Interview with Claude M. Douthit

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Claude M. Douthit

Subject

Autobiography
Dams -- Economic aspects
Douthit, Claude M. (Claude Monroe), 1928-2014
Fontana Dam (N.C.)
Logging -- Economic aspects
Lumbering -- Economic aspects
Swain County (N.C.) -- History

Description

Claude Douthit discusses a few of the logging companies operating in the area where the Fontana Dam was built. According to Douthit, the lumber companies were the main source of employment for people in Swain County prior to the building of Fontana Dam. The Fontana Dam, completed in 1945, is built on the Little Tennessee River and is located near Fontana Village in Graham County, North Carolina.

Creator

Douthit, Claude M. (Claude Monroe), 1928-2014

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - HIST 474/574

Publisher

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

Date

1890s; 1900s (Decade); 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s;
2009-11-18

Contributor

Atzenhoffer, T. Rhydon

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/

Format

audio/mp3; application/pdf;
sound recordings
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound

Identifier

35510
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/35510

Date Created

2014-12-04

Rights Holder

All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;

Spatial Coverage

Graham County (N.C.)
Swain County (N.C.)
North Carolina, Western

Extent

00:05:18 (sound recording)(duration)
1 page (transcript)(duration)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Douthit, Claude M. (Claude Monroe), 1928-2014, “Interview with Claude M. Douthit,” OAI, accessed April 30, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/35510.