Oral history interview with Stan Hyatt, November 30, 2000
Subtitle: Interview K-0249, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Amberg, Rob, interviewer; Southern Oral History Program; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
Published: 2005
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Highway engineers; Roads; Design and construction; Rural roads; Rural development; Social conditions; Country life; Self-reliant living
Other titles: Interview  K-0249, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Stan Hyatt, November 30, 2000; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Although Stan Hyatt, the Department of Transportation's resident engineer on the I-26 project, has helped open Madison County to new residents and industry, he is worried about the effect of opening the area to change. Nostalgia and balance dominate this interview: Hyatt remembers growing up in idyllic rural Madison County, but while he misses the past, he sees the corridor construction as a painful but necessary cure for the county's economic ills. He hopes that the environmental damage I-26 brings will not alter too drastically the environment tourists will drive there to see. This interview, like many of Rob Amberg's interviews, is more of a conversation than a question-and-answer session. Later in the interview, however, Hyatt speaks at length about the I-26 project in Madison County. Researchers interested in this subject should look to this interview for essential background on the project as well as construction details.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on Sept. 25, 2007).

Interview participants: Stan Hyatt, interviewee; Rob Amberg, interviewer.

Duration: 02:20:51

This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digital library, Documenting the American South.  It is a part of the collection Oral histories of the American South.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series Series K. Southern Communities, interview K-0249, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by S. Shuckman June, 2001. Original transcript: 59 p.

Funding from the University of North Carolina Library supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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