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Irene Cook [OH-SMC C66 I7 p1], Sandy Mush Chronicles
D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Irene Cook

OH-SMC Bl33 L6

 
Title Sandy Mush Chronicles Oral History Collection - Irene Cook
Creator Stephen Cain, in preparation for master's degree in "Social Science and American Culture" from Eastern Michigan University, 2004.
Alt. Creator Interviewer: Stephen Cain
Subject LCSH:
Appalachian Region, Southern -- Social life and customs
Working class -- United States -- History -- Personal narratives
Appalachian Region, Southern -- History
Mountain life -- North Carolina
Molasses
Farm life -- North Carolina --
Tobacco farms -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County
Tobacco farmers -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County
Tobacco farmers -- United States -- Economic conditions
Rural churches -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County
Oral history -- Appalachian Region
Appalachian Region -- Religion
Subject Keyword: rural life ; Southern Appalachia ; Sandy Mush ; Leicester, NC ; molasses ; tobacco farming ; Little Cataloochie ; Big Cataloochie ; Great Smoky Mountains National Park ; Western North Carolina ; quilting ; Appalachian arts and crafts ; religion ; moonshine stills
Description Interview with a member of the Sandy Mush community in Leicester, North Carolina about growing up in the region, cultural continuity, and protesting the designation of Sandy Mush as a possible nuclear waste dump.
Publisher D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804
Contributor Stephen Cain
Date Electronic Record Issued: 2006-09-28
Type Sound ; Text
Format One folder, containing a full interview transcript and three photographs.
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SMC/cook_irene/cook_irene_finding_aid.htm
Source Sandy Mush Chronicles Oral History Collection, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville 28804
Language English
Relation Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection; Tobaco Bag Stringing in North Carolina and Virginia, North Carolina Collection, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill  http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/tbs/index.html ; "Mountain Voices" [K1.5], Southern Oral History Program Collection [#4007], Southern Historical Collection, Manuscripts Department, University Of North Carolina Library.
Coverage 1900's -1998 ; Leicester, 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:  273;  Date of acquisition: 2006-03
Processed By Special Collections staff , Jamie Patterson 2006-10
Interview Date 1998-07-31
List of Names

Cook, Ben
Cook, Irene
Cook, Larry
Cook, Maxine
Cook, Tom
Duckett, William W.
Freeman, Annie
Hannah, Jim
Hannah, Mont
Reeves, Don
Surrett, C.W.
Surrett, George
Surrett, Julie Bradburn
Surrett, Julie Jones
Surrett, Obediah
Waldrup, ???

Item Description Thumbnail
OH-SMC C66 I7 Complete transcript of oral interview.  Transcript
OH-SMC C66 I7 p.1 Photograph of Irene Cook, close-up.
OH-SMC C66 I7 p.2 Photograph of Irene Cook, sitting.
OH-SMC C66 I7 p.3 Photograph of Irene Cook, sitting.

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