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Title: Bill E. Bost oral history interview, 1993 March 15
Creator: Bost, Bill E. (Billy Earl), 1932-1995
Date Created: 1993-03-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, School sports, Basketball coaches, Teamwork (Sports), Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women--Coaching, Basketball teams, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Basketball--Social aspects, Basketball teams, Basketball stories
Description: Former player, coach, and educator Bill Bost discusses his personal experiences around the game of basketball. Living and coaching in Catawba County, North Carolina, Mr. Bost explains the pivotal role basketball serves in a small town, where playe...

Title: Elizabeth Callaway oral history interview, 1993 March 11
Creator: Callaway, Elizabeth McCall, 1919-2004
Date Created: 1993-03-11
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Country life
Description: Elizabeth McCall Callaway talks about learning to play basketball and her memories of playing on school teams in Catawba County and Charlotte, North Carolina. She played basketball starting in the seventh grade in Catawba County and played for fou...

Title: Karen Wimberly oral history interview, 1993 October 15
Creator: Wimberley, Karen
Date Created: 1993-10-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball fans, School sports--Coaching, Basketball for girls--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball teams, Basketball players, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Sex discrimination in sports
Description: Karen Wimberly describes her career coaching the girls basketball team at Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina. Mrs. Wimberly talks about witnessing the Bandys girls basketball team participate in the district championship when she was yo...

Title: Mildred Bauguess oral history interview, 1993 May 14
Creator: Bauguess, Mildred Little, 1932-2013
Date Created: 1993-05-14
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Hosiery workers
Description: Mildred Little Bauguess discusses her basketball career at Claremont High School in Claremont, North Carolina and playing semi-professionally on the Hanes Hosiery Women's Basketball team during the 1940s and 1950s. She recalls the accolades, tourn...

Title: Vada Hewins and John Shayle Edwards oral history interview, 1993 March 15
Creator: Hewins, Vada
Date Created: 1993-03-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, School sports, Basketball--Tournaments, Farm life, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Basketball--Coaching
Description: Vada Hewins and her son, John Shayle Edwards, describe their early experiences playing basketball in Catawba County, North Carolina. Vada Hewins goes into detail about how the rules and regulations pertaining to women's basketball had evolved from...