Dan Crouse, a small business owner, discusses how he grew up in the pawn shop business, and how that business was passed on to him. He discusses the importance of mentorship, treating employees well, and balancing work with the rest of your life.…
James P. (Porter) Cunningham is interviewed by Susan Moody on March 26, 2003. James Cunningham (1915-2003) was born in Franklin, North Carolina. Cunningham discusses the process of the rural electrification. He also gives personal accounts on what it…
Lee Daggerhart Jr. shares his memories of the Cherryville New Years shooters tradition, a long-standing tradition that started in Germany along the Rhine River where celebratory gunfire was used to ward off evil spirits and ensure a good harvest.…
Ashley Davis, a county planner for Lancaster County, South Carolina talks about the process of properly planning for growth and development of cities in general. She talks about how Indian Land’s development began in the early 2000s and touches on…
Born in 1940 in Concord, the oldest of nine siblings, Bernard Davis Jr. discusses his experience with segregation and integration of schools in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. Living on the border of black and white communities, Davis shares his…
Peggy Dawson, a student at Western Carolina University in the early 1970s, discusses her interactions with Josephina Niggli both in class and socially, her impressions of Niggli as a person, as her theater teacher, and as a writer.
Jerry Day is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Day grew up on a farm in Nantahala. After he was drafted, he volunteered to join the Marine Corps and…
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…
Pam 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 discusses her early life in Charlotte, NC. As an alumna of Western Carolina…
Ressie Dehart is interviewed by Lorraine Crittenden on April 24, 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1914, Dehart remembers her grandparents and extended family members. She recalls living with…