Adrien Litzau interviews Stanley Rogers (Floyd Stanley Rogers) on October 20, 2004 for the Western North Carolina Oral History Project. Born in Sylva in 1956, Rogers has lived in Cullowhee most of his life and his great grandfather, Will Rogers, was…
Colin Bilichka interviews Sibyl Blakley on November 3, 2004 for the Western North Carolina Oral History Project. Born in 1940, Blakley has been a member of the AME Mount Zion Church in Cullowhee for as long as she can remember. She speaks about the…
George Frizzell is interviewed as part of the "Native Plants Project"--a research project of the Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University. In this interview Frizzell, a long time native of Jackson County, North Carolina, and Head of…
Anne Collins interviews Cyritha “Rea” West on November 1, 2004 for the Western North Carolina Oral History Project. Born February 6, 1950 in Jackson County to William and Ella Mae Rogers, West talks about growing up in the AME Mount Zion Church and…
Lucy Dillard interviews Damita Wilder on October 27, 2004 for the Western North Carolina Oral History Project. Born February 5, 1953 in Smithfield, North Carolina, Wilder became the preacher for AME Mount Zion Church in Cullowhee in 1998. She talks…
Scott McKenzie interviews Dennis Rogers on November 23, 2004 for the Western North Carolina Oral History Project. Born January 31, 1958 in Jackson County, Rogers has been a lifelong member of the AME Mount Zion Church, which his great grandfather,…
Scott McKenzie interviews Victoria McDonald (Victoria A. Casey McDonald) on November 12, 2004 for the Western North Carolina Oral History Project. Born February 26, 1943, in Jackson County, McDonald was a member of the AME Mount Zion Church until the…
Anne Collins interviews Ella Mae Rogers on November 11, 2004 for the Western North Carolina Oral History Project. Born May 23, 1929 in Swain County, Rogers moved to Cullowhee around 1950 after getting married to William Rogers (1924-1980). She talks…
Bobby Clester interviews Dorothea A. Siler on December 2, 2004 for the Western North Carolina Oral History Project. Born in 1955, Siler has been a member of the AME Mount Zion Church in Cullowhee all of her life, although for a time she lived in…
James Harris Stewart is interviewed by Gwendolyn Sheppard on March 31, 1989 as part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. The transcription and audio are unavailable. This document includes Sheppard's notes after the…