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Title: Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 9, 1988 January 28
Creator: Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
Date Created: 1988-01-28
Subjects--Topical: Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Administration, Community colleges, Women college presidents, Women community college presidents, College-student veterans
Description: In this fourth of a series of interviews conducted by Dr. Ed Perzel (former Chair of the Department of History and Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UNC Charlotte), Bonnie Cone discusses the early history of UNC Charlo...

Title: James William Kirk oral history interview 1, 2013 October 7
Creator: Kirk, James William, 1925-2014
Date Created: 2013-10-07
Subjects--Topical: Dairy farms, Farm life, Education, Rural, Rural development, Volunteer fire departments, Grand jury
Description: In this first of two interviews, James Kirk begins by tracing the history of the Kirk family from their Scottish roots to their settling in the Newell community of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and what would eventually become the University...

Title: Pamela Davies oral history interview, 2021 September 22
Creator: Davies, Pamela
Date Created: 2021-09-22
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Civic improvement, Social values, Equality
Description: As the first female board chair of the Charlotte YMCA, and as a recent board chair of the national YMCA, Pamela Davies brought a broad perspective to this interview. Unlike many other people interviewed, she did not grow up involved in YMCA activi...

Title: Richard Rankin oral history interview, 2003 July 22
Creator: Rankin, Richard
Date Created: 2003-07-22
Subjects--Topical: Land use, Rural, Trails, Hunting, Animals, Plants, Christian stewardship, Landscape protection, Farm life, Ponds, Christmas trees
Description: Richard Rankin discusses the history of the surrounding area in Stanley Creek and his experiences growing up in Stanley, Gaston County, North Carolina. He talks about the history between the Rankin and Rhyne family within the Stanley Creek area, t...

Title: Tonda Anne Taylor oral history interview 1, 2015 March 10
Creator: Taylor, Tonda, 1940-
Date Created: 2015-03-10
Subjects--Topical: LGBTQ+ people, Feminism, Lesbians, Racism, Homophobia
Description: In this first of four interviews, Tonda Taylor, long-time activist for LGBTQ rights and founder of Time Out Youth, an organization that offers support, advocacy, and opportunities for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (LGB...

Title: Tonda Anne Taylor oral history interview 2, 2015 July 9
Creator: Taylor, Tonda, 1940-
Date Created: 2015-07-09
Subjects--Topical: Homophobia, Gay liberation movement, Lesbians, Lesbianism--Psychological aspects, Nonprofit organizations—Management, Outing (Sexual orientation)
Description: In this second of four interviews, Tonda Taylor, long-time activist for LGBTQ rights and founder of Time Our Youth in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her early adult life. She briefly describes her time at Charlotte College and Queens College,...