Joan Byrd, a teacher of Ceramics at Western Carolina University in the late 1960s, reminisces about her friendship with Josephina Niggli. She aslo talks about Niggli's personality, her relationship with students, with religion, and her connections to…
Gurney Chambers, a student of Josephina Niggli’s in the late 1950s at Western Carolina University and who later joined the faculty at Western in the 1960s, discusses his memories of her as a teacher and as a colleague.
Peggy Dawson, a student at Western Carolina University in the early 1970s, discusses her interactions with Josephina Niggli both in class and socially, her impressions of Niggli as a person, as her theater teacher, and as a writer.
Tom Frazier, a student of Josephina Niggli’s in the mid-1970s at Western Carolina University and who later taught photography, television, and printing before becoming the print/document services supervisor at the university's Print Shop, discusses…
Fred Hinson, who joined Western Carolina University as a faculty in 1966, discusses his interactions with Josephina Niggli both at Western and socially, his impressions of Niggli as a person, her plays that were shown at the Little Theatre, and the…
A student in Western Carolina University's (WCU) Theatre Department in the late 1960s and early 1970s studying Technical Theatre, Luther Jones later became an Assistant Professor at WCU's School of Stage and Screen. Josephina Niggli taught in the…
Gary Carden, who first met Josephina Niggli as a student in the theatre department at Western Carolina College in the 1950’s, discusses his impressions of her personality, her work, and the ways the theatre department changed after her arrival.
Wanda (Newman) Presswood talks about living in Fontana Village as a child while her father worked in the Fontana Dam project, about how she found out about the Dam Kids reunions, and how wonderful it was to come to these reunions every year where she…
Charles Sanford talks about moving to Fontana Village from a community located on "Old Road" 288 behind the Fontana dam and moving from a house with no running water or electricity to a community which had swimming pools, tennis courts, and other…
Mildred Adams Williams talks about living in Fontana Village as a child in the 1940s, about how the community, especially the children of the dam workers, were insulated from the hardships of World War II, and about reunions of the Dam Kids.