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Chris Folk oral history interview 3, 1998 October 15
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Creator
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Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
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Date Created
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1998-10-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, Depressions, Mills and mill-work, Cities and towns, Poliomyelitis, Epidemics, Newspapers
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Description
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Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts his childhood growing up in the Charlotte area during World War II and his experiences attending Duke University in the 1940s and 1950s. The son of a textil...
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Claude Morris oral history interview, 2002 February 30
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Creator
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Morris, Claude E. (Claude Edward), 1902-2006
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Date Created
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2002-02-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Rural families, Hunting, Gold panning, Springs, Lumber, Sawmills, Storytelling
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Description
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Montgomery County, North Carolina native Claude Morris recounts inheriting his home from his parents and local events and places over the course of his life. Mr. Morris discusses gold panning, fox hunting, cleaning out clogged water springs as a b...
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Elizabeth Biggerstaff oral history interview, 1996 October 18
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Creator
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Biggerstaff, Elizabeth, 1922-
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Date Created
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1996-10-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Mills and mill-work, Manners and customs, Education, Rural, Women in war, Working mothers, Small business--Management, Women--Political activity, Race relations
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Description
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Rutherford County native Elizabeth Biggerstaff describes her life and how she balances work and family. She describes her early life growing up in the country outside of Cliffside, North Carolina, with two older brothers and attending local school...
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Evelyn Grindstaff oral history interview, 1999 February 22
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Creator
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Grindstaff, Evelyn, 1922-
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Date Created
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1999-02-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Work environment, Textile workers, Dyslexia, Functional literacy
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Description
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Evelyn Grindstaff recounts her life and forty-five years working in textile mills in Gastonia, North Carolina. Topics discussed include her experiences working at the Groves Mills beginning at the age of fifteen, her husband's World War II service...
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Fred Ashford oral history interview 1, 2021 July 1
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Creator
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Ashford, Fred
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Date Created
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2021-07-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Sports, Mills and mill-work
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Description
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Fred Ashford's first contact with the YMCA came in the summer of 1952, when he was invited to play baseball for the Johnston textile mill and run youth programs for the then-fledgling Johnston YMCA. He subsequently decided to make the Y a car...
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Fred Ashford oral history interview 2, 2021 July 29
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Creator
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Ashford, Fred
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Date Created
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2021-07-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Community development, Mills and mill-work, Recreation
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Description
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Fred Ashford's first contact with the YMCA came in the summer of 1952, when he was invited to play baseball for the Johnston textile mill and run youth programs for the then-fledgling Johnston YMCA. He subsequently decided to make the Y a car...
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Jewell H. Saunders oral history interview, 2002 February 2
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Creator
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Saunders, Jewell H. (Jewell Hill), 1916-2015
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Date Created
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2000-02-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Land use, Rural, Rural development, Country life, Farm life, Cash crops, Subsistence farming, Animals, Mills and mill-work, Rural electrification
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Jewell Saunders recounts life in a farming community in the Uwharrie Forest area, located in Montgomery County, North Carolina. Ms. Saunders discusses rural development, such as access to healthcare and transportation, electrification, and the con...
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John Archibald oral history interview, 2004 April 1
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Creator
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Archibald, John, 1925-2008
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Date Created
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2004-04-01
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Subjects--Topical
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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
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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...
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LeGette Blythe oral history interview 2, circa 1976
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Creator
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Blythe, LeGette, 1900-1993
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Date Created
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1976
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Subjects--Topical
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Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Labor unions and communism, Police brutality, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work
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Author and former Charlotte Observer reporter LeGette Blythe shares his eyewitness account of the 1929 Loray Mill strike approximately forty-five years after the event took place. Mr. Blythe describes how the chaotic strike atmosphere escalated in...
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Louise Smith Brennan oral history interview, circa 1990-1999
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Creator
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Brennan, Louise Smith, 1922-2007
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Date Created
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circa 1990-1999
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Elections, Mills and mill-work, Political parties, Women legislators, Women--Political activity, Women political candidates
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Louise Brennan recounts her early life growing up in Concord, North Carolina. She discusses the important role of education in her upbringing and the prevalence of textile mills in the Concord area. She describes living near a mill village in Conc...
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Mamie Allison Cole oral history interview, 2003 July 29
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Creator
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Cole, Mamie, 1922-
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Date Created
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2003-07-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Rural families, Textile workers, Wetlands, Wild flowers, Field crops, Country life, Manners and customs, Dairy cattle, Protected areas, Farm life
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Description
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Mamie Allison Cole recounts her family’s history in Mount Holly, North Carolina and what life was like growing up in the area during the 1920s and 1930s. Mrs. Cole discusses the chores she had to do, her father’s farm, the parties her family would...
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Mary Alice Wright oral history interview, 1993 October 31
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Creator
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Wright, Mary Alice, 1930-2003
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Date Created
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1993-10-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Parents--Death, Grief, Housing, Rural, Country life
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Mary Alice Wright discusses growing up in the mill village in Waxhaw, North Carolina. In particular, she describes how she worked in the mill village as a concession stand operator and actively participated in social activities, such as square dan...
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Mary Nixon oral history interview, 2005 November 18
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Creator
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Nixon, Mary W., 1941-
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Date Created
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2005-11-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Tobacco farms, Textile workers, Mills and mill-work, Strikes and lockouts, Labor unions, Diabetes, Diabetes in children
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Mary Nixon recounts her life and experiences living in rural Yadkin County, North Carolina. She describes growing up on a tobacco farm, how her family grew most of the food they ate, and how she and her siblings would miss school in order to help ...
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Myrtle Hall oral history interview, 2002 September 22
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Creator
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Hall, Myrtle, 1910-2004
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Date Created
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2002-09-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Country life, Land use, Rural, Family farms, Political participation, Quilting, Voluntarism
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Description
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Myrtle Hall discusses her life in Ophir, North Carolina, a community in Montgomery County near Troy. She discusses working at the Fremont Hosiery Mill until knee problems forced her to retire at eighty years old. Her family owned a farm and grew a...
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Norris A. Dearmon oral history interview, 1998 October 6
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Creator
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Dearmon, Norris A. (Norris Adam), 1922-
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Date Created
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1998-10-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Dentistry, Military, Mills and mill-work, Local history, Company towns, Textile industry--Technological innovations
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Norris Dearmon recounts his life in Kannapolis, North Carolina and his sixty-year long relationship with Cannon Mills as an employee and amateur historian. Topics discussed include his childhood growing up during the Great Depression, his experien...
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Paul G. Rodden oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Rodden, Paul G. (Paul Gilbert), 1909-
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Genealogy, Families--Social life and customs, Country life, Education, Rural, Family farms, Mills and mill-work, Insurance companies
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Paul G. Rodden recounts his years working as an insurance agent for the Pilot Life Insurance Company during the 1940s-1970s and his family history. He describes his interest in genealogy; the Rodden family in Davie, Rowan, and Mecklenburg Counties...
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Ralph Glenn oral history interview, circa 1976
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Creator
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Glenn, Ralph Anderson, 1907-1995
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Date Created
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1976
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Subjects--Topical
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Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work, Labor unions and communism
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Description
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Ralph Glenn, a native of Gastonia, North Carolina, reflects on the events of the Loray Mill strike of 1929. Mr. Glenn was attending Davidson College at the time of the Loray Mill Strike and was not an eyewitness to the strike. However, his intervi...
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Ralph Glenn oral history interview, circa 1976
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Creator
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Glenn, Ralph Anderson, 1907-1995
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Date Created
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1976
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Subjects--Topical
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Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work, Labor unions and communism
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Description
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Ralph Glenn, a native of Gastonia, North Carolina, reflects on the events of the Loray Mill strike of 1929. Mr. Glenn was attending Davidson College at the time of the Loray Mill Strike and was not an eyewitness to the strike. However, his intervi...
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Rankin Baker and Leon Bost oral history interview, 1993 October 22
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Creator
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Baker, Rankin, Sr., 1921-2013
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Date Created
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1993-10-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Young Men's Christian associations, Youth league basketball, Basketball for children, Basketball--Tournaments, Sports administration, Sports, Softball, Mills and mill-work, Concessions (Amusements, etc.), Youth--Societies and clubs
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Rankin Baker and Leon Bost discuss their careers and experiences with the YMCA. Mr. Baker worked for the Cannon Memorial YMCA in Kannapolis, North Carolina for over 40 years, and he describes sports programs at the YMCA for children and adults fro...
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Rick Bumgarner and Jerry Bumgarner oral history interview, 2002 October 17
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Creator
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Bumgarner, Rick
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Date Created
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2002-10-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Rural families, Logging, Lumber, Milling machines--Equipment and supplies, Sawmills, Horses, Tree planting, Land use, Rural
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Jerry Bumgarner and Rick Bumgarner illustrate their experiences in the logging industry, primarily in Catawba County, North Carolina, and the history of their family. The brothers discuss how they got into logging, the equipment that they use for ...