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Aileen Thomas oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Thomas, Aileen R. (Aileen Rabb), 1893-1992
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Boardinghouses, Student housing, Manners and customs
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Description
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Aileen Thomas recounts her experiences living in Charlotte, North Carolina over the previous sixty years. Topics discussed include her memories of the city during World War I, including the Army training facility Camp Greene and Armistice Day; her...
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Alice M. McCall oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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McCall, Alice M. (Alice Murray), 1912-2006
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Entrepreneurship, Cable cars (Streetcars), Radio, Single-sex schools
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Description
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Alice M. McCall recounts growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1910s to the 1930s. Topics discussed include her father's tailoring business, playing pranks on streetcar drivers as a child, memories of the end of World War I, chan...
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Arthur Zemek oral history interview, 1979 May 23
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Creator
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Zemek, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1902-1980
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Date Created
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1979-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Banks and banking, Financial crises, Recruiting and enlistment
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Description
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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...
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Beaumert Whitton oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Whitton, Beaumert, 1910-1990
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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World War, Boy Scouts, Scouting, Camping, Youth--Social life and customs
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Description
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Beaumert Whitton recounts the history of the Boy Scouts in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. Topics discussed include the founding of the city's first three troops, a short chronology of Mecklenburg County's Boy Scout...
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Brenda Beam oral history interview, 1979 October 23
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Creator
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Beam, Brenda, 1910-1998
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Date Created
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1979-10-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Refrigeration and refrigeration machinery, Ice industry, Delivery of goods
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Description
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Brenda Beam recounts her father-in-law's ice delivery business in the 1920s and her life in the Charlotte area. Topics discussed include the transition from ice delivery by horse-drawn wagon to electric refrigerators and her recollection of c...
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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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Emery Wister oral history interview 1, 1979 May 23
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Creator
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Wister, Emery, 1914-2007
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Date Created
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1979-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Journalism, Commercial, Journalism and motion pictures, Journalists, Newspaper editors, Reporters and reporting, Urban renewal--Social aspects
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Description
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Emery Wister, a journalist and editor at the Charlotte News, recounts his life and experiences in Charlotte, North Carolina. He describes growing up on the edge of the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte and discusses local race relations and the r...
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Harvie C. Jordan oral history interview, 1979 October 23
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Creator
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Jordan, Harvie C., Sr., 1910-1992
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Date Created
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1979-10-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Printing industry, Depressions, Newspaper publishing, Entrepreneurship
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Description
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Harvie C. Jordan recalls co-founding his paper company, the Dixie Tag and Envelope Manufacturing Company, describes contract work that it undertook for the U.S. government during World War II, and discusses its significance in Charlotte, North Car...
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Jessie Cherry oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Cherry, Jessie, 1915-
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Family farms, African American families
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Jessie Cherry shares details of her family life living and working on a farm before moving to Charlotte in the late 1930s. She discusses her first time trying to slaughter a chicken, her mother's garden, and variety stores in downtown Charlotte du...
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Joseph C. Boyarsky oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Boyarsky, Joseph C., 1892-1981
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns--Growth
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Description
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Joseph C. Boyarsky discusses his service as a fighter pilot during World War I and how he became the postmaster of Charlotte. Other topics discussed include how he moved to Charlotte permanently after he married a woman he met while stationed at C...
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Joseph Camp oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Camp, Joseph, 1916-
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Diplomatic and consular service, American
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Joseph Camp discusses his education in America and the twenty-five years he spent working in Europe and Africa after World War II. Topics examined include his brief time in the Army, teaching in segregated Alabama, the perception of America abroad...
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Marta Garelik oral history interview, 1979 May 23
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Creator
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Garelik, Marta, 1902-1996
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Date Created
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1979-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Antisemitism, National socialism, Jewish diaspora, Women lawyers
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Marta Garelik describes her experiences as a young Jewish attorney in Vienna, Austria after the close of the First World War, her immigration to Belfast, Ireland just prior to the takeover of Austria by the Nazi Party, and her struggle to move fam...
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Roland R. Hinrichs oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Hinrichs, Roland R. (Roland Russell), 1907-
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Date Created
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1979-05-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Depressions, College athletes, Technological innovations
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Roland R. Hinrichs recounts his childhood in West Virginia during the early twentieth century and societal changes that took place throughout his adult life. Topics include his difficulty in finding employment during the Great Depression, his late...
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Winslow H. Hartford oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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Hartford, Winslow H.
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Manners and customs, Citizens' associations, Local government--Citizen participation
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Description
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Winslow H. Hartford describes his experiences growing up in Newton, Massachusetts and attending Boston University during the time of the Great Depression. Other topics discussed include his work as a professor at Belmont Abbey College, national tr...