Debbie Nix, who attended Western Carolina University from 1966 - 1970 and was involved in the Women's House Government, talks about campus living and social life during this time. She shares her perspective as a female student on a campus with gender…
Brenda Oliver Coates is interviewed by Holly Miller on June 1, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Oliver talks about her early childhood in East Tennessee and her career in nursing including working…
Margaurite Carter Oliver is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on August 12, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. The transcript and audio are unavailable for this interview, however Crittenden’s…
Tom Oren 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 1947, Oren details his experience as a conscientious objector and his alternative two-year…
Roland Osborne discusses the importance that Champion Paper and Fibre Company had on family life and the Canton community. Roland examines the significance of the creation of the YMCA to the mill community, as it was the center for teenagers and…
Roland Osborne and Phillip Paxton speak about the Champion paper mill and the Town of Canton. They talk about the early days of the mill, community outreach and infrastructure, environmental issues, and the daily operations within the mill.
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…
Ella Owle is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 27, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Owle was born in 1894 in Swain County. She talks about the chores she and her siblings did as children…
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…
Carolyn Pannell is interviewed by Anne Wade on May 26, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Pannell discusses her experiences in education and what influenced her career choice. She reminisces about…