Oral history interview with Nancy Brown Tysor, October 19, 1999
Subtitle: interview K-0811, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Baker, Bruce E., 1971- 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: 2007
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Women merchants; General stores; Commerce; Economic conditions
Other titles: Interview K-0811, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Nancy Brown Tysor, October 19, 1999; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: At the time of this interview, in 1999, Nancy Brown Tysor was working at the Farmer's Alliance Store in Siler City, North Carolina. Tysor has spent her entire life in Chatham County, and in this interview she describes some of the changes she has seen from behind the counter. These changes include an aging population and an influx of big-box retailers, both of which are altering the face of Siler City. This interview offers a brief portrait of a community struggling with new challenges as its young people depart.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on July 10, 2008).

Interview participants: Nancy Brown Tysor, interviewee; Bruce E. Baker, interviewer.

Duration: 00:45:10.

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.

Text encoded by Jennifer Joyner.  Sound recordings digitized by Aaron Smithers.

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Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series K., Southern communities, interview K-0811, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 25 p.

Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this interview.

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