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Oral history interview with Richard Lee Hoffman Jr., November 8, 2000 Interview K-0505, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007). Cover Image E-book

Oral history interview with Richard Lee Hoffman Jr., November 8, 2000 Interview K-0505, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

Interview with Richard Lee Hoffman Jr., November 8, 2000 (portion title)
Interview K-0505, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) (other title)
Hoffman, Richard Lee 1961- (interviewee). Amberg, Rob (interviewer). Southern Oral History Program. (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project) (Added Author). University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. (Added Author).

Summary: In this interview, Richard Lee Hoffman Jr., a real estate broker in Mars Hill, NC, describes his response to the area's growth, ushered in by the construction of the I-26 corridor. Hoffman is ambivalent about change -- he longs for the undeveloped land he explored as a child, but is willing to sacrifice it in exchange for the economic development that he will likely benefit from and contribute to as a real estate broker. But economic growth seems uncertain, as housing values are rising but few people seem willing to buy. In Hoffman's account, Madison County seems trapped between the past and the future. Longtime residents mingle awkwardly with newcomers, pockets of undeveloped land hide between housing developments, and an expanding population challenges community bonds.

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  • Physical Description: electronic resource
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  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, 2005.

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General Note:
Duration: 01:34:29.
Interview participants: Richard Lee Hoffman Jr., interviewee; Rob Amberg, interviewer.
Text encoded by Natalia Smith and Mike Millner. Sound recordings digitized by Steve Weiss and Seth M. Kotch.
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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Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files : 118.6 kilobytes, ca. 173 megabytes.
Original Version Note:
Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series K. Southern Communities, interview K-0505, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Transcribed by Sarah Schuckman. Original transcript: 32 p.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the University of North Carolina Library supported the electronic publication of this interview.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Subject:
Hoffman, Richard Lee 1961- Interviews
Community life North Carolina Madison County
Country life North Carolina Madison County
Real estate agents North Carolina Mars Hill Interviews
Real estate development North Carolina Madison County
Social change North Carolina Madison County
Interstate 26
Madison County (N.C.) Population
Madison County (N.C.) Social conditions
Mars Hill (N.C.) Social conditions
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