding the recognition of local artists in Elkin. Freeman discusses her thoughts…
Leona Clinton is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 27, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Clinton discusses her mother, getting married at 13 years old, moving from Tennessee, never liking…
Lin Forney talks about growing up in segregated communities in Western North Carolina in the 1950s and '60s, her memories of the Civil Rights Movement, experiences with school desegregation including resistance from the white students, and the…
Talinda Forney is interviewed by Emma Miller on May 27, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. She discusses growing up in Haywood County, N.C. and her experiences with integration and desegregation…
Lindsey Reinhardt, a full-time college student, discusses her work experiences and how they compare to her mother and grandmother. She talks about the misogyny she experienced firsthand in her customer service jobs, especially as a cashier, and how…
Livingston Kelly talks about his love of photography and how he got started in the business. He opened his first photography studio above Hoopers Drug Store on Main Street in Sylva, NC in 1971 and continues to operate Livingston’s Photo, 43 years…
Lloyd Arneach discusses how a librarian at Cherokee High School encouraged him and others to share the legends they had learned from their families through storytelling and how he developed his own storytelling style. He mentions doing storytelling…
In this interview conducted at the 2005 Mountain Heritage Day, Lloyd Carl Owle begins by giving an overview of his genealogy and his interest in pipestone carving, and briefly discusses his work with the Indian Health Service. He talks about the…
In this interview, conducted as part of the Agriculture Project by the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University, Lloyd Owen of Whittier discusses tobacco farming in Jackson County. He talks about the types of tobacco grown in Jackson…