Dublin Core
Title
Della Jackson
Subject
Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project
Description
Della Jackson is interviewed by Edward Clark Smith in 1986 as a part of the Western North Carolina Tomorrow Black Oral History Project. Born in 1905, Jackson talks about growing up in Mill Spring where she worked hard on the farm, but didn’t realize it was work until she was older. She attended Stony Knoll school repeating the seventh grade until a teacher encouraged her to go to Allen Home High School. She eventually went to college and earned her Master’s degree. She was a teacher at Stony Knoll where at one point she had 68 children in 7 different grades at once. Jackson was very involved in her community and founded the Stony Knoll Community Library in 1937.
Creator
Edward Clark Smith
Source
HL_MSS98-03_Smith_Jackson_1986
Date
1986
Rights
All rights reserved. For permissions, contact Hunter Library Special Collections, Western Carolina U, Cullowhee, NC 28723
Format
Language
en-US
Type
Oral History
Coverage
Polk Co. and Buncombe Co. 1910s-1980s