- Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte (x)
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Martin Grossman oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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Grossman, Martin L. (Martin Luther), 1903-2002
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Electrical engineering, Electric industry workers, Work environment, Power-plants, Electric utilities, Tobacco industry, Cost control, Cities and towns--Growth
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Description
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Martin Grossman recounts his long career as an engineer beginning in the early twentieth century and his experiences in Charlotte, North Carolina, after moving there in 1954. He describes his work in the energy sector with Celanese Corporation and...
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Mary Clegg Walker oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Walker, Mary Clegg, 1904-1984
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Elementary school teaching, Manners and customs, Christian life
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Mary Clegg Walker discusses her family and her seventeen years as a kindergarten teacher in Matthews, North Carolina. Topics discussed include her father's high school in Rutherford County and how it was established; an anecdote about how J. B. Iv...
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Mary Farr oral history interview, 1979 October 23
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Creator
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Farr, Mary, 1916-2007
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Date Created
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1979-10-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Christianity, Christian life
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Description
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Mary Farr discusses her Christian faith and her memories of life during World War II. Other topics include her first history course and her belief that Americans were turning away from religion at the time of interview.
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Mary Jane White oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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White, Mary Jane, 1904-1987
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Farm life, Family farms, Education, Rural
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Mary Jane White discusses living on a family farm in Union County, North Carolina during the early twentieth century, then moving to Charlotte, North Carolina to work in a private household in 1927. Other topics include her education in a one-room...
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Paul G. Rodden oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Rodden, Paul G. (Paul Gilbert), 1909-
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Genealogy, Families--Social life and customs, Country life, Education, Rural, Family farms, Mills and mill-work, Insurance companies
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Description
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Paul G. Rodden recounts his years working as an insurance agent for the Pilot Life Insurance Company during the 1940s-1970s and his family history. He describes his interest in genealogy; the Rodden family in Davie, Rowan, and Mecklenburg Counties...
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R. Powell Majors oral history interview 1, 1979 May 23
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Majors, R. Powell, 1906-2007
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Date Created
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1979-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Children's choirs, Boys' choirs, Choral conductors, Civic leaders
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Description
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Former Charlotte Rotary Club president R. Powell Majors recounts his experience as one of the founding patrons for the Rotary-sponsored Charlotte Boys Choir. He discusses the history of the choir, as well as the administrative, support, and operat...
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Roland R. Hinrichs oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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Hinrichs, Roland R. (Roland Russell), 1907-
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Date Created
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1979-05-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Depressions, College athletes, Technological innovations
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Description
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Roland R. Hinrichs recounts his childhood in West Virginia during the early twentieth century and societal changes that took place throughout his adult life. Topics include his difficulty in finding employment during the Great Depression, his late...
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Roosevelt Ray oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Ray, Roosevelt, 1911-1991
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Families--Social life and customs, Family farms, Farm life, Rural families, Medical care
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Roosevelt Ray discusses managing a family farm in Denmark, South Carolina and the changes he saw when he moved to Charlotte in the early 1940s. He recounts his personal struggles with chronic illness and how it affected his life. He also mentions ...
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Rosa Lee Coleman oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Coleman, Rosa Lee, 1909-1993
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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African American household employees, African Americans--Segregation, Household employees, Race discrimination, Race relations, Segregation in transportation
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Description
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Rosa Lee Coleman recounts her early life in Fayetteville, North Carolina, as well as her employment as a domestic service worker. As an African American, Mrs. Coleman discusses the complicated dynamics of her relationship with her white female emp...
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Samuel C. Poteat oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Poteat, Samuel C. (Samuel Charles), 1896-1981
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns--Growth, City and town life, Depressions, Country life, Family farms
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Samuel Poteat describes his experiences overseas serving in the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion while plagued with the flu and measles during World War I. Other topics discussed include cotton farming in Huntersville, North Carolina; businesses and en...
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Stanford R. Brookshire oral history interview 3, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Municipal government, Urban renewal, City and town life, Cities and towns--Growth, Civil rights movements, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, Business enterprises
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Stanford R. Brookshire shares his memories of his early years in Charlotte, North Carolina and his time as mayor of Charlotte from 1961 to 1969. He compares the city's size and population during the late 1920s and early 1930s with the late 1970s. ...
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Susan Hicks oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Hicks, Susan Bible, 1893-1996
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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War work--Red Cross, Social service, Nonprofit organizations
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Susan Hicks gives a brief history of the American Red Cross, particularly how it was organized and functioned in Charlotte, North Carolina during and after World War I. Topics discussed include types of social services provided by the Red Cross, o...
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Ted C. Irwin oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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Irwin, Ted C. (Ted Carol), 1886-1983
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Drum and bugle corps, Manners and customs, Country life, Cities and towns--Growth
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Ted C. Irwin walks listeners through the historical streets of Charlotte, North Carolina as he experienced them during the 1890s and 1900s by providing an account of Charlotte's urban development. Mr. Irwin discusses family and home life, working ...
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Victoria K. Moore oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Moore, Victoria K., 1911
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, African Americans--Segregation, African American women--Employment, Families--Social life and customs, Women household employees--Social conditions
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Victoria K. Moore shares her memories of growing up in the South during the early 1900s and gives account of her varied experiences as a domestic worker in New York, Charlotte, North Carolina, and parts of South Carolina. Other topics discussed in...
