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Title: Debbie Warren oral history interview 1, 2016 June 21
Creator: Warren, Debbie (Debbie Carol)
Date Created: 2016-06-21
Subjects--Topical: Faith, Baptists, Sex role, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Care, Gay activists, Gay men--Relations with lesbians, Lesbians, Sex discrimination against women, Lesbian clergy
Description: Prior to the 1992 founding of Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) in Charlotte, North Carolina, Rev. Debbie Warren dedicated her life to service within the Baptist Church. In this first of three interviews, Rev. Warren discusses her early year...

Title: Emil Kratt oral history interview, 2012 March 22
Creator: Kratt, Emil Failing, 1935-
Date Created: 2012-03-22
Subjects--Topical: Deacons, Baptists, Leadership--Philosophy, Women college presidents
Description: In this interview, Emil Kratt, long-time attorney, Charlotte resident, and member of Myers Park Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, shares his memories of Bonnie Cone. He recalls their shared service on the Board of Deacons of Myers Park ...

Title: Lawrence E. Funderburk oral history interview, 1996 April 24
Creator: Funderburk, Lawrence E. (Lawrence Edward), 1920-2012
Date Created: 1996-04-24
Subjects--Topical: Evangelicalism, Baptists, Christianity, Christian life, Revivals, Religious gatherings, Clergy, God (Christianity)
Description: 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...

Title: Lourdes Aguirre oral history interview, 2002 October 27
Creator: Aguirre, Lourdes, 1964 or 1965-
Date Created: 2002-10-27
Subjects--Topical: Latin Americans, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants--Social conditions, Illegal aliens, Baptists, Christian life, Conservation of natural resources, Landscape protection
Description: Lourdes Aguirre discusses her experiences in the United States after immigrating from Matamoros, Mexico. Lourdes Aguirre talks about her life in Mexico and how she and her family are fond of country life in North Carolina and feel welcomed. Ms. Ag...

Title: Oni Wilson oral history interview, 2003 February 26
Creator: Wilson, Oni, 1915-2009
Date Created: 2003-02-26
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, Cotton, Political and social views, Baseball, Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Company towns, Baptists
Description: Oni Wilson describes his childhood during the Great Depression and growing up on a cotton farm in Davidson, North Carolina. He talks about how his family lost their home in 1929 because of the fall of cotton prices, then rented a home and farmland...