Interview with Ann Melton
Dublin Core
Title
Interview with Ann Melton
Subject
Floods
Jackson County (N.C.) -- Economic conditions
Jackson County (N.C.) -- Social life and customs
Lumber camps
Lumber trade
Melton, Ann, 1943-
Melton, Ann, 1943- -- Childhood and youth
Description
Ann Melton is a native of Jackson County and has written fourteen books about western North Carolina, including her 2019 book entitled "The History of Blackwood Lumber Company: East LaPorte, North Carolina and the Flood of 1940." She discusses her family members who were employed by the Blackwood Lumber Company, the extreme difficulty of the lumbering business, and the economic impact the company brought to Jackson County. She tells stories of how the flood affected the residents of Jackson County, including one story about a runaway chicken house.
Creator
Melton, Ann
Source
WCU Oral History Collection - Introduction to Oral History
Date
2022-03-30
Contributor
Gardo, Kari
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/
Format
sound recordings
transcripts
interviews
Language
eng
Type
Sound
Text
Identifier
63736
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/63736
Spatial Coverage
Jackson County (N.C.)
North Carolina, Western
Extent
0:57:53(duration)
22(pages)
Is Part Of
Oral Histories of Western North Carolina
Collection
Citation
Melton, Ann, “Interview with Ann Melton,” OAI, accessed May 2, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/63736.