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Oral History Interview with Mattie Bell and Earl Cavenaugh, December 7, 1999. Interview K-0282. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

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Inadequate compensation for losses

Mattie and Earl Cavenaugh discuss compensation, which was not nearly adequate. Having seen his son-in-law denied assistance, Earl does not plan to push for money—he does not think he would ever get anything near the amount he would need to repair decades of accumulation.

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Interviewers	Charles Thompson
	Rob Amberg
	Charles Thompson
Interviewees	Earl Cavenaugh
	Mattie Bell Cavenaugh
Excerpt Length	0:04:55
Start Time	00:55:30
Stop Time	01:00:25
Subjects	Environmental Transformations > NATURAL ENVIRONMENT > Natural Disasters

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Oral History Interview with Mattie Bell and Earl Cavenaugh, December 7, 1999. Interview K-0282. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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