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Title	Interview with Eugenia Dennis Jarrett
Interviewee	Jarrett, Eugenia Dennis, 1896-
Interviewer	Smith, Edward Clark
Date of Interview	1987-03-03
Medium of Original	sound recordings transcripts
Duration	0:31:56 (sound recordings); 11 pages (transcript);
Description	Eugenia Dennis Jarrett is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith on March 3, 1987 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1896, Jarrett graduated from Samuel Houston College and was nominated to come from Austin, Texas to work at Nacoochee Institute in Rabun, Georgia, where she stayed for 27 years. She then moved to Asheville and worked as a practical nurse. She has been active in organizations that strive to better the lives of African Americans, and she talks about how relationships between black and white people have changed for the better. She finishes the interview by reciting a few poems she wrote.
Subject	African American families -- North Carolina, Western African American nurses -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County African American schools -- North Carolina -- Buncombe County Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century Segregation -- Southern States African Americans -- North Carolina, Western -- Social conditions -- 20th century National Association for the Advancement of Colored People African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century Juneteenth Jarrett, Eugenia Dennis, 1896- -- Interviews
Local Subject	African Americans in WNC community organizations life stories
Location	Buncombe County (N.C.) Rabun County (Ga.) Travis County (Tex.)
Time Period Discussed	1900s (Decade); 1910s; 1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s;
Source Institution	Western Carolina University Hunter Library
Collection	Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project
Inventory Number	HL_MSS98-03_Smith_Jarrett_1987-03-03
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723
File Format	application/pdf audio/mp3

Title	Interview with Eugenia Dennis Jarrett
Medium of Original	sound recordings
Duration	0:31:56 (sound recordings);
Inventory Number	HL_MSS98-03_Smith_Jarrett_1987-03-03_audio
File Format	audio/mp3

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