Oral history interview with Mattie Bell, Earl, Artis and Thomas Cavenaugh and Betsy Easter, December 7, 1999
Subtitle: interview K-0282, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Thompson, Charles D., Jr. (Charles Dillard), 1956- interviewer; Amberg, Rob, interviewer; Cavenaugh, Earl, 1919- interviewee; Cavenaugh, Artis, interviewee; Cavenaugh, Thomas, 1917?- interviewee; Easter, Betsy, interviewee; 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; Hurricane Floyd, 1999; Floods; Flood damage; Disaster relief; United States. Federal Emergency Management Agency; United States
Other titles: Interview K-0282, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Mattie Bell, Earl, Artis and Thomas Cavenaugh and Betsy Easter, December 7, 1999; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: In this interview, Earl and Mattie Bell Cavanaugh, who are joined by family and friends, remember their experiences with Hurricane Floyd. Multiple interviewees may have detracted from this interview's value, as their responses to Thompson's questions are sometimes disjointed and unspecific. But they do offer an on-the-ground perspective on the flood and its aftermath. Like many affected North Carolinians, they are frustrated with inadequate compensation and are facing the prospect of trying to rebuild without help from insurance or the government, a prospect which seems difficult for a pair of octogenarians. Earl also offers some thoughts on the general erosion of moral values, prompted by the ban on school prayer, sex education, and social security among other factors.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on Oct. 8, 2007).

Interview participants: Earl Cavenaugh, interviewee; Mattie Bell Cavenaugh, interviewee; Betsy Easter, interviewee; Artis Cavenaugh, interviewee; Thomas Cavenaugh, interviewee; Charlie Thompson, interviewer; Rob Amberg.

Duration: 01:34:03.

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 K, Southern communities, interview K-0282, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 53 p.

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

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