Peggy Sue Nations is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Nations was born and raised in Sylva, NC. She talks about her career from teacher to…
Randall Murff and Frank Moody are interviewed by Smoky Mountain High School students as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Murff, born in 1919, talks about growing up during the depression in Mississippi,…
William Rogers Shelton is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. He talks about growing up in Jackson County and working on his father’s farm where he has…
Dorothy Jean Mincey 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 1927, Mincey talks about growing up in the mountains of Jackson County after her…
Kim Woodard is interviewed by Allie Todd on June 1, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. She talks about her job duties as a VA nurse and the differences between treating military patients and…
Doug Gibson shares his experience working at Champion Paper Mill through the 70s, 80s and 90s. In 1972, when Gibson began work, Champion changed its name to Champion International Corporation and soon after starting he joined the union. Gibson talks…
Vanice Henson is one of four generations employed by the Champion Paper Mill. He began work at the mill in 1958 and retired in 2000. In this interview Henson discusses environmental issues, the union, and the relationship with KPS Special Situation…
Wayne Carson describes being hired on at the mill in the late 50s. He discusses the YMCA, the Robertson family, environmental issues, and the union. Although he was retired, Carson shares his perspective on the employee buyout, and Evergreen.
Darryll Cagle discusses the positive opportunities that Champion Fibre provided him. Cagle worked as an electrician and went to college at Virginia Tech majoring in engineering.
Pat Smathers was born in Canton, North Carolina and grew up in the small community of Dutch Cove, a German settlement. Smathers discusses his time as mayor and the public policies that he introduced. He also traces the changes that Canton has…