Interview with Doris Grimsley

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Doris Grimsley

Subject

Autobiography
Children
Dam Kids
Dams -- Social aspects
Families
Fontana Dam (N.C.)
Fontana Village (N.C.)
Grimsley, Doris Sutton
Reunions

Description

Grimsley discusses the years she lived in Fontana Village while her father worked on the structural steel portions of Fontana Dam, the moves the family had to make due to her father working on other dams for the Tennessee Valley Authority, friendships with children of other dam workers, and attending Dam Kids' reunions years later.

Creator

Grimsley, Doris Sutton

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - HIST 474/574

Publisher

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

Date

1940s;
2014-10-17

Contributor

Norris, Dustin

Rights

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

Format

audio/mp3; application/pdf;
sound recordings
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound

Identifier

35608
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/35608

Date Created

2015-03-03

Rights Holder

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

Spatial Coverage

Fontana Dam (N.C.)
Fontana Village (N.C.)
Graham County (N.C.)
North Carolina, Western

Extent

00:20:18 (sound recording)(duration)
12 pages (transcript)(duration)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Grimsley, Doris Sutton, “Interview with Doris Grimsley,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/35608.