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Title
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Horace A. Silver oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Interviewee
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Silver, Horace A. (Horace Aude), 1910-1984
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Interviewer
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Causby, Anna
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Place of Publication
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Publisher
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J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Date of Interview
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1979-05-22
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Physical Description
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1 audio file (12:03) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (5 pages : PDF)
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Object Type
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sound recording-nonmusical
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Genre
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spoken word
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Language
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eng
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Interviewee Biography
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Horace A. Silver was a 69-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in 1910. He graduated from North Carolina State University and attended professional school at the University of Kentucky, and was employed with the Veterans Administration and as a field auditor with the North Carolina Department of Revenue.
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Abstract
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Horace A. Silver recounts his experiences after moving to Charlotte, North Carolina following World War II. Topics discussed include his work with the United States Veterans Administration and as a field tax auditor with the North Carolina Department of Revenue, his work with Dr. Bonnie E. Cone at the Charlotte Center (the predecessor of Charlotte College and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte), and changes in higher education opportunities.
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Digital Object Notes
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MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on reel to reel, file reformatted from duplicate compact disc.
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Audio Condition Note
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Low level conversations and sounds can be heard in the background.
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Interviewee Occupations
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Employee training directors
Auditors
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Subjects--Names
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Silver, Horace A. (Horace Aude), 1910-1984
Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
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Subjects--Organizations
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University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte College
United States. Veterans Administration
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Subjects--Events
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World War (1939-1945)
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Subjects--Topics
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Veterans--Services
Education, Higher
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Subjects--Geographic
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North Carolina--Charlotte
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Subjects--Genre
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Interviews
Oral histories
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Coverage--Dates
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1940-1980
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Digital Collection Title
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Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte
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Rights
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The materials included on this web site are freely available for private study, scholarship or non-commercial research under the fair use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, United States Code). Any use beyond the provisions of fair use, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication, broadcast, redistribution or mounting on another web site always require prior written permission and may also be subject to additional restrictions and fees. UNC Charlotte does not hold literary rights to all materials in its collections and the researcher is responsible for securing those rights when needed. Copyright information for specific collections is available upon request.
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Internet Media Type
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audio/mpeg
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Identifier
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OH-SI0152
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Handle URL
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:1165