Interview with Anita Coggins

Interview with Anita Coggins

Autobiography

Coggins, Anita, 1971-

Coggins, Anita, 1971- -- Childhood and youth

Gospel music

Music

Musicians

Special education teachers -- North Carolina, Western

Anita Coggins is interviewed by Tessa Davis on May 27, 2016, as part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Coggins talks about her childhood memories growing up in Jackson County, N.C. and her motivation for getting into music. Her band, Heart Strings, is discussed as well as her knowledge of quartet style music. Coggins discusses what led her to work with the Cullowhee Valley School’s special education program. She relates what she enjoys in her field and the various difficulties related to teaching in special education. The future of special education, the history of gospel music, and how music has been incorporated within her family are also discussed.

Coggins, Anita, 1971-

WCU Oral History Collection - Mountain People, Mountain Lives

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

1970s; 2000s (Decade); 2010s;

2016-05-27;

Davis, Tessa

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application/pdf; audio/mp3;

sound recordings

interviews

eng

Sound

35769

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/35769

2017-06-10

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Jackson County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

00:28:33 (sound recording)(duration)

10 pages (transcript)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina