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Keith Wells [OH-SMC W45 K4 p1] , Sandy Mush Chronicles
D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Keith Wells

OH-SMC W45 K4

 

Title   Sandy Mush Chronicles Oral History Collection - Keith Wells
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/wells_keith/wells_keith_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  

Barrett
Brown, Buster
Brown???, Danny
Brown, Jess
Brown???, Ronnie
Buzzerd, Bob
Buzzerd, Marge
Caldwell, James
Cook, Larry
Duckett, Bill
Duckett, Mabel
Gillespie, Rev. Bill
King, Walter
Prestwood, Hurley
Reeves, Betty
Reeves, Burder
Reeves, Don
Singleton, Robin Reeves
Urion, David
Wells, Barbara Brown
Wells, Brian
Wells, Collie
Wells, John
Wells, Keith
Wells, Lillian Payne
Wells, Phoebe Brown
Wells, Raymond
Wells, Richard
Wells, Terry
???, Beth Wells

Item Description Thumbnail
OH-SMC W45 K4 Complete transcript of oral interview. Transcript
OH-SMC W45 K4 p1 Photograph of Keith Wells, standing.
OH-SMC W45 K4 p2 Photograph of Keith Wells, close-up.

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