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Don Reeves [OH-SMC R44 D6 p2], Sandy Mush Chronicles
D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Don Reeves

OH-SMC S56 R6

 
Title   Sandy Mush Chronicles Oral History Collection - Don Reeves
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 the Civil War, growing up in the region, farming, community barn raising, 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/reeves_don/reeves_don_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; Tobacco 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   1998-08-07
List of Names  

Clark
Clark, Archie
Duckett
Gillespie, Rev. Bill
Hannah, Jim
Hipps, Frank
Hipps, Ruth Reeves
Hodges, Benjamin
Hodges, Joshua
Reeves, Burder
Reeves, Dewey
Reeves, Don
Reeves, Fred
Reeves, J.R.
Reeves, Pauline
Singleton, Robin
Teague,  Aughyer
Teague, Maud Reeves
Wells, Eric

Item Description Thumbnail
OH-SMC R44 D6 Complete transcript of oral interview. Transcript
OH-SMC R44 D6 p1 Photograph of Don Reeves, standing.
OH-SMC R44 D6 p2 Photograph of Don Reeves, close-up.

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