Bill Fisher is interviewed by Emily Lower, July 8, 1998 at his home in Glenville, North Carolina to talk about the music he played. Fisher began in his teens, while attending Glenville High School, playing the harmonica and then picked up the guitar.…
Bill Freeman 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 1925, Freeman grew up in Waynesville and was recruited to the Navy when he was 17 years old.…
Bill Koehler was born in 1946 in Buffalo, New York. His father, a World War II veteran, died young, and the family moved to Duncan, South Carolina when he was 12. Bill was drafted to the Army in 1966 and was trained as a helicopter pilot. Koehler…
Billie Caldwell Chandler discusses her ancestors, who were among the first settlers in Cataloochee Valley, and their experience of being displaced in the 1930s when the area became part of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. She recalls stories…
Birdell Love Smith is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on September 16, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Living in Haywood County all her life, Smith talks about her family lineage and attending…
Bob Thomas, who attended Western Carolina University from 1966 - 1970, discusses being a member of the Men's House Government and his time and involvement in student activities on campus with the Vietnam War in the background of his experience. He…
Bobby Bishop recalls the 2004 Peeks Creek mudslide in Macon County from his point of view as chief building inspector. Having lived in Macon County for most of his life, he also shares his memories of the event as a member of the community. He…
Bobby Holcomb, a student at Western Carolina College in the 1950s, discusses a variety a topics: his reasons for attending Western; playing baseball and basketball under Jim Gudger; life as a student and an athlete; social life on campus; and…
Booker T. Sherrill is interviewed by E. C. Smith (Edward Clark Smith) on June 6, 1987 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born on September 1, 1907 in Hickory, North Carolina, Sherrill talks about his parents…
Boyce Dietz is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Dietz talks about growing up in Jackson County as the oldest of five kids. He discusses playing…