Interview with William Ritter

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with William Ritter

Subject

Events
Music
Musicians
Old-time music
Ritter, William
Seeds -- Storage
Songs
Western Carolina University -- Alumni and alumnae
Western Carolina University

Description

William Ritter, an Appalachian musician, discusses his experiences performing, songwriting, seed-sharing, and connecting to the community through Appalachian music. This interview was conducted to supplement the traveling Smithsonian Institution exhibit “The Way We Worked,” which was hosted by WCU’s Mountain Heritage Center during the fall 2018 semester.

Creator

Ritter, William

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - HIST 474/574

Publisher

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

Date

1980s; 2000s (Decade); 2010s;
2018-10-17

Contributor

Stallings, Janie

Rights

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

Format

application/pdf; audio/mp3;
sound recordings
transcripts
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

36041
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/36041

Date Created

2019-05-06

Rights Holder

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

Spatial Coverage

Jackson County (N.C.)
Appalachian Region, Southern
North Carolina, Western

Extent

18 pages (transcript)(duration)
47:02 (sound recording)(duration)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Ritter, William, “Interview with William Ritter,” OAI, accessed May 2, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/36041.