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Title: Ted C. Irwin oral history interview, 1979 May 24
Creator: Irwin, Ted C. (Ted Carol), 1886-1983
Date Created: 1979-05-24
Subjects--Topical: Drum and bugle corps, Manners and customs, Country life, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: 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 ...

Title: S. Bruce Wingate oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Wingate, S. Bruce (Samuel Bruce), 1910-1991
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Ice cream industry, Dairy farms, Delivery of goods
Description: S. Bruce Wingate discusses his working experience in the dairy industry, focusing on the sale and delivery of ice cream in Charlotte and other cities and towns in North Carolina before refrigeration was commonplace. He describes making ice cream, ...

Title: Roger A. Stephens oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Stephens, Roger A. (Roger Albert), 1905-1991
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Street-railroads, Amusements, Fires, City and town life
Description: Roger A. Stephens recalls his memories of growing up in Atlanta, Georgia during the early twentieth century and life after moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1922. He describes selling newspapers as a boy and his career working in the freight ...

Title: Otis Skipper oral history interview, 1993 June 6
Creator: Skipper, Otis S. (Otis Sanford), 1917-2002
Date Created: 1993-01-06
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball teams, Young Men's Christian associations, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, Sports--Social aspects, School sports, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Rules, Basketball stories, Depressions, Discrimination in sports
Description: Otis Skipper recounts his experiences playing basketball in Charlotte, North Carolina from the 1930s-1950s. He describes starting to play at the age of twelve at the YMCA, and discusses how the athletic director, Carl Link, was instrumental in org...

Title: Nathaniel Washington oral history interview, 2006 November 14
Creator: Washington, Nathaniel, 1941-
Date Created: 2006-11-14
Subjects--Topical: Race relations, Race discrimination, Racism in the workplace, Segregation in education, Urban renewal
Description: Nathaniel Washington describes his early life in the Third Ward section of Charlotte, North Carolina. He discusses his experience in segregated schools during the 1950s-1960s, explaining that there were inequalities as black schools were supplied ...

Title: John Archibald oral history interview, 2004 April 1
Creator: Archibald, John, 1925-2008
Date Created: 2004-04-01
Subjects--Topical: Working class families, Working class, Mills and mill-work, Industrial housing, Vocational education, Shipyards, Labor unions, War, Americans--Public opinion, Bombings, Airplanes, Military, Poverty, Racism, Racism--Economic aspects, Work environment, Veterans
Description: John Archibald recounts growing up in the Leakesville-Spray area of Rockingham Country, North Carolina, his time as a soldier during World War II, and his life and career after the war. As Mr. Archibald grew older, he became aware that his educati...

Title: Eb Clifton oral history interview, 2008 March 11
Creator: Clifton, Eb, 1927-
Date Created: 2008-03-11
Subjects--Topical: Automobile mechanics, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Motorsports
Description: Eb Clifton recalls his 60-year career as a stock car racing mechanic and driver. After serving in the military during World War II, he opened a garage in King, North Carolina in 1949. Mr. Clifton describes how he learned to build race cars and fie...

Title: Charles "Slick" Owens oral history interview 2, 2009 September 3
Creator: Owens, Slick, 1933-
Date Created: 2009-09-03
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Pit crews, Automobile mechanics, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Automobiles--Parts
Description: In this second of two interviews, Charles "Slick" Owens continues to discuss his career as a mechanic and parts distributor in stock car racing from the 1960s into the 1990s. Mr. Owens describes the operations of the Holman-Moody racing team. His ...

Title: Charles "Slick" Owens oral history interview 1, 2009 May 6
Creator: Owens, Slick, 1933-
Date Created: 2009-05-06
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Pit crews, Automobile racing drivers, Automobile mechanics, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Racetracks (Automobile racing)
Description: In this first of two interviews, Charles "Slick" Owens recalls his career in stock car racing as a mechanic and parts distributor during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Growing up in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Mr. Owens first became involved in rac...

Title: Arthur Stinson oral history interview, 2007 April 23
Creator: Stinson, Arthur L. (Arthur Lee), 1933-2013
Date Created: 2007-04-23
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, African American schools, African American neighborhoods, Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, City and town life, Amusements
Description: Arthur L. Stinson recounts his experiences growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses schools and businesses in Brooklyn, working as a teenager in the coal yard and wood yard, and ...