McCall, Johnston V. (Johnston Vannoy), 1902-1993

Causby, Anna

McCall, Alice M. (Alice Murray), 1912-2006

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1979-05-24

1 audio file (10:06) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (5 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Johnston V. McCall was a 77-year-old man at the time of interview. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1902. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was employed as a language instructor and as the Chief of Translation in the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C.

Johnston V. McCall describes growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina during the early twentieth century as the son of former Charlotte mayor (1899-1901) Johnson D. McCall. Topics discussed include stories about notable Charlotte residents, including mayor Thomas Leroy Kirkpatrick; time spent at Camp Greene during World War I; and working after retirement as a teacher of languages at Queens College. Mr. McCall also recounts several visits to Charlotte by President Woodrow Wilson.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on reel to reel, duplicate audio analog cassette digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Civil service--Employees
Language teachers

McCall, Johnston V. (Johnston Vannoy), 1902-1993
Kirkpatrick, T. L. (Thomas LeRoy), 1877-1946
McCall, J. D. (Johnson D.)

World War (1914-1918)

Mayors
City and town life
Strikes and lockouts--Civil service

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Camp Greene

Interviews
Oral histories

1900-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

Alice M. McCall oral history interview, 1979 May 24, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A450)

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