Interview with Patrick Smathers

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Patrick Smathers

Subject

Autobiography
Community life
Community organizations
Floods
Industries
Mayors
Paper mills
Smathers family
Smathers, Patrick Underwood, 1954- -- Childhood and youth
Smathers, Patrick Underwood, 1954- -- Interviews

Description

Pat Smathers was born in Canton, North Carolina and grew up in the small community of Dutch Cove, a German settlement. Smathers discusses his time as mayor and the public policies that he introduced. He also traces the changes that Canton has witnessed over time.

Creator

Smathers, Patrick Underwood, 1954-

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - HIST 474/574

Publisher

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

Date

1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s (Decade);
2016-11-22

Contributor

Staicar, Michael

Rights

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

Format

application/pdf; audio/mp3;
sound recordings
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound

Identifier

35721
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/35721

Date Created

2017-02-22

Rights Holder

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

Spatial Coverage

Canton (N.C.)
Haywood County (N.C.)

Extent

0:44:15 (sound recording)(duration)
9 pages (transcript)(duration)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Smathers, Patrick Underwood, 1954-, “Interview with Patrick Smathers,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/35721.