Interview with James P. Cunningham

Interview with James P. Cunningham

Autobiography

Cunningham, James P., 1915-2003

Electric industry workers

Electric lines -- Poles and towers

Electric utilities

Electricians

Industries

Pensions

Rural development -- North Carolina, Western

Rural electrification -- North Carolina, Western

James P. (Porter) Cunningham is interviewed by Susan Moody on March 26, 2003. James Cunningham (1915-2003) was born in Franklin, North Carolina. Cunningham discusses the process of the rural electrification. He also gives personal accounts on what it was like working for the Nantahala Power and Light Company. Cunningham’s wife, Esther (1918-2011), tells what her life was like being married to someone who worked for the Nantahala Power and Light Company. James Cunningham talks about a few of the processes that were needed in order to get electricity into the western North Carolina region.

Cunningham, James P., 1915-2003

Western North Carolina Oral History Project Collection

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

1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s;

2003-03-26

Moody, Susan

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

application/pdf; audio/mp3;

sound recordings

transcripts

interviews

eng

Sound

Text

36266

https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/36266

2019-02-14

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Macon County (N.C.)

1:22:21 (sound recording)(duration)

27 pages (transcript)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina