Interview with Ronald Hicks
Dublin Core
Title
Interview with Ronald Hicks
Subject
Autobiography
Businessmen
Coal mines and mining
Families
Hicks, Ronald, 1942-
Hicks, Ronald, 1942- -- Childhood and youth
Miniature golf
Sailors
Work ethic
Description
Ronald Hicks discusses growing up in West Virginia and Alaska, and how work ethics have changed since he was young. He talks about his family, different work experiences from owning a putt putt company to being in the Navy, and the different places that he has lived. 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
Hicks, Ronald, 1942-
Source
WCU Oral History Collection - HIST 474/574
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s (Decade); 2010s;
2018-10-28
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
36071
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/36071
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
Moore County (N.C.)
Onslow County (N.C.)
North Carolina
Extent
12 pages (transcript)(duration)
46:44 (sound recording)(duration)
Is Part Of
Oral Histories of Western North Carolina
Collection
Citation
Hicks, Ronald, 1942-, “Interview with Ronald Hicks,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/36071.