Nikki Britain, a teacher with experience in both public and private schools, talks about her passions and frustrations with teaching. She compares her different experiences and talks extensively about the problems involved with public schools’ focus…
Aud Brown and his wife Becky Myers Brown discuss Annie (Granny) Bell Cook and their memories of her, as well as the stories they have heard about her. They also discuss their upbringing in Brasstown, North Carolina and their experiences with members…
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…
Truman Brown is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Brown talks about growing up in Little Canada, building roads, logging, and running bulldozers.
Ina “Sam” Bryant is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Bryant shares her early life in rural South Carolina, living and working on the family’s farm,…
Thomas Bryant is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Bryant talks about the challenges he faced growing up in Waynesville as an African American. He…
Ben Harold Bryson is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 7, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Bryson discusses hauling laundry in a little wagon, having a blind father, only making three dollars a…
Ode Bryson is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on May 15, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Bryson grew up in Jackson County and discusses starting work at a young age after his grandparents died and…
Susie Bryson is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 28, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Bryson talks about schools before they were integrated, the black church being where Robinson Hall is…
Erica Smiley interviews Franklin "Frank" Glenn Buchanan (1934-2012) on October 20, 2004. They discuss his life and experiences as a Bluegrass musician. Frank Buchanan was a mandolin player that began his career playing with his older brother on the…