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Title: Carrie Gaddy oral history interview, 2001 October 29
Creator: Gaddy, Carrie H., 1930-
Date Created: 2001-10-29
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Rural families, African American families, Family farms, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Gardening--Social aspects, Cotton, Canning and preserving, Almanacs, American
Description: Carrie Gaddy recounts growing up in rural Union County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina beginning in 1970, and gardening throughout her life. She describes life growing up with her family, attending ...

Title: Katie Grier oral history interview, 2001 October 27
Creator: Grier, Katie, 1925-2010
Date Created: 2001-10-27
Subjects--Topical: Rural families, African American families, Country life, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Depressions, Canning and preserving, Race relations, African Americans--Segregation, Race discrimination, School integration, Family farms, Domestic animals
Description: Katie Grier shares information about growing up in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina for over thirty years, and her involvement with gardening throughout her life. She describes her...

Title: Pauline Cox oral history interview, 2002 January 23
Creator: Cox, Pauline L.
Date Created: 2002-01-23
Subjects--Topical: Rural families, Country life, African American families, Family farms, African Americans--Segregation, Community gardens, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Canning and preserving
Description: Pauline Cox describes growing up on a farm in rural Anson County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore community in Charlotte, North Carolina for the past thirty-two years, and gardening at the Wilmore Community Garden. Ms. Cox describes chores s...

Title: Willie Coleman oral history interview, 2001 November 1
Creator: Coleman, Willie S., 1924-2018
Date Created: 2001-11-01
Subjects--Topical: Rural families, Country life, African American families, Depressions, Community gardens, Cotton growing, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Canning and preserving, Cooking, American, Folklore
Description: Willie Coleman recounts her lifelong involvement with gardening and her memories of her family. She discusses growing up in Matthews, North Carolina, attending school in Steele Creek, living through the Great Depression as a child, and working at ...