University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
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Zani Davidson Oral History

Zani Davidson, 2009
 

Title

 Zani Davidson Oral History
Creator Karen VanEman

Subject
LCSH:

Asheville Urban Renewal ---  Asheville, NC
African-Americans-- Appalachian Region, Southern
African Americans -- Housing -- North Carolina -- Asheville -- History 
Asheville (N.C.) -- History

Subject
Keyword:

Allen High School, Asheville, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority

Description

Zani Davidson relates growing up in Asheville in the 1950s. After graduating from UNCA, majoring in Math Education, she began to teach math at Hall Fletcher Junior High School.  Both Zani and her husband volunteer in the community with Meals on Wheels, Church and the Asheville Arboretum.

Publisher

D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804

Contributor

 Interviewer: Karen VanEman

Date

Electronic Record Issued: 2009-04-15

Type

Sound ; Text

Format

2 cassette tapes; Zani Davidson TRANSCRIPT

Identifier

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/AUR/vaneman_karen/davidson_zancie.html

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

Language

English

Relation

 Housing Authority of the City of  Asheville Manuscript Collection. 
Publication: Keeping the Promise

Coverage

 1940s-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.

Acquisition

Donor number: 353 ;  Date of acquisition: 2009-04-15

Processed By

 Special Collections staff

Interview Date

 2009-04-24
Interview Location Unknown

Biography

 Zani Davidson was born in Asheville, North Carolina in 1946.  The first house she remembers is on the corner of 13 Edgar Street.  She attended Burton Street Elementary and Allen High School. and UNCA , majoring in Math Education.  She taught at Hall Fletcher Junior High School. 

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