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Title: Emma Peoples Smith oral history interview 1, 2019 May 23
Creator: Smith, Emma Peoples
Date Created: 2019-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Genealogy, Slavery, Nannies, Country life, Race relations--Social aspects, Working mothers, Enslavement
Description: Emma Peoples Smith, the great granddaughter of Richard Peoples who was a prominent citizen in the Providence township of Mecklenburg County during the 19th century, describes her life and her family history. [All times approximate]. Overview of Mr...

Title: Eddie Yow oral history interview, 2019 April 9
Creator: Yow, Eddie
Date Created: 2019-04-09
Subjects--Topical: Agriculture, Farmers’ markets, Country life, Beef cattle, Livestock, Family farms
Description: Mr. Eddie Yow raises livestock and sells beef in the North Carolina Piedmont region. He is a native of Stanly County, North Carolina and has lived in Stanfield, North Carolina for over thirty years. In this interview, he reflects on the many chang...

Title: Lem Long oral history interview, 2007 March 15
Creator: Long, Lem, Jr., 1921-
Date Created: 2007-03-15
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, African American neighborhoods, African American business enterprises, Cities and towns--Growth, Country life, Funeral service, Race relations, City and town life
Description: Lem Long discusses growing up in Mint Hill, just east of Charlotte, North Carolina, and visiting the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, also known as Second Ward. Topics include founding his own funeral business, Long and Son Mortuary Services, h...

Title: Christine Miller oral history interview, 2006 November 19
Creator: Miller, Christine P., 1927-
Date Created: 2006-11-19
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Working mothers, Small business, Hardware stores, Tithes
Description: Christine Miller recounts her life growing up in Salisbury, North Carolina, as well as her forty years living in Charlotte. She describes living on her family's five-acre farm in the country outside of Salisbury and her time working at Ketner's Su...

Title: Brett Gilbert oral history interview, 2006 October 26
Creator: Gilbert, Brett, 1941-
Date Created: 2006-10-26
Subjects--Topical: Race relations, Country life, Social values, Soldiers, Civil rights movements
Description: Brett Gilbert recounts his life and experiences in Lincoln County and in Charlotte, North Carolina. Growing up on a dairy farm in rural Lincoln County, Mr. Gilbert explains how most people were poor farmers and that with the exception of atomic bo...

Title: Betty Morgan oral history interview, 2006 March 26
Creator: Morgan, Betty, 1932-
Date Created: 2006-03-26
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Rural families, Education, Rural, Education, Elementary, College students, Rural electrification
Description: Betty Morgan recounts her life growing up in rural Rowan County, North Carolina. One of nine children, Mrs. Morgan discusses growing up on her family's small farm and how they grew the majority of their own food, as well as cotton. The farm lacked...

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...

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: Viola Boyd oral history interview 2, 2004 March 26
Creator: Boyd, Viola, 1911-2009
Date Created: 2004-03-26
Subjects--Topical: Racism, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, African American families, Middle class African Americans, Railroads--Employees, Country life, Beauty operators, Hairdressing of African Americans, Police-community relations
Description: In this follow-up interview, retired hairdresser Viola Boyd speaks about her life, career, and family. She begins by discussing her experiences while living in Philadelphia as a young wife at the age of 15 in the 1920s, including her search for a ...

Title: Wetmore and Watson families oral history interview, 2004 February 7
Creator: Watson, Artie
Date Created: 2004-02-07
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Family farms, Farm life, Farm management, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Dairy farming, Field crops, Local produce
Description: The Wetmore and Watson families--Artie Watson, Nancy Wetmore, Laura Watson, Jacob Watson, Libby Watson, and Bill Wetmore--recount the history of Wetmore Farms in the community of Woodleaf, North Carolina. Topics discussed include the field crops t...

Title: Sam Correll, Gloria Correll, and David Correll oral history interview, 2004 January 18
Creator: Correll, Sam, 1943-
Date Created: 2004-01-18
Subjects--Topical: Community organization, Country life, Family farms, Farm management, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Dairy cattle, Field crops, Foreign workers, No-tillage, Church history, Dairy cattle--Breeding, Christian stewardship
Description: Sam Correll was a 61-year-old man, Gloria Correll was a 60-year-old woman, and David Correll was a 29-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place in their home in Rowan County, North Carolina. Sam Correll and Gloria Correll are married...

Title: Marion Lytle oral history interview, 2003 October 17
Creator: Lytle, Marion, 1957-
Date Created: 2003-10-17
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Family farms, Dairy farms, Farmers--Attitudes, Land use, Rural, Zoning, County government--Planning, Rural development, Sustainable development, Natural areas, Agritourism
Description: Marion Lytle speaks with knowledge and first-hand experience of the people and social and economic issues facing Rowan County. He begins by describing his youth growing up in a farming community in Buncombe County. Mr. Lytle states that people in ...

Title: Gregory S. Hartsell, Frank Graham, and Tim Sloop oral history interview, 2003 August 10
Creator: Hartsell, Gregory S. (Gregory Scott)
Date Created: 2003-08-10
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Family farms, Farm life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Depressions, Soil conservation, Natural areas, Zoning, Migrant agricultural laborers, Field crops, Housing development, Genealogy
Description: Gregory S. Hartsell, Frank Graham, and Tim Sloop illustrate the importance of migrant workers in farming and factors that make raising certain crops difficult on their farms in Rowan County, North Carolina. Subjects discussed include the use of th...

Title: James Forrester and Mary Frances Forrester oral history interview, 2003 August 7
Creator: Forrester, James S. (James Summers), 1937-2011
Date Created: 2003-08-07
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Animals, Pollution, Local history, Medicine, Rural, Nature, Rural development
Description: James Forrester and Mary Frances Forrester recount their lives in Stanley, North Carolina, where they first moved so Dr. Forrester could work as a physician through a rural doctor program. Topics discussed include their appreciation for the land, ...

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: Robert McCorkle and Margaret McCorkle oral history interview, 2003 July 18
Creator: McCorkle, Robert, 1922-2006
Date Created: 2003-07-18
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Hunting, Animals, Traditional medicine, Rural development, Farm life
Description: Married couple Robert McCorkle and Margaret McCorkle recall their family's history and changes to the land and environment in Gaston County, North Carolina. Topics discussed include home remedies, animals in the area such as doves, activities that...

Title: Mickey Gilmore and Lynn Gilmore oral history interview, 2003 July 3
Creator: Gilmore, Tommy M. (Tommy Michael)
Date Created: 2003-07-03
Subjects--Topical: Historic buildings, Country life, Land use, Rural, Animals, Coyote, Hunting, Endemic plants, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Natural areas, Trapping, Snakes
Description: Tommy Michael "Mickey" Gilmore and Lynn Gilmore discuss their home in Stanley, North Carolina and their relationship with the land and environment. The Gilmores describe their historic home, which was built by William Rankin in the late 1700s. The...

Title: Walter M. Cavin oral history interview, 2003 July 2
Creator: Cavin, Walter M., 1928 or 1929-
Date Created: 2003-07-02
Subjects--Topical: Land use, Rural, Country life, Outdoor recreation, Gold mines and mining, Rural development--Environmental aspects, Floods, Pollution
Description: Walter Cavin discusses moving to Stanley, North Carolina as a child in 1936 and the natural environment of the region. He talks about his father's work as a postmaster, with various banks, and his service in the Army during both World Wars. Mr. Ca...

Title: Beth Douglas oral history interview, 2003 July 1
Creator: Douglas, Beth (Counselor)
Date Created: 2003-07-01
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Land use, Rural, Animals, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Trees, Rural development, Litter (Trash), Water--Pollution
Description: Beth Douglas describes what she likes about living in Gaston County, North Carolina, where she moved to in 2000. Mrs. Douglas discusses the importance of recycling, protecting the environment, local wildlife, and how she would like to see the coun...

Title: Ida Hoover oral history interview, 2003 June 25
Creator: Hoover, Ida M. (Ida Mauney), 1908-2011
Date Created: 2003-06-25
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Farm life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Field crops, Livestock, Turkeys, Animals, Sewage
Description: Ida Hoover discusses her family and their relationship to the land in Gaston County, North Carolina throughout the twentieth century. Mrs. Hoover talks about her in-laws' creamery business, the crops her family raised, the neighbors in the communi...

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