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Mabel Duckett [OH-SMC D83 M3 p2, Sandy Mush Chronicles
D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Mabel Duckett

OH-SMC D83 M3

 
Title Sandy Mush Chronicles Oral History Collection - Mabel Duckett
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 ; nuclear waste
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 two photographs
Identifier http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SMC/duckett_mabel/duckett_mabel_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 1998-08-04
List of Names

Bartas, Edith R.
Black, Lois
Black, Reeves
Boyd, Buck
Boyd, Darryl
Boyd, Meaner
Boyd, Paulos
Boyd, Thadeus
Boyd, Wix
Clark, Perchie
Coe, Perry
Duckett???, Ada
Duckett, Bill
Duckett, Burg???
Duckett???, Harry
Duckett, John
Duckett, Mabel
Duckett, Wesley
Geiger, Bobbie???
Gillespie, Rev. Bill
Green, Gay
Hannah, Jim
Hannah, Mont
Hawkins, ???
Osmond, ???
Reeves, Burder
Reeves, Don
Reeves, Robert
Reeves, Wade
Rogers, ???
Waldrup, ???

Item Description Thumbnail
OH-SMC D83 M3 Complete transcript of oral interview. Transcript
OH-SMC D83 M3 p1 Photograph of Mabel Duckett, close-up.
OH-SMC D83 M3 p2 Photograph of Mabel Duckett, sitting.

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