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Interview no. | K-0645 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | K.2.11. Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Tradition and Development in Madison County's I-26 Corridor |
Project description | Interviews, 2000-2001, conducted by Rob Amberg, that document the construction of a nine-mile section of Interstate 26 in once isolated eastern Madison County, N.C. Interviewees, who include the county sheriff, a probation officer, an environmental activist, the resident highway engineer of the I-26 Corridor project, self-described hippies who moved to Madison County in the early 1970s to live off the land, and the mayor and town manager of Mars Hill, N.C., discuss the consequences of highway development on community life. |
Date | 1 December 2000 |
Interviewee | Stiles, Richard, 1950- |
Interviewee occupation | Consultants |
Interviewee DOB | 1950 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Amberg, Rob. |
Abstract | The interview covered a wide range of topics, beginning with the interviewee's childhood in Michigan, his move to Western North Carolina and his role as an economic development expert with various groups. We ended with his thoughts and ideas about the I-26 Corridor. |
Subject Topical |
Madison County (N.C.) Economic development--North Carolina. Express highways--North Carolina. |
Citation | Interview with Richard Stiles by Rob Amberg, 1 December 2000 K-0645, in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Interview no. | K0645_Audio_1 |