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Title: Astrid Chirinos oral history interview, 2002 September 11
Creator: Chirinos, Astrid, 1960-
Date Created: 2002-09-11
Subjects--Topical: Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Americans--Social conditions, Emigration and immigration, Nationalism, Sex role, Biculturalism, Religion and culture, Cities and towns--Growth, Globalization
Description: Astrid Chirinos discusses her experience as a Venezuelan immigrant to the United States. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Ms. Chirinos moved to Raleigh, North Carolina with the encouragement of her father to attend St. Mary's College. Ms. Chirinos shar...

Title: Audra Ellis oral history interview, 2019 May 8
Creator: Ellis, Audra B. (Audra Baucom), 1972-
Date Created: 2019-05-8
Subjects--Topical: Farms, Chicken industry, Pork industry and trade, Farmers' markets, Dairy farms, Molasses, Sorghum, Goats, Farms, Small
Description: Audra Ellis, co-owner of Ellis Farms in Lincolnton, North Carolina, discusses how she and her husband, Rick, originally started with six chickens and two pygmy goats, expanded into crop production, and now focus only on chicken and pork production...

Title: Bailey Patrick oral history interview, 2021 November 18
Creator: Patrick, Bailey
Date Created: 2021-11-18
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Christianity and culture, Commercial real estate
Description: Charlotte native Bailey Patrick played a key role in assembling land for several Charlotte Y projects, most notably the Stratford Richardson branch. The interview covered those efforts as well as discussions of racial diversity within the YMCA and...

Title: Balls Creek
Creator: Cumming, Gabriel
Date Created: 2002, 2004
Subjects--Topical: Land use, Rural
Description: Interviews and project recordings relating to the Balls Creek region, located in Catawba County, North Carolina.

Title: Balls Creek Camp Meeting oral history interview, 2002 August 24
Creator: Ewing, Todd D. (Todd Douglas), 1969-
Date Created: 2002-08-24
Subjects--Topical: Camp meetings, Families--Social life and customs, Country life, Protestant churches, Outdoor recreation, Land use, Rural
Description: The interview is with members of two extended families, the Harbinsons and the Ewings, at the Balls Creek Campground, where generations have met to attend worship services, visit neighbors in their community, and relax with their families. Individ...

Title: Banita Brown oral history interview, 2006 December 2
Creator: Brown, Banita W. (Banita White), 1960-
Date Created: 2006-12-02
Subjects--Topical: College teachers, Education, Women scientists, African American scientists, Science--Social aspects, Social integration, Race relations
Description: In her interview, Dr. Banita Brown, an associate chemistry professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, reflects on her upbringing, education, and career. Dr. Brown recollects her formative years and early education in Rock Hill, So...

Title: Barbara Ann Goodnight oral history interview, 2013 February 18
Creator: Goodnight, Barbara A. (Barbara Ann), 1937-
Date Created: 2017-02-22
Subjects--Topical: Universities and colleges--Administration, College Teachers, Campus planning, Universities and colleges--Faculty, Doctor of philosophy degree, Urban universities and colleges
Description: Dr. Barbara Ann Goodnight, former Senior Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, discusses her thirty year career at the university and focuses on significant events that took place during C...

Title: Barbara C. Steele oral history interview, 2004 April 1
Creator: Steele, Barbara C., 1932-2005
Date Created: 2004-04-01
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, African American neighborhoods, Eminent domain, African Americans--Housing, African American families, Sports--Social aspects
Description: Barbara Steele recounts her childhood and life in Brooklyn, a historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, before it was torn down during urban renewal in the 1960s. She describes how close-knit and self-sufficient the comm...

Title: Barbara Campbell oral history interview, 1998 November 13
Creator: Campbell, Barbara, 1943-
Date Created: 1998-11-13
Subjects--Topical: Girls' schools, Race relations, Racism, Foreign study, Political and social views, Managed care plans (Medical care), Abortion--Public opinion, Mass media--Influence, Recycling industry
Description: Longtime Charlotte resident Barbara Campbell discusses her life, career, and opinion on current political issues at the time of the interview. She talks about growing up in Long Island, New York, and attending an all girls' boarding school in Rhod...

Title: Barbara Davis Crawford oral history interview, 2004 March 27
Creator: Crawford, Barbara Davis, 1943-
Date Created: 2004-03-27
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African American families, Dwellings--Fires and fire prevention, African Americans--Education, School sports--Social aspects, African American schools, Teacher-student relationships, African American business enterprises, African American churches, Urban renewal
Description: Barbara Crawford shares her memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. She describes some of the homes that she lived in growing up, and a house fire that destroyed her family's possess...

Title: Barbara Ledford oral history interview, 1999 July 17
Creator: Ledford, Barbara, 1940-
Date Created: 1999-07-17
Subjects--Topical: Public schools, School integration, Multicultural education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Students, School management and organization
Description: Barbara Ledford describes her experiences as a teacher and administrator within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, where she was employed in several schools including East Charlotte High School, Northeast Junior High School, and West Charlot...

Title: Barbara Rein oral history interview, 2017 June 29
Creator: Rein, Barbara, 1953-
Date Created: 2017-06-29
Subjects--Topical: AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, Fund raising, Nonprofit organizations, Nonprofit organizations--Economic aspects, Social case work--Management
Description: Barbara Rein recounts her time as the Executive Director of the Metrolina AIDS Project (MAP), in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1993 to 1997. After working with the task force NO/AIDS in New Orleans, Louisiana Ms. Rein was guided to Charlotte, No...

Title: Basketball and Culture in the Southern Piedmont
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball players
Description: These interviews were conducted by staff of the Levine Museum of the New South in 1992 and 1993 as part of the research for the exhibit: "The Most Democratic Sport: Basketball and Culture in the Central Piedmont, 1893-1994." Interviews were conduc...

Title: Baxter Wilson oral history interview, 1993 March 9
Creator: Wilson, Baxter, 1917-2002
Date Created: 1993-03-09
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, School sports, Young Men's Christian associations, Basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball coaches, Basketball stories, Gymnasiums
Description: Baxter Wilson discusses playing basketball at Berryhill High School and in youth leagues in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1930s. He talks about the director of the YMCA, Carl Link, who organized youth basketball leagues in Charlotte and dro...

Title: Beaumert Whitton oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Whitton, Beaumert, 1910-1990
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: World War, Boy Scouts, Scouting, Camping, Youth--Social life and customs
Description: 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...

Title: Belk College Living History
Date Created: 2021-05-21, 2021-05-25
Description: UNC Charlotte Belk College of Business, in partnership with AISLE and Atkins Library, and in honor of the Belk College 50th anniversary during the 2020-2021 academic year, developed the Living History project. This set of interviews documents the ...

Title: Belle Banks oral history interview, 2002 January 25
Creator: Banks, Belle, 1918-2011
Date Created: 2002-01-25
Subjects--Topical: Historic sites, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation, Regionalism, Manners and customs
Description: In this interview, librarian and historic preservationist Margaret "Belle" Banks describes her early life in Pennsylvania and Delaware, her move to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1944, and her role in restoring Cedar Grove and the Hugh Torrance Hous...

Title: Belmont Junior High School
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996-10-28
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government, American Dream, Political participation, Advertising, Political, Education, Education, Higher, Student loans, Education and state, Job security, Occupational training, Tax deductions, Public welfare, Campaign funds
Description: Harvey Gantt delivers a campaign speech to children and adults at Belmont Junior High School. Gantt discusses his plan to restore the American Dream. He talks about his background (wanting to be an architect, going to Clemson and MIT, becoming an ...

Title: Ben E. Douglas oral history interview 2, 1979 May 23
Creator: Douglas, Ben E. (Ben Elbert), 1894-1981
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Municipal government, Urban transportation, Airports--Planning, City planning
Description: Ben Douglas discusses his tenure as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1935 to 1941. He discusses the structure of city government in the 1920s and explains that he was the first Charlotte mayor to be directly elected by voters. He describes ...

Title: Benjamin Chavis Jr. oral history interview, 2005 February 7
Creator: Chavis, Ben, 1948-
Date Created: 2005-02-07
Subjects--Topical: African American college students, African American college students--Political activity, African American student movements, Chemistry, Civil rights, Civil rights movements, College integration, Race relations, Racism, Segregation, Student movements
Description: Dr. Benjamin Chavis recounts his involvement in the black student movement on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the late 1960s to the early 1970s, when he was one of a small but politically active cohort of African...

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