Interview with William (Buster) and Genella Gray

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with William (Buster) and Genella Gray

Subject

Autobiography
Families
Farm life
Gray, Genella
Gray, William I., 1952-
Police
Work ethic

Description

William Irwin (Buster) and Patricia Genella Lewis Gray, a couple from Western North Carolina, discuss how they met and their perspectives on work from different generations. They talk about what each of their parents did for a living, their own jobs through the years, and how their grandparents, parents, and then they themselves instilled work values in their children. 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

Gray, Genella
Gray, William I., 1952-

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - HIST 474/574

Publisher

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

Date

1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 2010s;
2018-10-21

Contributor

Martinez, Mary

Rights

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

Format

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

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

36047
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/36047

Date Created

2019-04-24

Rights Holder

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

Spatial Coverage

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

Extent

23 pages (transcript)(duration)
53:08 (sound recording)(duration)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Gray, Genella and Gray, William I., 1952-, “Interview with William (Buster) and Genella Gray,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/36047.