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

Citation

Fisher, Clifton, 1951-, “Interview with Clifton Fisher,” OAI, accessed May 1, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/36086.