Col. Paul Rockwell Oral History

University of North Carolina at Asheville D. Hiden Ramsey Library Special Collections/University Archives Oral History Register for Colonel Paul Rockwell Col Paul Rockwell, 1976-07-22 Southern Highlands Research Center Oral History Collection D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville, 28804
Title	Colonel Paul Rockwell Oral History
Creator	Colonel Paul Rockwell
Alt. Creator	Interviewer: Dr. Louis D. Silveri
Subject LCSH:	France. Armée. Légion étrangère Spain -- History -- Civil War, 1936-1939 World War, 1914-1918 Wolfe, Thomas, 1900-1938 Highsmith, William Edward
Subject Keyword:	French Foreign Legion ; Education ; Spanish Civil War ; U.S. Air Force ; Politics in North Carolina ; World War I ; Thomas Wolfe ; Theodore B. Harris ; William Highsmith
Description	The subjects discussed include Rockwell's ancestry, education, enlistment in the French Army, service in World War I, the Spanish Civil War, and his service in the U. S. Air Force in 1942. He comments on early Asheville, North Carolina politics and Asheville's land boom of the 1920s. He discusses Thomas Wolfe, race relations in Asheville, the character of mountain people, and the careers of Reuben Robertson, Theodore B. Harris, and William Highsmith. He also comments on North Carolina leaders.
Publisher	D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804
Contributor	Colonel Paul Rockwell
Date	Electronic Record Issued: 2001-07-25
Type	Text
Format	44 double-spaced pages TRANSCRIPT
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SHRC/rockwell.html
Source	Louis D. Silveri Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Language	English
Relation	SHRC Ernest and Magnolia McKissick Oral History
Coverage	c.1900's-1976 ; Asheville, NC
Rights	No restrictions ; 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: 23 ; Date of acquisition: August, 1977
Processed By	Southern Highlands Research Center staff , 1978 ; Special Collections staff, 2001
Interview Date	1976-07-22
Biography	Colonel Paul Rockwell was born in 1889, descended from English immigrants that arrived in now Boston in 1630. In 1914 he volunteered for service in the French Foreign Legion. After the war he lived in France as a writer, returning to Asheville each summer. He has been associated with civic and patriotic affairs in Asheville.
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