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Title: Arthur Zemek oral history interview, 1979 May 23
Creator: Zemek, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1902-1980
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Banks and banking, Financial crises, Recruiting and enlistment
Description: Arthur J. Zemek recounts his experience as a bank cashier in Chicago, Illinois after the stock market crash of 1929. He discusses the actions of the bank's chairman, former U.S. Vice President Charles G. Dawes, to prevent a run on the bank. H...

Title: Helen Babington oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Babington, Helen, 1910-1996
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Historic preservation, Historical museums
Description: Helen Babington describes her involvement in Gaston County community efforts to preserve the county's history. She discusses her role as trustee and vice-president of the Gaston County Museum of Art & History, the restoration of historic buildings...

Title: Kathryn D. Speidel oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Speidel, Kathryn D. (Kathryn Daly), 1908-1996
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Telecommunication, Telecommunication--Switching systems, Telephone operators
Description: Kathryn Speidel recounts her fifty-five years working as a telephone operator for the New York Telephone Company beginning in 1927. She discusses the change from connecting callers through a manual switchboard to a key pulsing system, the working ...

Title: Marion W. Boyd oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Boyd, Marion W. (Marion Woods), 1911-2007
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, African Americans--Education, Manners and customs, Families, Quakers--Education
Description: Marion W. Boyd discusses her experiences teaching throughout North Carolina and the challenges she faced as a result of graduating college during the Great Depression. Other topics discussed include family relations, her Quaker education, regional...

Title: Mary Farr oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Farr, Mary, 1916-2007
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Christianity, Christian life
Description: Mary Farr discusses her Christian faith and her memories of life during World War II. Other topics include her first history course and her belief that Americans were turning away from religion at the time of interview.

Title: Paul G. Rodden oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Rodden, Paul G. (Paul Gilbert), 1909-
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Genealogy, Families--Social life and customs, Country life, Education, Rural, Family farms, Mills and mill-work, Insurance companies
Description: 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...