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…
Brian Carnes served as a council person for Lancaster County, South Carolina, representing Indian Land, one of the fastest growing unincorporated communities in the United States. He speaks to the ramifications of the rapid population growth in the…
Brian McMahan is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. McMahan grew up in Jackson County in the Willets community. He shares memories of his childhood and…
Burgess Beam shares his experience with, and the history of, the Cherryville New Years Shooters in Cherryville, North Carolina. This is a long-standing tradition that started in Germany along the Rhine River where celebratory gunfire was used to ward…
Calvin Carter is interviewed by Gwendolyn Sheppard on February 16 and March 10, 1989 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Carter discussed having Indian in his bloodline, how his parents met at the railroads,…
Carl Moore is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 23, 1986 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1903, Moore talks about his family members, including grandparents, parents, and siblings. He…
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…
Carrie Howell Scruggs and her daughter Betty Howell are interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1909, Scruggs discusses attending Hill Street School in Sylva and Allen…
Carroll Jones talks about growing up in Canton while his dad worked at Champion Paper and Fibre Company, and then later his experience with Champion including working in Brazil.
Cetera DeGraffenreid is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. DeGraffenreid shares her experience playing sports in elementary and high school beginning…