In this audio interview, Tom Baker interviews Josh Toineeta, a logger on the Cherokee Reservation. Toineeta talks about getting started by logging along Washington Creek. He recalls that Owen Littlejohn used a steer for logging. Toineeta’s father…
In this audio interview, Tom Baker interviews Larry Blythe while he was the vice chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee. Educated in Forest Management at the University of Idaho and Western Carolina University, in 1985, Blythe was hired by the Bureau…
In this audio interview, Tom Baker records himself talking about his logging oral histories project. Baker’s main objective in this audio file is to record as many loggers’ names as he can remember. Baker had a few experiences with logging as a…
This “History of Mt. Sterling, N.C. and its People Volume II” was written by Jacob “Junior” Ball and his wife, Helen Cody Ball. This volume tells the story of the communities of Mount Sterling, Big Bend, Browns, Barnes Valley, Ravens Branch, Naillon,…
This “History of Mt. Sterling, N.C. and its People Volume III” was written by Jacob “Junior” Ball and his wife, Helen Cody Ball, presumably in 1999. This volume tells the story of the development of Crestmont and the communities of Mount Sterling,…
This “History of Mt. Sterling, N.C. and its People” was written by Jacob “Junior” Ball and tells the story of the communities of Mount Sterling, Big Bend, and Cataloochee and the families who settled there before the advent of the Great Smoky…
"Memories" was written by Jacob “Junior” Ball and tells the story of his life from early childhood into adulthood. Ball was born in Haywood County, North Carolina and dedicates this book to the people who lived and grew up in the mountains of east…
"Days Gone but not Forgotten” was written by Jacob “Junior” Ball. Ball grew up in Haywood County, North Carolina and shares stories both from his own life, and stories told to him about his ancestors.
"Days Gone but not Forgotten Volume II” was written by Jacob “Junior” Ball. Ball grew up in Haywood County, North Carolina and shares stories both from his own life, and stories told to him about his ancestors.
This 1973 correspondence, from Richard W. Iobst to Paul F. McCrary, concerns a loan of archival materials from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Western Carolina University.