Whitted, Andy, interviewee. Gartrell, Julia C., interviewer. Clune, Katy A. (Kathryn Anne), interviewer. Occupational Folklife Project, sponsor. sound recording Digital photographs Color 2010-2020. gmgpc Sound recordings. lcgft Personal narratives. lcgft Oral histories. lcgft Interviews. lcgft eng Andy Whitted is a third-generation plasterer in Hillsborough, North Carolina. In this interview, conducted on the porch of his home in a family compound with several plaster and stucco buildings, Andy discusses learning how to plaster from his father, who in turn learned from his grandfather. Andy's father also specialized in ceramic tile and stucco work following the introduction of sheetrock. While at one time there were plasterer unions to meet the demands of university and military construction, Andy is now one of the few plasterers in the area and is called upon for historic renovation -- he recently repaired the plasterwork on the historic Orpheum Theater in Oxford, North Carolina. Interview was conducted outdoors. It contains ambient sounds. As conversation is wrapping up and reaching its completion, recorder battery dies and audio ends abruptly. . Recorded at the home of Andy Whitted, Hillsborough, North Carolina, November 2, 2020. Fixing, Mending, Making New: North Carolina's Repair Professionals: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2020-2021 (AFC 2020/009), American Folklife Center, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. To honor the memory of Archie Green (1917-2009), a fellowship program was established at the American Folklife Center in 2010. Archie Green Fellowships support new research in the contemporary culture and traditions of American workers. Whitted, Andy--Interviews. Plasterers--North Carolina--Interviews. Repairing trades--North Carolina. Historic preservation--North Carolina. Blue collar workers. Occupational training. Family-owned business enterprises. Self-employed. Small business. Workmanship. Fixing, Mending, Making New: North Carolina's Repair Professionals: Archie Green Fellows Project, 2020-2021 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.afc/afc2020009.afc2020009_006_sr01 Collection is open for research. To request materials, please contact the Folklife Reading Room at Duplication of collection materials may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.