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Title
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John Black oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Black, John, 1905-1979
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Asbestos industry, City and town life, Cities and towns--Growth
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Description
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John Black discusses his thirty-seven years as a asbestos company worker in Charlotte, North Carolina and how it affected his health. Other topics discussed include life in downtown Charlotte, visits to Black Mountain, North Carolina for medical t...
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Margaret Boone McKenzie oral history interview, 1979 May 23
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Creator
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McKenzie, Margaret Boone, 1882-1980
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Date Created
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1979-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns--Growth, Voting, African Americans--Segregation, Family farms
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Description
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Margaret Boone McKenzie recounts her and her family's experiences living in Charlotte and Lumberton, North Carolina. Topics discussed include moving to Charlotte in the 1920s, the city's growth, and her father's farm in Lumberton.
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Martin Grossman oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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Grossman, Martin L. (Martin Luther), 1903-2002
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Electrical engineering, Electric industry workers, Work environment, Power-plants, Electric utilities, Tobacco industry, Cost control, Cities and towns--Growth
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Description
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Martin Grossman recounts his long career as an engineer beginning in the early twentieth century and his experiences in Charlotte, North Carolina, after moving there in 1954. He describes his work in the energy sector with Celanese Corporation and...
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Samuel C. Poteat oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Poteat, Samuel C. (Samuel Charles), 1896-1981
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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, City and town life, Depressions, Country life, Family farms
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Description
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Samuel Poteat describes his experiences overseas serving in the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion while plagued with the flu and measles during World War I. Other topics discussed include cotton farming in Huntersville, North Carolina; businesses and en...