Oral History Register
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Forrest Jarrett Oral History | |
| Creator | Forrest Jarrett | |
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Alt. Creator |
Interviewer: Helen Wykle, Special Collections, Ramsey Library |
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Subject:
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Jarrett, Forrest, 1928 - |
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Subject |
Forrest Jarrett ; Esta Jarrett ; Buncombe Turnpike ; drovers, Chunn House ; Civil War ; Madison County ; Marshall, NC ; Biltmore Dairy ; Bear Creek ; Jesse James Bailey ;railroad security ; Rector Corner Road, Madison county ; Southern Railway ; Norfolk-Southern Railway ; railroads ; Madison County History ; |
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Description |
Collection contains two interviews.
The first interview taken on December 12, 2006, was taken by Esta Jarrett, niece of
Forrest Jarrett, and recounts the Jarrett family history in North
Carolina, from before the Civil War to 2006. The paper transcript
which accompanied the CD of the oral interview includes
family photos of ancestors, houses and barns associated with the family.
In the second interview taken on November 1, 2010, Forrest Jarrett describes his work with the Southern Railway and the Norfolk-Southern Railway, when he served as the Chief of Railway police. Esta Jarrett and Mark Bennett, reporter for the Biltmore Beacon, were present for the second interview and their voices may be heard asking questions and sometimes responding the the interviewee. |
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Publisher |
D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina Asheville, NC |
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Contributor |
Esta M. Jarrett - completed and transcribed an Oral History in December 2006. | |
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Date |
Electronic Record Issued: 2010-11-3 |
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Type |
Sound ; text |
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Format |
CD and TRANSCRIPT (oral history conducted and donated by Esta Jarrett, December 2006) |
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Identifier |
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/RLSC/jarrett_forrest.html |
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Source |
RLSC, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville |
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Language |
English |
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Relation |
Jesse James Bailey Oral History
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SHRC/bailey_jesse_james.html
; Frank Clodfelter Photographs (1952-1980) ; http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/photo/clodfelter/clodfelter.html ; The Land of the Sky: Southern Railway, Premier Carrier of the South http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/booklets/ land_of_the_sky_southern_railway/default_los_southern.htm ; The Floods of July 1916: How the Southern Railway Met an Emergency http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/floods_july_1916/floods.htm ; Community Life in Western North Carolina http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/books/booklets/community_life/default_community_life.htm ; James Harrison Interview Nov. 19, 2007 http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/AUR/vaneman_karen/harrison_james.pdf ; |
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Coverage |
1850s-2010, Asheville (NC) | |
| 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: 346 ; Date of acquisition: November 2010 |
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Processed By |
Special Collections staff, Sallie Klipp | |
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Interview Date |
2006-12 and 2010-11-01 | |
| Interview Location | Special Collections, D.H. Ramsey Library, UNC Asheville | |
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Biography |
Forrest Jarrett was born in Marshall, NC, in 1928, was educated at Marshall High School and Berea College. He married S. Alene Ray and has two children, Neil and Robert. He worked for the Southern Railway and then the Norfolk-Southern Railway when they merged in 1982. He served as the Director of Railway Security during his final years with the railway. Jarrett retired in 1994 and lives on his land, Jarrett Farm, in Madison County, N.C. | |
| PHOTOGRAHS | Forest Jarrett in 1985, on his farm in Madison County. (photo courtesy of Forrest E. Jarrett) |
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Jarrett Family in Madison County in 1985.
Image: (left to right) N. Owen Jarrett, Reeves Church, Jewell Jarrett Church, Alene Ray Jarrett, linda Freeman Jarrett, Forrest E. Jarrett, Timothy O. Jarrett, Esta M. Jarrett, Olin Jarrett, Jr,. Evelyn Brackbill Jarrett, circ 1985, on the Jarrett farm |
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Forrest Jarrett, 2010 [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Forrest Jarrett, 2010 [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Forrest Jarrett, 2010 [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Pond on the Forrest Jarrett property [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Distan view of Forrest Jarrett home [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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View of Forrest Jarrett property [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Sign on the Forrest Jarrett property [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Southern Railway sign. [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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R.J.P. [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Out house [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Swing and fire-circle [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Inscribed stone:
[Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Inscribed stone: [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Inscribed stone:
[Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Inscribed stone:
[Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Inscribed stone:
[Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Inscribed stone:
[Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Inscribed stone: [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Inscribed stone:
[Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Inscribed stone:
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Inscribed stone:
[Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Forrest Jarrett property, well.
[Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Forrest Jarrett property, well.
[Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Small Log Cabin on the Forrest Jarrett property. Distance
view. [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Deer at salt-lick on Forrest Jarrett property [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Small Log Cabin on the Forrest Jarrett property. [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Charcoal portrait of Father Jarrett [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Charcoal portrait of Mother Jarrett [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Forrest Jarrett home. Interior view. [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Forrest Jarrett home. Interior view. [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Forrest Jarrett home. Interior view. [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Forrest Jarrett home. Interior view with pictures of
Mother and Father Jarrett on wall to right. [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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[Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Chair, formerly in the Director's office, Southern Railway [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Southern Railway Train Bulletin [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Forrest Jarrett home: Room with plaques and memorabilia [Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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Forrest Jarrett with his memorabilia and
[Photo by Mark Bennett] |
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