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Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 1, 1996 April 26
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Creator
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Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
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Date Created
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1996-04-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Manners and customs, Revivals, Religious gatherings, Presbyterian Church, Church history
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Description
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Bobbie Earnhardt discusses her memories of Billy Graham, whom she met when he was about nine years old, and the Graham family in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Earnhardt recalls attending Chalmers Memorial ARP Church alongside the Graham family, ...
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Catherine Graham McElroy oral history interview, 1996 June 6
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Creator
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McElroy, Catherine Graham, 1920-2006
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Date Created
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1996-06-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Families--Religious aspects--Christianity, Evangelicism, Evangelists, Religious gatherings, Revivals, Family farms, Farm life
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Description
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Catherine Graham McElroy, Billy Graham's sister, discusses their childhood in the 1920-1930s and Billy Graham's early years as a minister and evangelist. The Graham kids grew up on a farm on Park Road in Charlotte, North Carolina, which had corn, ...
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Dean Colvard oral history interview 3, 1996 May 31
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Creator
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Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007
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Date Created
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1996-05-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Religious gatherings, Revivals, Fund raising, Evangelicalism, Race relations--Religious aspects
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Description
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As the chairperson of the 1972 Billy Graham Crusade in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Dean Colvard discusses his role in the planning and implementation of the religious event. He details the development of such a large crusade by thousands of vol...
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Dr. Robert McMullen oral history interview, 1996 May 19
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Creator
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McMullen, Robert J.
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Date Created
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1996-05-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Revivals, Religious gatherings, Evangelicalism
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Description
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Dr. Robert McMullen describes his viewpoint on Billy Graham and his crusades. While Dr. McMullen did not personally meet Rev. Graham on any occasion, he does have strong opinions about Rev. Graham's occupation and reputation. Dr. McMullen admires ...
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Ellen M. Little oral history interview, 1996 April 26
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Creator
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Little, Ellen M.
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Date Created
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1996-04-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Revivals, Religious gatherings, Christianity, Christian life, Amusements, Evangelicalism, Presbyterian Church, Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity, Race relations
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Description
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Ellen Little discusses her experience of attending a Billy Graham crusade in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1972 and the impact it had on her spiritual development. A teenager at the time of the revival, Ms. Little describes the points of Dr. Graham...
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Eloise W. Rushforth oral history interview, 1996 July 10
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Creator
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Rushforth, Eloise W., 1916-2017
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Date Created
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1996-07-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Middle class families, Family vacations, City and town life, Evangelicalism, Presbyterian Church, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Religion, Revivals
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Description
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Eloise Rushforth recounts her family's close relationship with their neighbors, the Grahams and the Blacks, and her memories of Billy Graham as a boy and later as a budding evangelist in Charlotte, North Carolina. She recalls joint family vacation...
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Jack Boyte oral history interview, 1996 April 26
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Creator
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Boyte, Jack O., 1920-2005
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Date Created
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1996-04-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Revivals, Evangelicalism, Religious gatherings, City and town life, Boy Scouts, Presbyterianism, Church fund raising
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Description
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Native Charlottean Jack Boyte shares his experiences with evangelical revivals in Charlotte, North Carolina. From his days of Boy Scout volunteerism, he discusses his exposure to and participation in the revivals of evangelist Mordecai Ham. He off...
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Jean Graham Ford oral history interview, 1996 June 6
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Creator
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Ford, Jean Graham, 1932-
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Date Created
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1996-06-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Family farms, Christian life, Christianity, Families--Religious aspects--Christianity, Presbyterianism, Revivals, City and town life
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Description
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Jean Ford, sister of Reverend Billy Graham, describes her life growing up on the Graham Brothers Dairy Farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, including work and leisure activities. Ms. Ford talks about the important role religion played in her family'...
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Lawrence E. Funderburk oral history interview, 1996 April 24
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Creator
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Funderburk, Lawrence E. (Lawrence Edward), 1920-2012
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Date Created
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1996-04-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Evangelicalism, Baptists, Christianity, Christian life, Revivals, Religious gatherings, Clergy, God (Christianity)
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Description
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Reverend Lawrence Funderburk, a local Charlotte minister, recounts his involvement with the Billy Graham Crusades in Charlotte, particularly the 1958 Crusade, and his role in the Southern Baptist Convention. He shares his thoughts about Reverend B...
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Lenora Crouch oral history interview, 1996 May 3
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Creator
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Crouch, Lenora
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Date Created
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1996-05-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Revivals, Religious gatherings, Christian life
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Description
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In this brief interview, Lenora Crouch recalls her experiences at the 1972 Billy Graham Crusade and her memories of Billy Graham. Ms. Crouch discusses her earliest memories of Dr. Graham, including her first recollections of him as an emerging you...
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Maggie Massey Freeman oral history interview, 1996 June 4
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Creator
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Freeman, Maggie Massey, 1919-2004
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Date Created
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1996-06-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Family farms, Sharecropping, Segregation, Segregation in education, Christian life, Christianity, Families--Religious aspects--Christianity, Revivals, African Americans--Civil rights, Nursing, Political planning--Citizen participation, Race relations
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Description
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Maggie Freeman discusses her life in Charlotte, North Carolina, and her childhood as a sharecropper's daughter on the farmland of William Franklin Graham Sr., father of Reverend Billy Graham. She addresses family life and children's leisure activi...
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Melvin Graham oral history interview, 1996 May 21
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Creator
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Graham, Melvin, 1924-2003
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Date Created
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1996-05-21
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Evangelicalism, Evangelists, Religious gatherings, Revivals, Family farms, Farm life
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Description
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Melvin Graham, the younger brother of Billy Graham, recounts their childhood in Charlotte, North Carolina and how Rev. Graham became involved in the church. Melvin Graham discusses life on the dairy farm growing up and how the family grew increasi...
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Peggy Held oral history interview, 1996 July 17
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Creator
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Held, Peggy, 1920-2006
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Date Created
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1996-07-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Choirs (Music), Revivals, Religious gatherings, Christian life
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Description
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Peggy Held recounts her time singing in the choir during Billy Graham's crusades in New York City and in Charlotte, North Carolina during the late 1950s. She discusses how her experience with the Graham crusades influenced her family's relocation ...
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Peggy Sue V. Henry oral history interview, 1996 May 7
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Creator
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Henry, Peggy Sue V., 1933-
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Date Created
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1996-05-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Family farms, Poliomyelitis, Revivals, Presbyterianism, Christian life, Manners and customs, City and town life
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Description
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Peggy Sue Henry discusses her memories of Reverend Billy Graham's family while growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a childhood friend of Reverend Graham's sister, Jean Graham, Ms. Henry recounts memories of the Graham family including Bill...
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Robena Morgan oral history interview, 1996 May 2
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Creator
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Morgan, Robena P., 1906-2006
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Date Created
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1996-05-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Religious gatherings, Revivals, Evangelicalism
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Description
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Robena Morgan of Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls one of Billy Graham\u2019s crusades that she and her father attended at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. Ms. Morgan explains that her father was an acquaintance of Billy Graham's and ...
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Rosemary J. Lands oral history interview, 1996 April 8
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Creator
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Lands, Rosemary J.
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Date Created
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1996-04-08
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Subjects--Topical
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Revivals, Religious gatherings, Christianity, Christian life, Evangelicalism, City and town life, Business enterprises--Religious aspects, Amphitheaters
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Description
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Long-time Charlottean Rosemary Lands discusses her and her family's experiences with the 1958 Billy Graham Crusade in Charlotte, North Carolina, which she attended at the age of twelve. Ms. Lands details the planning and community involvement prio...
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Spencer Graham and Kathy Graham oral history interview, 2001 December 2
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Creator
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Graham, Spencer, 1949-2009
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Date Created
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2001-12-02
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Subjects--Topical
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African American churches, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Christian life, Camp meetings, Religious gatherings, Revivals
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Description
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Spencer Graham and Kathy Graham recount their experiences with camp meetings in Catawba County, North Carolina, and the meetings' 200-year long history in the region. The Grahams discuss how camp meetings, which take place in the summer, are consi...
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Suzanne "Susie" O'Neal oral history interview, 1996 May 2
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Creator
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O'Neal, Suzanne
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Date Created
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1996-05-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Evangelicalism, Religious gatherings, Revivals
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Description
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Suzanne "Susie" Herndon O'Neal recalls a Billy Graham crusade that she, her mother, and her grandmother attended in the 1950s. Ms. O'Neal was around ten years old at the time of the crusade that she attended in Greensboro, North Carolina. She desc...