Interview with Sandra McMahan

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Sandra McMahan

Subject

America's got talent (Television program)
Autobiography
Bluegrass music
Bluegrass musicians
Farm life
McMahan, Sandra
Music
Teachers -- North Carolina -- Jackson County

Description

Sandra McMahan is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. McMahan talks about growing up in the remote Little Canada section of Jackson County. She relates her experiences that led her to become a teacher. And McMahan talks about her family’s band, Mountain Faith, how they got started, and their experience being on America’s Got Talent.

Creator

McMahan, Sandra

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - Mountain People, Mountain Lives

Publisher

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

Date

1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s (Decade); 2010s;
2017-06;

Contributor

Wallace, Sarah

Rights

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

Format

application/pdf; audio/mp3;
sound recordings
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound

Identifier

35796
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/35796

Date Created

2017-10-31

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

0:37:11 (sound recordings)(duration)
15 pages (transcript)(duration)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

McMahan, Sandra, “Interview with Sandra McMahan,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/35796.