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Interview with Perry Hicks [Feburary 9, 1976]
Perry Hicks talks about working in a cotton mill in western North Carolina in the early twentieth century. He was born in 1899 and began working at a young age because he dropped out of the six-month school he was attending. He explains the influence…
Interview with Carter Rupard [June 17, 1974]
Carter Rupard talks about growing up on a farm in Cove Creek with his many siblings. He says that they "lived better than we can now" and that "we hardly ever went to buy anything unless it would be a poke of flour ever once in awhile." His family…
Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Greer, June 11, 1973
James Calvin Greer was born in Triplett, NC in 1908. Vera Greer was born in Caldwell County in 1913.
Mr. and Mrs. Greer both recall very hard childhoods and growing up in the Triplett area. Mr. Greer worked at the local sawmill during the Great…
Mr. and Mrs. Greer both recall very hard childhoods and growing up in the Triplett area. Mr. Greer worked at the local sawmill during the Great…
Interview with L.E. Tuckwiller, April 10, 1973
L.E. Tuckwiller was born September 16, 1908 in West Virginia. He graduated from Berea College in 1934 and was the Watauga County extension agent for the past 30 years.
Mr. Tuckwiller talks mostly about his career as an extension agent throughout…
Mr. Tuckwiller talks mostly about his career as an extension agent throughout…
Interview with William and Elizabeth Hartley, June 11, 1973
Elizabeth Hartley was born in Arnold's Branch, North Carolina in 1900 and lived on a farm where her only job was to collect herbs and dig roots. William Hartley is the son of Elizabeth Hartley.
Mr. and Mrs. Hartley both talk about growing up and…
Mr. and Mrs. Hartley both talk about growing up and…
Interview with Sam Jones, June 12, 1973
Sam Jones was born in Deep Gap, North Carolina around the early 1900s on a farm where he grew up. He worked at a sawmill.
Mr. Jones starts the interview talking about growing up on a farm. At this point his wife joins the interview, and they begin…
Mr. Jones starts the interview talking about growing up on a farm. At this point his wife joins the interview, and they begin…
Diary of Andrew Jackson Greene, Volume 12 [January 1, 1914 - March 31, 1914]
Entries in this diary range from January 1st 1914 through March 31st 1914. These entries are a more poetic approach than that which was taken in Greene’s earlier diaries. His entries give insight into his church life, his work, political debates of…
