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Title: Don't worry kid, we're here to protect you.
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1978-09-18
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Roads--Design and construction, Real estate developers, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Metropolitan government
Description: Topics include: Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners; Road construction; Real estate developers; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government

Title: Mattie Creigton oral history interview, 2003 March 5
Creator: Creigton, Mattie, 1912-2004
Date Created: 2003-03-05
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, City and town life, Roads--Design and construction, Amusements, Voting, Christian life
Description: Mattie Creighton, a lifelong Charlottean, recalls growing up during the Great Depression in Charlotte, North Carolina and working as a young woman during the 1930s and 1940s. Ms. Creighton describes her hardships during the time period including s...

Title: North Carolinians for Good Roads committee cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1981-06-01
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Pressure groups, Roads, Roads--Design and construction, U.S. states--Politics and government
Description: Topics include: North Carolinians for Good Roads committee; Road construction; Political influence; North Carolina politics and government

Title: Stanford Brookshire oral history interview 2, 1973 April 3
Creator: Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
Date Created: 1973-04-03
Subjects--Topical: Mayors, Civil rights movements, Race relations, Bombings, Municipal water supply, Politics and government, Cities and towns--Politics and government, County government, Cities and towns--Growth, Civic centers--Planning, Urban renewal, City planning, Urbanization, Local transit, Roads--Design and construction--Planning, Roads--Design and construction, Police administration, Civic leaders
Description: In this second interview with Ed Perzel, Stanford Brookshire discusses his experiences as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1961-1969. He begins by talking about the bombing of four civil rights leader's homes in Charlotte in 1965 and his ro...