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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Come Hell or High Water Oral Histories Description An account of the resource Oral history interviews conducted for the Come Hell or High Water project. Interviews were conducted starting in April 2025 by Friends of Buncombe County Special Collections volunteers or Buncombe County Special Collections staff members. Interviews may contain audio recordings, video recordings, transcribed text and summaries of interviews, photographs of narrators, and additional material in any format (photos, video, etc.) Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Friends of Buncombe County Special Collections Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Buncombe County Special Collections Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Oral history narrators and Buncombe County Special Collections hold joint copyright ownership over recordings and transcripts in this collection. Bill Green holds copyright ownership over photographs taken by him, including narrator portraits. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MS456.001 Oral History A resource containing historical information obtained in interviews with persons having firsthand knowledge. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 00:28:48 Interviewer The person(s) performing the interview Katherine Cutshall Interviewee The person(s) being interviewed Dr. John D. Gossett Location A geographic location associated with the resource, e.g. where an oral history recording took place, the location depicted in an image, or the location described in a text narrative. Blue Ridge Public Radio, 73 Broadway Street, Asheville, NC Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, 340 Victoria Rd, Asheville, NC Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Interview with Dr. John Gossett Subject The topic of the resource Oral histories Description An account of the resource Dr. John D. Gossett, president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical College, was interviewed by Buncombe County Special Collections Manager Katherine Cutshall on September 22, 2025. This interview took place at Blue Ridge Public Radio and was conducted as part of the Come Hell or High Water Oral History Project for Buncombe County Special Collections, Pack Memorial Library. <br /><br />Dr. Gossett recalls his experiences of Helene and its impact on A-B Tech. After experiencing a storm far worse than he imagined, he began to delegate A-B Tech’s resources [00:09:43] and briefly left to visit his son-in-law's house in Anderson, South Carolina [00:12:39]. He describes the college’s operations as they became a campus resource [00:14:47], the shelter’s operations after Helene [00:16:50], and the physical and mental impact on the college and its residents [00:21:45]. He finishes by stating the importance of community colleges in the recovery and rebuilding of Western North Carolina [00:27:07]. <br /><br />Photograph provided courtesy of Dr. John Gossett. Also included is an excerpt of the 2025 Spring/Summer edition of <em>A-B Tech Education Journal</em>, pages 8-12, describing Helene impact.<br /><br />See also archived web content:<br /><a href="https://wayback.archive-it.org/23504/20251030210959/https://abtech.edu/news/hurricane-helene-six-months-recovery/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Helene Recovery: Six Months Later video</a><br /><a href="https://wayback.archive-it.org/23504/20251030211308/https://abtech.edu/helene-recovery/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Helene Recovery articles on A-B Tech website</a><br /><a href="https://wayback.archive-it.org/23504/20251030211209/https://abtech.edu/helene-resources" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Helene resources on A-B Tech website</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Friends of Buncombe County Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 22, 2025 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Interview copyright Dr. John D. Gossett and Buncombe County Special Collections. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Digital Audio Recording Language A language of the resource English Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 digital audio recording (00:28:48); 1 transcript (15 pages); 1 digital photograph; 1 digital document (5 pages) Community colleges Helene Oral histories Schools