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Title: Elizabeth Biggerstaff oral history interview, 1996 October 18
Creator: Biggerstaff, Elizabeth, 1922-
Date Created: 1996-10-18
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Mills and mill-work, Manners and customs, Education, Rural, Women in war, Working mothers, Small business--Management, Women--Political activity, Race relations
Description: Rutherford County native Elizabeth Biggerstaff describes her life and how she balances work and family. She describes her early life growing up in the country outside of Cliffside, North Carolina, with two older brothers and attending local school...

Title: Elizabeth Sadler oral history interview, 2004 April 24
Creator: Sadler, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Houston), 1917-2008
Date Created: 2004-04-24
Subjects--Topical: African American families, African American churches, Community organization, Farm life, Country life, Manners and customs
Description: Elizabeth Sadler recounts her early life growing up on her family's farm in the small, rural section of northwestern Mecklenburg County known as Shuffletown during the 1920s-1940s. She shares memories of her mother cooking Sunday dinner and long d...

Title: Frances Blanton oral history interview, 1992 November 24
Creator: Blanton, Frances B.
Date Created: 1992-11-24
Subjects--Topical: Social values, Country life, Manners and customs, Dating (Social customs), Homemakers
Description: Longtime Charlotte resident Frances Blanton discusses her family, and her childhood and adolescence. She describes visiting her grandparents on their farm in Cabarrus County, where they made their own butter, cream, and sausage. Mrs. Blanton began...

Title: Mamie Allison Cole oral history interview, 2003 July 29
Creator: Cole, Mamie, 1922-
Date Created: 2003-07-29
Subjects--Topical: Mills and mill-work, Rural families, Textile workers, Wetlands, Wild flowers, Field crops, Country life, Manners and customs, Dairy cattle, Protected areas, Farm life
Description: Mamie Allison Cole recounts her family’s history in Mount Holly, North Carolina and what life was like growing up in the area during the 1920s and 1930s. Mrs. Cole discusses the chores she had to do, her father’s farm, the parties her family would...

Title: Marie V. Hicks oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Hicks, Marie V. (Marie Vandolah), 1902-1992
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Manners and customs, Women in war
Description: Marie V. Hicks shares tales from her life growing up on her family's farm in Kansas near Hutchinson and the various locations she lived in as an adult. Topics discussed include self-taught craft skills, activities of the community church, and the ...

Title: Ted C. Irwin oral history interview, 1979 May 24
Creator: Irwin, Ted C. (Ted Carol), 1886-1983
Date Created: 1979-05-24
Subjects--Topical: Drum and bugle corps, Manners and customs, Country life, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Ted C. Irwin walks listeners through the historical streets of Charlotte, North Carolina as he experienced them during the 1890s and 1900s by providing an account of Charlotte's urban development. Mr. Irwin discusses family and home life, working ...

Title: Waitsell Ensley oral history interview, 2006 March 22
Creator: Ensley, Waitsell, 1936-
Date Created: 2006-03-22
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Manners and customs, Education, Rural, Parents--Death, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Social values
Description: Textiles industry manager Waitsell Ensley discusses his life and his family. He describes his unexpected birth and his childhood growing up in small mill towns in Gaston County, North Carolina. In particular, Mr. Ensley talks about rationing durin...