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

Oral History Register
for

Frank Mulvaney


Frank and Kathryn Mulvaney, 1986
Louis D. Silveri Oral History Collection
D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804

Title

Frank Mulvaney Oral History

Creator

Francis McKenna Mulvaney ; Kathryn B. Mulvaney
Alt. Creator Interviewer (first interview): Dr. Louis D. Silveri
Interviewer (second interview): Alice C. Smith

Subject
LCSH:

Appalachian rails and railways -- North Carolina
Narrow gauge railroads -- North Carolina
Southern Railway Company

Subject
Keyword:

 Southern Railway ; Asheville City Council ; Old Fort grade ; Saluda grade ; Circus trains ; Andrews' geyser

Description

Mulvaney shares memories of the early days of railroads in Western North Carolina.

Publisher

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

Contributor

Francis McKenna Mulvaney ; Kathryn B. Mulvaney

Date

Electronic Record Issued: 2001-07-24

Type

Sound ; Text ; Magazine

Format

TRANSCRIPT, outline of second interview ; 1 newspaper clipping ; 1 copy of  Ties: Southern Railway System Magazine, December, 1953 ; 1 reel to reel tape ; 2 90-minute audio cassettes

Identifier

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SHRC/mulvaney.html

Source

Louis D. Silveri Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804

Language

English

Relation

Frank Clodfelter Photograph Collection

Coverage

c1900's-1983 ; 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

First interview: 1976-06-15 ; Second interview: 1986-10

Biography

Frank Mulvaney was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1894.   Employed by the Southern Railway in 1913 as a clerk stenographer, he became chief clerk to the Superintendent.  In retirement, he was elected to Asheville City Council and served as Vice Mayor.

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