Oral history interview with Taylor Barnhill, November 29, 2000
Subtitle: Interview K-0245,  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: 2004
Place of publication: [Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Interviews; Country life; Rural conditions; Social conditions; Rural roads; Rural development; Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition
Other titles: Interview K-0245,  Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007); Interview with Taylor Barnhill, November 29, 2000; Oral histories of the American South.
Description: In this rich interview, Southern Appalachian Forest Coalition member (his precise role is unclear) Taylor Barnhill describes his rural childhood and its impact on his adult life. He is an environmental activist who decries the deleterious effects of development on rural North Carolina communities and wilderness. Barnhill aims his frustrations at road building and roadpaving -- in particular those projects related to the I-26 corridor in Madison County, NC -- which he thinks open rural communities to a soulless world of consumption and interfere with natural evolution. He hopes to inspire communities to rally around conservation issues, not only for the sake of the state's air and water, but also to give community members a renewed sense of place.
Notes: Title from menu page (viewed on Sept. 25, 2007).

Interview participants: Taylor Barnhill, interviewee; Rob Amberg, interviewer.

Duration: 01:32:46

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-0245, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by L. Altizer. Original transcript: 36 p.

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

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