Interview with Tom Baker

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Title

Interview with Tom Baker

Subject

Baker, Tom
Extreme sports
Foresters
Industries
Logging
Veterans
Veterans -- North Carolina, Western
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Western Carolina University -- Employees

Description

Tom Baker is interviewed by Abigail Fox on June 1, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Baker talks about his time as a paratrooper with the 101st division and going to Vietnam and the Veteran’s support group he started at Western Carolina University. He recalls his schooling and career as a forester and logging in Western North Carolina. He also shares his experience with extreme sports.

Creator

Baker, Tom, 1949?-

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - Mountain People, Mountain Lives

Publisher

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

Date

1960s; 1970s; 2000s (Decade); 2010s;
2016-06-01;

Contributor

Fox, Abigail

Rights

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

Format

application/pdf; audio/mp3;
sound recordings
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound

Identifier

35748
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/35748

Date Created

2017-06-10

Rights Holder

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

Spatial Coverage

Jackson County (N.C.)
North Carolina, Western

Extent

00:23:18 (sound recording)(duration)
6 pages (transcript)(duration)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Baker, Tom, 1949?-, “Interview with Tom Baker,” OAI, accessed April 30, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/35748.