Interview with Dennis Proffitt

Interview with Dennis Proffitt

Autobiography

Coaches (Athletics)

Educators

Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs

Proffitt, Dennis, 1952-

Proffitt, Dennis, 1952- -- Childhood and youth

School principals

Schools

Sports

Teachers -- North Carolina -- Jackson County

Western Carolina University -- Alumni and alumnae

Western Carolina University

Dennis Proffitt is interviewed by a Smoky Mountain High School student as a part of Mountain People, Mountain Lives: A Student Led Oral History Project. Proffitt was born in 1952 and moved to Sylva from Yancey County when he was six years old. He talks about growing up in Sylva, attending school, having Babe Howell as a coach, coaching with Howell, and attending Western Carolina University. Proffitt recalls stories from his many years in the Jackson County school system as a teacher, coach, and administrator.

Proffitt, Dennis, 1952-

WCU Oral History Collection - Mountain People, Mountain Lives

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

1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; 2000s (Decade); 2010s;

2018-06-04

Macaulay, Eliza

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application/pdf; audio/mp3;

sound recordings

transcripts

interviews

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Sound

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2019-08-15

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Jackson County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

00:36:32 (sound recording)(duration)

12 pages (transcript)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina