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Title: Claude Morris oral history interview, 2002 February 30
Creator: Morris, Claude E. (Claude Edward), 1902-2006
Date Created: 2002-02-30
Subjects--Topical: Mills and mill-work, Rural families, Hunting, Gold panning, Springs, Lumber, Sawmills, Storytelling
Description: Montgomery County, North Carolina native Claude Morris recounts inheriting his home from his parents and local events and places over the course of his life. Mr. Morris discusses gold panning, fox hunting, cleaning out clogged water springs as a b...

Title: Dolon W. Corbett oral history interview, 2002 January 28
Creator: Corbett, Dolon W. (Dolon Wilson)
Date Created: 2002-01-28
Subjects--Topical: Land Use, Rural, Rural families, Sawmills, Farm life, Family farms, Timber, Natural areas, Political participation, Political and social views, Rural development
Description: Dolon Wilson Corbett recalls his family's history in Ophir, Montgomery County, North Carolina, and how his family made their living by farming and working in a saw mill. Mr. Corbett discusses memories from growing up at the family home where he st...

Title: Jewell H. Saunders oral history interview, 2002 February 2
Creator: Saunders, Jewell H. (Jewell Hill), 1916-2015
Date Created: 2000-02-02
Subjects--Topical: Land use, Rural, Rural development, Country life, Farm life, Cash crops, Subsistence farming, Animals, Mills and mill-work, Rural electrification
Description: Jewell Saunders recounts life in a farming community in the Uwharrie Forest area, located in Montgomery County, North Carolina. Ms. Saunders discusses rural development, such as access to healthcare and transportation, electrification, and the con...

Title: Leonard Simmons oral history interview, 2003 June 24
Creator: Simmons, Leonard, 1946-2012
Date Created: 2003-06-24
Subjects--Topical: Bluegrass music, Old-time music, Music facilities, Country music--Social aspects, Outdoor recreation, Land use, Rural, Public lands--Management, Hunters--Attitudes, Family farms, Gold mines and mining, Gold panning, Country life
Description: Leonard Simmons discusses his role as owner and manager of the True Bluegrass Music Hall in Eleazer, a town in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He talks about how the music hall was started in 1988 as a place for local residents to congregate on...

Title: Myrtle Hall oral history interview, 2002 September 22
Creator: Hall, Myrtle, 1910-2004
Date Created: 2002-09-22
Subjects--Topical: Mills and mill-work, Country life, Land use, Rural, Family farms, Political participation, Quilting, Voluntarism
Description: Myrtle Hall discusses her life in Ophir, North Carolina, a community in Montgomery County near Troy. She discusses working at the Fremont Hosiery Mill until knee problems forced her to retire at eighty years old. Her family owned a farm and grew a...

Title: Robert Hall and Elizabeth Hall oral history interview, 2001 December 13
Creator: Hall, Robert I., 1942-
Date Created: 2001-12-13
Subjects--Topical: Family farms, Land use, Rural, Country life, Sawmills, Rural electrification, Hunting, Fishing, Animals, Gold mines and mining, Gold panning, Hay, Water--Pollution, Molasses, Tobacco
Description: Robert Hall and Elizabeth Hall discuss their family's history and relationship with the land in Ophir, North Carolina, located in the Uwharrie River region. The Halls talk about farming enterprises, including fishing, leasing land to hunting clubs...

Title: Scott Morrow oral history interview, 2002 February 10
Creator: Morrow, Scott
Date Created: 2002-02-10
Subjects--Topical: Boats and boating--Recreational use, Canoes and canoeing, Water--Pollution, Conservation of natural resources, Water levels--Environmental aspects, Rural development, Outdoor recreation, Land use, Rural
Description: Scott Morrow discusses his river paddling business in Uwharrie National Forest, North Carolina. His interest in canoeing was sparked when he was a teenager and since then he has paddled rivers all over North Carolina but has spent most of his time...