University of North Carolina at Asheville
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Title |
Trevor Chavis Oral History |
| Creator | Karen VanEman |
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Subject |
Asheville Urban Renewal --- Asheville, NC |
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Subject |
Segregation ; Dr. Martin Luther King ; East End : Allen High School ; |
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Description |
Trevor Chavis relates growing up in Asheville during the 1940-50s. She studied music and was a popular music teacher in Queens, NY and Edenton, North Carolina. Her remembrances were before the Asheville Urban Renewal Project, though she experienced the changes when she returned to Asheville. |
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Publisher |
D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804 |
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Contributor |
Interviewer: Karen VanEman |
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Date |
Electronic Record Issued: 2009-04-15 |
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Type |
Sound ; Text |
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Format |
Cassette tape, photograph, TRANSCRIPT |
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Identifier |
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/AUR/vaneman_karen/chavie_trevor.html |
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Source |
The Karen VanEdam Oral History Collection, Asheville Urban Renewal Oral History Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville |
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Language |
English |
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Relation |
Housing Authority of the
City of Asheville Manuscript Collection. Publication: Keeping the Promise |
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Coverage |
1950s-present |
| Rights | Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the authors of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law. |
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Acquisition |
Donor number: 353 ; Date of acquisition: 2009-04-15 |
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Processed By |
Special Collections staff, addendum by Karen VanEman |
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Interview Date |
March 25, 2008 |
| Interview Locations | Pack Memorial Library |
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Biography |
Trevor Chavis was born in 1936 in Hendersonville, North Carolina and later moved to Asheville. She attended Stephens-Lee High School in Asheville, Morgan State University in Baltimore, majoring in Music Education and completed a Masters of Arts from Queens College, Branch of NYU. She taught music in public schools in Edenton, North Carolina and Queens, NY. Mrs. Chavis was married to Samuel A. Chavis. She retired in 1991. |
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