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.
Dave Waldrop discusses his family history in Jackson County, tracing his mother's side back to the mid-1800s and his father's to 1936. Waldrop highlights the impact of the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC), the Works Progress Administration…
David Huskins attended Western Carolina University during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Huskins recounts his time at WCU and how it influenced his life after college. He provides a detailed look at the inner workings of the student government…
David Reeves is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Reeves, born in 1956, talks about growing up on a farm in Haywood County. He tells about the path…
David E. Roberts, a Southern pastor, discusses his experiences in his family, his education, his time in the military, and now as a minister. This interview was conducted to supplement the traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibit “The Way We…
David Whitten attended Western Carolina University during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Whitten shares his difficulty in making the transition from an all-boys military high school to a co-educational college and how his perception of the world…
Dawn Gilchrist is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Gilchrist, a teacher at Jackson County School of Alternatives, talks about growing up in Swain…
Debbie Lewis describes living in Asheville in the 1960s and 1970s. She shares her view on race relations during this period, the impact that school integration had on the community, and how the Asheville High School Riot of 1969 impacted her…
Debbie Nix, who attended Western Carolina University from 1966 - 1970 and was involved in the Women's House Government, talks about campus living and social life during this time. She shares her perspective as a female student on a campus with gender…
Dee Thompson Smith, a student at Western Carolina College in the 1950s, discusses a variety of topics: her decision to attend Western rather than Blanton's Business College in Asheville; her participation in the marching band, P.E. club, and…