Whitton, Beaumert, 1910-1990

White, Jane

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1979-05-25

1 audio file (11:48) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (7 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Beaumert Whitton was a 68-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was born in Ridgway, Pennsylvania in 1910. He was educated at UNC Chapel Hill and MIT, and was president of the Southeastern Construction Company.

Beaumert Whitton recounts the history of the Boy Scouts in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. Topics discussed include the founding of the city's first three troops, a short chronology of Mecklenburg County's Boy Scout camps, activities that Scouts undertook to support the war effort during World War I, and the central role that scouting played in the social life of teenage boys at that time.

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.

Executives
Engineers

Whitton, Beaumert, 1910-1990

Boy Scouts of America. Mecklenburg County Council
Boy Scouts of America

World War
Boy Scouts
Scouting
Camping
Youth--Social life and customs

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County

Interviews
Oral histories

1910-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

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Beaumert Whitton papers, 1908-1984, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/508)

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