Interview with William Rolland

Interview with William Rolland

Autobiography

Canton (N.C.) -- Economic conditions

Canton (N.C.) -- History

Champion Paper and Fibre Company -- Employees

Chestnut blight

Community life

Community organizations

Company stores

Industries

Paper mills

Robertson, Reuben B. (Reuben Buck), 1879-1972

Rolland, William W. (William Woody), 1931- -- Interviews

Tannins

Young Men's Christian Associations of North Carolina

William Woody Rolland discusses the positive influences that Reuben B. Robertson had on the Canton mill and the introduction of the pulp mill and timber industry. The industry created multiple institutions that benefited mill workers, such as the YMCA and the Champion Employee Store. Rolland also discusses the use of the chestnut tree in the pulp mill industry in Canton, North Carolina.

Rolland, William W. (William Woody), 1931-

WCU Oral History Collection - HIST 474/574

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

1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 2010s;

2016-11-22

Baker, Jordan

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

application/pdf; audio/mp3;

sound recordings

transcripts

interviews

eng

Sound

Text

35727

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/35727

2017-02-22

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Haywood County (N.C.)

Canton (N.C.)

0:34:54 (sound recording)(duration)

8 pages (transcript)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina