Oral history interview with John Raymond Shute, Jr., June 25, 1982
Subtitle: interview B-0054-1, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Contributors: Durrill, Wayne K. (Wayne Keith), 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; Politicians; Businessmen; Social life and customs; History; Agriculture; Community organization; Community development; Economic development; Taxation; Politics and government
Other titles: Interview B-0054-1, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with John Raymond Shute, Jr., June 25, 1982; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: Born in 1904 in Monroe, NC, John Shute found success in business and politics in his hometown. In this interview, he discusses 19th-century North Carolina history and his own experience contributing to the development of Monroe and Union County. Shute offers a great many details on county governance in Union County--so many details, in fact, that it was difficult to select excerpts. Those that were selected focus on the development of roads and farms and broader claims about the area. Researchers interested in other developments, especially the specifics of county governance, should read the interview in its entirety.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on May 22, 2008).

Interview participants: John Raymond Shute, Jr., interviewee; Wayne Durrill, interviewer.

Duration: 02:58:14.

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.

Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files: ca. 235.4 kilobytes, 326.4 megabytes.

Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series B, individual biographies, interview B-0054-1, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Jean Houston. Original transcript: 78 p.

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

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