Interview with Tamie Beldue
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Title
Interview with Tamie Beldue
Description
Tamie Beldue, an artist and professor based in Swannanoa, was interviewed by Friends of Buncombe County Special Collections volunteer Bill Green on May 6, 2025. This interview took place at Tamie's home and was conducted as part of the Come Hell or High Water Oral History Project for Buncombe County Special Collections, Pack Memorial Library.
Beldue shares how she, her husband, and their teenage son experienced severe flooding and a landslide during Tropical Storm Helene that forced them outside during the disaster [00:08:59]. In the aftermath, she witnessed rescue and relief teams come in [00:22:04], briefly evacuated and brought supplies back from Raleigh [00:27:57], and benefited from schools pausing academic work [00:24:02]. She reflects on lack of institutional support [00:39:06] as well as systemic failures and lack of essential services for her community in the recovery period [00:45:05].
Narrator portrait depicts Tamie at work in her home studio in Swannanoa, April 15, 2022. Photo by Bill Green.
Beldue shares how she, her husband, and their teenage son experienced severe flooding and a landslide during Tropical Storm Helene that forced them outside during the disaster [00:08:59]. In the aftermath, she witnessed rescue and relief teams come in [00:22:04], briefly evacuated and brought supplies back from Raleigh [00:27:57], and benefited from schools pausing academic work [00:24:02]. She reflects on lack of institutional support [00:39:06] as well as systemic failures and lack of essential services for her community in the recovery period [00:45:05].
Narrator portrait depicts Tamie at work in her home studio in Swannanoa, April 15, 2022. Photo by Bill Green.
Date
Rights
Interview copyright Tamie Beldue and Buncombe County Special Collections. Narrator portrait copyright Bill Green Photography.
Format
Language
English
Identifier
MS456.001J
Extent
1 digital audio recording (00:53:02); 1 transcript (23 pages); 1 digital photograph
Oral History Item Type Metadata
Duration
00:53:02
Interviewer
Bill Green
Interviewee
Tamie Beldue
Collection
Citation
Friends of Buncombe County Special Collections, “Interview with Tamie Beldue,” Come Hell or High Water Community Memory Project, accessed January 12, 2026, https://helenehistory.omeka.net/items/show/1085.