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Bluford Surrett, Lottie Surrett, and Louise Ball [OH-SMC S87 L6 p1] , Sandy Mush Chronicles
D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Bluford and Lottie Surrett

OH-SMC S87 B18/
OH-SMC S87 L6

 

Title   Sandy Mush Chronicles Oral History Collection - Bluford and Lottie Surrett
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, two photographs, and one newspaper obituary.
Identifier   http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/SMC/surrett_bluford_lottie/surrett_bluford_lottie_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   1998-08-08
List of Names  

Anthony, Miss ???
Ball, Jess
Ball, Louise Surrett
Brown
Caty???, ???
Cook, Irene
Cook, Larry
Cook, Palmer
Duckett, Mabel
Freeman, Ann Surrett
Geiger
Gillespie, Rev. Bill
Granville
Hall, Ben
Hannah, George
Hannah, Jim
Hannah, Mont
Holland, Lance
King, Maiden
Owens, Miss ???
Reeves, Don
Rudolph, Eric Robert [called "Randolph" in conversation]Surrett, Bluford
Surrett, Bobby
Surrett, Bruce
Surrett, George
Surrett, Lottie
Surrett, Tom
Turner
Waldrop, ???
Welch
Wells, Keith
Woody, Jim
Worley, Ross
???, Pauline Surrett

Item Description Thumbnail
OH-SMC S 87 B18/
OH-SMC S87 L6
[OH-SMC B35 L6]
Complete transcript of oral interview. Transcript
OH-SMC S87 B18 p1/
OH-SMC S87 L6 p1
[OH-SMC B35 L6 p1]
Photograph of Bluford Surrett, Lottie Surrett, and Louise Ball, close-up.
OH-SMC S87 B18 p2/
OH-SMC S87 L6 p2
[OH-SMC B35 L6 p2]
Photograph of Bluford Surrett, Lottie Surrett, and Louise Ball, close-up.

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