Marie Halbert King

University of North Carolina at Asheville D. Hiden Ramsey Library Special Collections/University Archives Oral History Register for Marie Halbert King, 1893- Marie Halbert King
Title	Marie Halbert King Oral History
Creator	Marie Halbert King
Alt. Creator	Interviewer: Dr. Louis D. Silveri
Subject	LCSH:
Subject	Keyword: Poetry ; Appalachian history ; National Youth Programs ; Mountain life ; Kansas ; Depression
Description	Mrs. King reminisces about her years as National Youth Administrator for Buncombe County and her later responsibility for a NYA district in Western North Carolina, from 1936 to 1943. She describes the organization of program, the kind of help provided, and the young people and their families who benefited from the program.. Mrs. King tells stories of mountain people, describing their character, life, trials, and tribulations. She reads selections of her poetry from Cabin in the Valley. Mrs. King reminisces about her life, other than her work with mountain youth. She describes her family background, years growing up in Kansas, and later life in the Asheville area. The interview concludes with Mrs. King reading her poetry from Against the Course of Time and Forgotten Valleys. Transcript of interview only: no tapes.
Publisher	D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804
Contributor	Marie Halbert King
Date	Electronic Record Issued: 2001-07-24
Type	Text
Format	58 single-spaced pages
Identifier	http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SHRC/king.html
Source	Louis D. Silveri Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Language	English
Relation	King, Marie, Cabin in the Valley. Prose and poetry of the Blue Ridge Mountains, privately published, 1969 King, Marie, Against the Course of Time. Biltmore Press, Asheville, N.C., 1966. King, Marie, Called Remembrance. Carelton Press, San Antonio, Texas, 1950. King, Marie, Forgotten Valleys. Stephens Press, Asheville, N.C., 1958. King, Marie, Sketches From Forgotten Valleys. Privately printed, 1943. [Short resume of her work in N.Y.A.]
Coverage	c1900's-1972 ; Western North Carolina
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	1972-05
Biography	Marie King worked for the National Youth Administration during the 1930's and 1940's, finding work for needy young people and providing training programs to teach good work habits and needed skills. She published several volumes of poetry inspired by the mountain people with whom she worked.
Return to Top Oral History Collections

University of North Carolina at Asheville D. Hiden Ramsey Library Special Collections/University Archives

Oral History Register for

Marie Halbert King, 1893-

University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections/University Archives

Oral History Register
for