Oral history interview with Darhyl Boone, December 5, 2000
Subtitle: Interview K-0246, 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; Social conditions; Country life; Community life; Rural development; Rural roads
Other titles: Interview K-0246, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Darhyl Boone, December 5, 2000; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: In this interview, Mars Hill town manager Darhyl Boone fondly remembers his childhood in Madison County, which was poor in finances but rich in community values. Boone worries that values -- such as charity, hard work, and face-to-face contact -- are being eroded by immigration and development and that the construction of the I-26 corridor will accelerate this change. The interview is not particularly diverse and reads more like a conversation than a series of questions and answers. Boone's concern with rural values is obvious, and he tries throughout the interview to describe the values that make Madison County unique. Both he and interviewer Rob Amberg agree that the area has a special quality, bred by its semi-remote location. And both agree the area is at risk as subdivisions start to pop up and the interstate corridor threatens to bring in waves of new people. Boone shares many memories about growing up in Madison County. A sample of these recollections is included here, most notably those concerning US 23 before its paving and rerouting, but researchers interested in more details on a rural childhood should look through the interview in its entirety.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on Sept. 24, 2007).

Interview participants: Darhyl Boone, interviewee; Rob Amberg, interviewer.

Duration: 02:02:07

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-0246, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by L. Altizer, February 2001. Original transcript: 63 p.

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

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