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"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 3, 2007 January 19
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Creator
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Leeper, Hattie, 1930-
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Date Created
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2007-01-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Disc jockeys, Popular music radio stations, African American radio stations, Radio broadcasting, Radio broadcasters, Radio audiences, Radio broadcasting--Social aspects, Race relations, Social integration, Musical groups, Voluntarism
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Description
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In the last of three interviews with Christina Wright, radio DJ "Chatty" Hattie Leeper discusses her career in radio and other professional pursuits in Charlotte, North Carolina, from the 1950s through the time of interview. She shares stories abo...
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Dorothy Coplon oral history interview, 1994 March 6
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Creator
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Coplon, Dorothy, 1935-
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Date Created
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1994-03-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Cities and towns--Growth, Political campaigns, Jewish women--Political activity, Municipal government, Antisemitism, Voluntarism
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Dorothy Coplon discusses the Jewish community while growing up in New Bern, North Carolina and her life after moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1959. She describes going to Tuesday services at her temple in New Bern and she expresses her appr...
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Earl Stafford oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Stafford, Earl, 1915-1982
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Floods, Voluntarism, City and town life
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Description
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Earl Stafford recounts memories of Charlotte, North Carolina after moving to Mecklenburg County in 1943. He discusses North Carolina's flood of 1916 and how it destroyed many communities in western North Carolina. Other topics include change in do...
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G. Jackson Burney oral history interview, 1997 September 4
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Creator
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Burney, G. Jackson, 1927-
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Date Created
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1997-09-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Radio broadcasting, Music, Voluntarism, Race relations, Poliomyelitis, People with disabilities, Discrimination in employment
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Description
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Charlottean G. Jackson Burney discusses his career in the communications industry, his family, and his volunteer work. He contracted polio at a young age and discusses throughout the interview how the disease impacted his life. Mr. Burney describe...
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Geraldine T. Powe oral history interview, 2005 March 20
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Creator
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Powe, Geraldine T. (Geraldine Torrence), 1922-2012
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Date Created
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2005-03-20
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, African American schools, African American school children, School discipline, Corporal punishment of children, School integration, Race discrimination, Public welfare, Voluntarism, Values--Religious aspects--Christianity
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Geraldine Powe discusses her education in segregated schools in Charlotte, North Carolina. She talks about positive relationships between parents and teachers; living briefly in New York City as a student; school discipline, including paddling in ...
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HIV Consortium (Henry Finch Video)
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Date Created
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1994
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Subjects--Topical
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AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Patients, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Religious life, Voluntarism
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Description
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Photographs are shown with voiceover. The recording memorializes Henry Finch, who was a Southern Baptist preacher. Henry T. Finch Jr. helped found the Regional AIDS/HIV Consortium in Charlotte in 1990, and became chairman in 1993. He served with o...
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J. Norman Pease oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Pease, J. Norman (James Norman), Sr., 1885-1987
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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City and town life, Cities and towns--Growth, Historic buildings, Municipal government, Voluntarism, Race relations, African Americans--Segregation, Business enterprises
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Description
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Architect J. Norman Pease shares his memories of Charlotte, North Carolina in the early twentieth century. He talks in detail about Charlotte in the 1920s, including the city's growth in population; the city's hotels, businesses, and churches; and...
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Johnny C. Taylor Jr. oral history interview 2, 2004 May 12
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Creator
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Taylor, Johnny C., 1968-
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Date Created
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2004-05-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Lawyers, African Americans--Social conditions, Race discrimination, Voluntarism, African American business enterprises
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Description
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Johnny C. Taylor Jr. recounts his education and his career as a corporate lawyer. He speaks about discrimination in corporate America he has faced as an African American, and how he has handled it. He also discusses his volunteer work giving back ...
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Kate DeCamp oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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DeCamp, Kate B. (Kate Bingham), 1916-1993
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Manners and customs, Social values, Voluntarism
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Description
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Kate DeCamp briefly discusses her thirty-four years of living in Charlotte, North Carolina, and describes Charlotte as a very lively community and a nice place to live. She characterizes Charlotte as a progressive community and discusses leisure a...
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Magdalena Maiz-Pena oral history interview, 2002 September 12
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Creator
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Maiz-Pena, Magdalena
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Date Created
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2002-09-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Biculturalism, Hispanic American families, Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants--Social conditions, Spanish language--Study and teaching, Voluntarism, All Souls' Day
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Magdalena Maiz-Pena, a Spanish professor at Davidson College, talks about her life growing up near the Mexican-Texan border. Being born in Monterrey, Mexico, Ms. Maiz-Pena lived traveling between the United States and Mexico as she had family on e...
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Pete Lash oral history interview, 2022 February 7
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Creator
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Lash, Pete
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Date Created
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2022-02-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Young Men's Christian associations, Voluntarism, Christianity and culture
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Pete Lash is an example of someone who came to Charlotte for work, joined the YMCA to use the exercise facilities, and deepened his involvement over time. The interview covered his different experiences at the Y, with a particular focus on the Y&a...
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RAIN Care Teams education session
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Creator (Corporate)
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RAIN (Charlotte N.C.)
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Date Created
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1999, 2006
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Subjects--Topical
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AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity, Voluntarism, Voluntarism--Management
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A woman leads an education session for RAIN care team volunteers. A small number of participants are visible on camera. She begins by asking participants what some of the key goals are for RAIN care teams, and writes ideas down on a paper pad on a...
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RAIN Care Teams, United Methodist Television
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Creator (Corporate)
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RAIN (Charlotte N.C.)
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Date Created
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2003
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Subjects--Topical
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AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Pastoral counseling of, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity, Voluntarism
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Edited news recording about RAIN (Regional AIDS Interfaith Network) care teams and the people they help. The recording features a young Black woman with HIV shopping for clothes with her RAIN care team members; and Toinetta, a woman living with HI...
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RAIN Meeting (Myers Park Presbyterian Church)
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Creator (Corporate)
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RAIN (Charlotte N.C.)
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Date Created
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1992-09-26
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Subjects--Topical
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AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Patients, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, AIDS (Disease)--Social aspects, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Pastoral counseling of, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity, Voluntarism
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Recording of a RAIN meeting held in a classroom. Debbie Warren is speaking and projector slides can be seen on a screen behind her about HIV. She reads from a book of prayers. (4:50) Dr. Jim Horton (Carolinas Medical Center) speaks at length about...
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Teresa Villamarin oral history interview, 2002 September 20
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Creator
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Villamarin, Teresa I. (Teresa Isabel)
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Date Created
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2002-09-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Emigration and immigration, Feminism, Sexism, Latin Americans--Social conditions, Poor, Poverty, Voluntarism, Immigrants--Political activity
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Teresa Villamarin discusses immigrating from Bogota, Colombia as a teenager with her family to New York City for better opportunities, and her eventual journey to Charlotte, North Carolina. She discusses the conservative culture of her native Colo...
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Thereasea Delerine Elder oral history interview 1, 1993 June 25
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Elder, Thereasea D. Clark (Thereasea Delerine Clark), 1927-2021
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Date Created
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1993-06-25
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Subjects--Topical
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African American nurses, Public health nursing, Health attitudes, Health and race, Discrimination in medical care, Teenage pregnancy, Children--Health and hygiene, Pollution--Health aspects, Voluntarism
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Thereasea Elder recounts her life and career as a public health nurse in Charlotte, North Carolina. Before going into public health, Mrs. Elder was a nurse at Good Samaritan Hospital, the region's only hospital for African Americans. She disc...