Southern Highlands Research Center Oral History Collection
                                        (SHRC)

The Southern Highlands Research Center Oral History Collection (SHRC) is made up of two distinct sub-collections:

Dr. Louis D. Silveri Oral History Collection

Dr. Bruce Greenawalt Oral History Collection

Both of these historians focused on interviews collected in and around Asheville and Western North Carolina during the fifteen years from 1977 to 1992. As a visiting scholar, Dr. Silveri collected over 180 hours of audio from architects, doctors, farmers, manufacturers, administrators, business owners, educators, and pivotal personalities. Dr. Greenawalt, former UNCA History Department Chair,  talked with business leaders and tradesmen who documented the growth and changes in the Asheville-area.
 

The mission of the Southern Highlands Research Center was to preserve, collect and arrange primary materials illustrative of the Southern Highlands. The Southern Highlands Research Center, which operated under the UNCA History Department, was the predecessor of Ramsey Library Special Collections.  This collection presents 49 Oral Histories that may offer written transcripts,  photographs and background information. 

David "Fox" Watson

Fred Wolfe

Charlotte Young

Juanita Young & Family