Interview with Ray Pressley

Dublin Core

Title

Interview with Ray Pressley

Subject

Beagle (Dog breed)
High school teachers
Percheron horse
Pressley, Ray
Show dogs

Description

Ray Pressley 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 Sylva and a lifelong resident of Pressley Creek, a road named after his great-grandfather, Pressley discusses growing up in Jackson County and shares the history of his family. Pressley describes his education at Western and his career in education. He shares stories of fishing, raising Percheron horses, and raising, training, and competing all over the country with beagles.

Creator

Pressley, Ray

Source

WCU Oral History Collection - Mountain People, Mountain Lives

Date

2019-07-09

Contributor

McRae, Lucy

Rights

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

Format

sound recordings
transcripts
interviews

Language

eng

Type

Sound
Text

Identifier

63957
https://southernappalachiandigitalcollections.org/object/63957

Spatial Coverage

North Carolina, Western

Extent

0:50:55(duration)
19(pages)

Is Part Of

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina

Citation

Pressley, Ray, “Interview with Ray Pressley,” OAI, accessed May 2, 2025, https://sadc.qi-cms.com/omeka/items/show/63957.