The following people, listed alphabetically, were recorded by Joseph Sargent Hall or his assistant Bill Moore in the environs of the Great Smoky Mountains in 1939. Clicking on a name below will bring up a page with a brief personal profile, the complete transcript of that person's recording (usually an interview, but sometimes only one or more monologues), and a link to one or more live-streamed sound files. Hall is often difficult to hear, as he usually sought to remain in the background and wished people to speak for themselves. Each transcript contains highlighted words linked to the site's glossary, whose entries provide additional information, such as further citations and brief histories of the word. 

Many audio files have extended silences or breaks in the recording process; these are indicated by the notation -----.

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The transcriptions at this site are copyrighted to Michael Montgomery and Paul Reed.

Bill Barnes, Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee

George Thomas Baxter, Cosby, Cocke County, Tennessee

Nancy Benson, Cosby Creek, Cocke County, Tennessee

William Boulder, CCC Company 1458 

 Mrs. Bill Brown, Towstring Creek, North Carolina

J. T. Buckner, Enrollee at CCC Camp, Round Bottom, North Carolina

John Burchfield, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee

Dan Cable, Cable Branch, Proctor, Swain County, North Carolina

Fonze Cable, Nine Mile, near Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee

Mack Caldwell, Mt. Sterling, Haywood County, North Carolina

Columbus Cardwell, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee

Aden Carver, Bradley Fork, Smokemont, North Carolina

Cataloochee Trio, Haywood, North Carolina

Mark Cathey, Deep Creek, Swain County, North Carolina

Steve Cole, Sugarlands, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee

Jerry Collins, Morristown, Hamblen County, Tennessee

D. F. Conner, Oconaluftee, North Carolina

Ralph Corbin, Jellico, Campbell County, Tennesse

Bert Crisp, Towstring Creek, Swain County, North Carolina

Clara (Mrs. Zeb) Crisp, Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina

Zeb Crisp, Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina

Wendell Gates, Robbinsville, Graham County, North Carolina

Mr. and Mrs. Mack Hannah, Little Cataloochee, North Carolina

Gladys Hoyle, Swain County, North Carolina

Jack Johnson - Tuckaleechee Cove, Tennessee

Frank Lambert, Smokemont, North Carolina

Arlie Loveday, Copeland Creek, Sevier County, Tennessee

Grady Mathis, Smokemont, North Carolina

Rhoda McMillon, McMillon Settlement, Cocke County, Tennessee

Frank Mehaffey, Maggie, Haywood County, North Carolina

Bill Moore, Saunook, Haywood County, North Carolina

Howard Moore, Saunook, Haywood County, North Carolina

Manuel (“Rabbit Hunter”) Moore, Saunook, Haywood County, North Carolina

Al Morris, Kirklands Creek, near Bryson City, North Carolina

Wiley Oakley, Gatlinburg, Tennessee

Noah Ogle, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee

Newton Ownby, Wears Valley, Sevier County, Tennessee

Margarett Packett - Bend of the River, North Carolina

Mrs. George Palmer, Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina

Mary Alice Palmer, Hartford, Cocke County, Tennessee

Mrs. Will Palmer, Cataloochee, North Carolina

Will Palmer, Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina

Margaret Parton, Copeland Creek, Sevier County, Tennessee

Rebecca Queen, Swain County, North Carolina

Robert W. Ray, Grainger County, Tennessee

Amos Reagan, Gatlinburg, Sevier County, Tennessee

Eunice Smelcer, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee

Herman Smith, Hot Springs, North Carolina

Herbert Stephenson, Saunook, Haywood County, North Carolina

Leona (Mrs. Will) Stinnett, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee

W. M. (Willie) Stinnett, Emerts Cove, Sevier County, Tennessee

Docia Styles, Indian Creek, Swain County, North Carolina

Eugene Sutton, Cataloochee Creek, Haywood County, North Carolina

Jake Sutton, Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina

Jim Sutton, Cataloochee, Haywood County, North Carolina

Zilphie Sutton, Chestnut Branch, North Carolina

Aaron Swanninger, Cades Cove, Blount County, Tennessee

Unidentified, Emerts Cove, Tennessee

Waynewood Band, Hazelwood, North Carolina

Jake Welch, Rowan Branch, Hazel Creek, Swain County, North Carolina

Fate Wiggins, Deep Creek, Swain County, North Carolina

Mary Wiggins, Deep Creek, Swain County, North Carolina

Steve Woody, Cataloochee, North Carolina