University of North Carolina at Asheville
D. Hiden Ramsey Library
Special Collections/University Archives

Oral History Register
for

Voices of Asheville
Oral History Collection

Dorothy Joynes, 1995

Title

 Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection
Creator Dorothy Joynes

Alt. Creator

Special Collections, Ramsay Library, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Subject
LCSH

Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection -- Joynes, Dorothy -- 1992-1998
Western North Carolina -- History
Asheville (N.C.) -- History -- Segregation
Asheville (N.C.) -- History -- World War

Subject
Keyword

Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection, Asheville (NC), Depression, TB, World War 1, World War 2, segregation

Description

Dorothy Joynes created her project, The Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection, in order to obtain a broader understanding of the people and history of Western North Carolina.  The Voices of Asheville Collection is found at University of North Carolina at Asheville, Ramsey Library, Special Collections. Thirteen percent of the collection is with African-Americans  from Asheville. Geographically, Joynes tried to "cover the areas from Dula Springs to Hickory Nut Gap, from West Asheville to Black Mountain". (Asheville Citizen Times, April 28, 1996)  20 manuscript cartons contain the collection.

Publisher

D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC, 28804

Contributor

 Dorothy Joynes

Date

1998

Type

Sound ; Text

Format

1 cassette tape per interview converting to CDs, abstract or transcript 

Identifier

http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/VOA/voa_metadata_page.html`

Source

Voices of Asheville Oral History Collection, D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville

Language

English

Relation

 D.H. Ramsey Special Collections Oral History Collections http://toto.lib.unca.edu/collections/oralhistories.html
Southern Highlands Research Center Oral History Collection (SHRC),  Ramsey Library Special Collections (RLSC), South Asheville Colored Cemetery (1840-1943) (SACC), World War II: Mountain Memories (WWII),  YWCA of Asheville 100 Years Oral History Project (YWCA),  Greek & Russian Orthodoxy  in Western North Carolina (GRO)

Coverage

 1992-1998
Rights 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: 146 ;  Date of acquisition: 1998

Processed By

 Special Collections Library staff

Interview Dates

 1992-1998
Interview Location Generally, interviews were held in the interviewees home

Biography

 Dorothy Joynes referred to herself as a professional Oral Historian.  She began interviewing people when she first started volunteering at the Santa Barbara Historical Society in 1984.  In 1990, Joynes and her husband moved to Asheville, NC and she began interviewing in 1991, with the goal of completing 150 interviews. Several aspects of this area's history intrigued her, such as the effects of the Depression, the TB epidemic, the two World Wars, racial issues and changes in attitudes over the years. In 1996, Joynes donated her collection of Asheville-area interview to Special Collection, Ramsey Library, UNCA. By 1999, Dorothy Joynes completed 199 Oral Histories.
List of Names The interviews and interviewees are listed on the following page:
http://toto.lib.unca.edu/findingaids/oralhistory/VOA/default_voa.ht
 

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