Oral history of logging: Larry Blythe

Oral history of logging: Larry Blythe

Blythe, Larry

Foresters -- Interviews

Industries

Logging

Lumber trade

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 of Indian Affairs as Forest Manager for the tribe. He talks about the challenges of this position and about the changes that have taken place in logging on tribal lands from the 1970s to more recent history when he created a forestry management plan. This interview, along with others, was created by long-time forester, Tom Baker. Baker interviewed men who worked in the timber industry to create an oral history of logging operations in western North Carolina. Included with each interview is a transcript of the audio file.

Baker, Tom

Oral History Collection

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

2006-11-19

Blythe, Larry

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mp3; pdf;

sound recordings

transcripts

interviews

eng

Sound

Text

22953

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/22953

2016-02-11

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Jackson County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

0:20:25 (sound recording)(dimension)

6 pages (transcript)(pages)

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