Oral history interview with Johnnie and Kathleen Bratten, January 15, 2000
Interview K-0508, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
by Johnnie Bratten
Johnnie and Kathleen Bratten are longtime Tick Bite, NC, residents whose home was completely destroyed in the flooding that accompanied Hurricane Floyd. At the time of the interview, the Brattens had received virtually no assistance from the government -- just a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trailer that let off fumes to which Kathleen was allergic. Instead, a group of religious groups and volunteers supplied the couple with money, appliances, and other aid. This outpouring of support and good will has strengthened their religious faith and belief in human kindness. While this interview is not particularly rich, it does provide a snapshot of volunteer relief efforts and the extent to which church groups and other volunteers helped flood victims.
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Interviews, Hurricane Floyd, 1999, Floods, Flood damage, Rescue work, Volunteers, Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. North Carolina Baptist Men, Baptist State Convention of North CarolinaPeople
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Oral history interview with Johnnie and Kathleen Bratten, January 15, 2000: Interview K-0508, Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
2005, University Library, UNC-Chapel Hill
in English
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Title from menu page (viewed on Oct. 12, 2007).
Interview participants: Johnnie Bratten, interviewee; Kathleen Bratten, interviewee; Charles Thompson, interviewer.
Duration: 00:50:07
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.
Text encoded by Natalia Smith and Mike Millner. Sound recordings digitized by Steve Weiss and Seth M. Kotch.
Text (HTML and XML/TEI source file) and audio (MP3); 2 files : 117.9 kilobytes, 91.8 megabytes.
Original version: Southern Oral History Program Collection, (#4007), Series Series K. Southern Communities, interview K-0508, Manuscripts Department, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Original transcript: 29 p.
Funding from the University of North Carolina Library supported the electronic publication of this interview.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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