Interview with Clifton Fisher
Dublin Core
Title
Interview with Clifton Fisher
Subject
Autobiography
Families
Fisher, Clifton, 1951-
Fisher, Clifton, 1951- -- Childhood and youth
Grounds maintenance -- Management
Sports
Western Carolina University -- Employees
Description
Clifton Fisher is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Born in 1951, Fisher grew up in Jackson County. He talks about his childhood including playing football for Sylva-Webster High School and winning the state championship in 1965 and 1966. Fisher, who worked for Western Carolina University for 32 years and retired as grounds supervisor in 2014 shares the changes he’s seen at both the university and Jackson County.
Creator
Fisher, Clifton, 1951-
Source
WCU Oral History Collection - Mountain People, Mountain Lives
Publisher
Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Date
1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s (Decade); 2010s;
2018-06-24
Contributor
McRae, Katy
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
application/pdf; audio/mp3;
sound recordings
transcripts
interviews
Language
eng
Type
Sound
Text
Identifier
36086
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/36086
Date Created
2019-08-15
Rights Holder
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723;
Spatial Coverage
Jackson County (N.C.)
North Carolina, Western
Extent
00:31:05 (sound recording)(duration)
8 pages (transcript)(duration)
Is Part Of
Oral Histories of Western North Carolina
Collection
Citation
Fisher, Clifton, 1951-, “Interview with Clifton Fisher,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/36086.