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Title: Brett Gilbert oral history interview, 2006 October 26
Creator: Gilbert, Brett, 1941-
Date Created: 2006-10-26
Subjects--Topical: Race relations, Country life, Social values, Soldiers, Civil rights movements
Description: Brett Gilbert recounts his life and experiences in Lincoln County and in Charlotte, North Carolina. Growing up on a dairy farm in rural Lincoln County, Mr. Gilbert explains how most people were poor farmers and that with the exception of atomic bo...

Title: Edmond J. Reizck oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Reizck, Edmond J. (Edmond Joseph), 1921-2011
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Soldiers, Veterans, City and town life
Description: Edmond J. Reizck recounts his memories of life in North Carolina and how Charlotte, North Carolina has changed throughout the years. He recalls his time in the U.S. Army National Guard in the Thirtieth Infantry Division during World War II and men...

Title: Otto Lutz oral history interview, 1974 March 25
Creator: Lutz, Otto, 1925-2017
Date Created: 1974-03-25
Subjects--Topical: War, Soldiers, Armed Forces--Swiss regiments, Border patrols, Rationing
Description: Otto Lutz discusses his time in the Swiss Army during World War II. He talks about growing up in Uster, Switzerland, ten to fifteen miles outside Zurich and how he was fourteen when World War II broke out. In 1944, he joined the Swiss Army, as all...

Title: William Means Stewart, Jr., oral history interview 1, 2019 August 1
Creator: Stewart, William Means, Jr., 1917-
Date Created: 2019-08-01
Subjects--Topical: Farm life, Baseball, College students, Soldiers, Veterans, Accounting
Description: In this interview, William "Bill" Stewart shares memories of his life growing up in the Newell community near Charlotte, North Carolina, of his college days at Elon College in the 1930s, and of his military service in World War II. He tells about ...

Title: William T. Alexander oral history interview 3, 1992 Spring
Creator: Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
Date Created: 1992
Subjects--Topical: Rich people, Work environment, Insurance agents, Rural conditions, Business enterprises, Competition, Soldiers
Description: In this last of three interviews, Charlotte native William T. Alexander describes his early career in the 1920s-1930s working in several places across the United States as well as his time in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mr. Alexander talks ...