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Great Smoky Mountains wildfires oral histories

 Collection
Identifier: MS-101

Scope and Contents

This collection contains interviews regarding wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains that occurred in 2016 November near ear Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, Tennessee recorded by Jacquelyn Scott from 2018 June 22 to 2018 August 7.

Dates

  • Creation: 2018

Language of Materials

This collection contains materials in English.

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

The copyright status of this collection has not been evaluated.

Extent

31.30 Gigabytes

Immediate Source of Acquisition

As part of a SEARCH (Scholarship, Engagement, the Arts, Research, Creativity, and Humanities) grant, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga undergraduate student Jacquelyn Scott conducted interviews with people impacted by the Great Smoky Mountains wildfires that occured in November 2016. Each interviewer and Jacquelyn Scott donated their interviews to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in 2018.

Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of the collection are available electronically at https://digital-collections.library.utc.edu/digital/collection/p16877coll28.

Processing Information

Processing of this collection is complete.

Support for collecting these interviews was funded, in part, by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga SEARCH (Scholarship, Engagement, the Arts, Research, Creativity, and Humanities) grant program in 2018.

Title
Great Smoky Mountains wildfires oral histories
Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Collection Area Details

Part of the Manuscripts Collection Area

Contact:
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library
c/o Special Collections
600 Douglas Street
Chattanooga Tennessee 37403 United States