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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...
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Henrietta Wallace oral history interview, 1979 October 23
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Creator
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Wallace, Henrietta, 1910-1981
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Date Created
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1979-10-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Jewish families, Herb industry
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Description
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Henrietta Wallace discusses her family's Jewish heritage and medicinal herb business, which dates back to the 1850s, and the growth of the Jewish community in North Carolina in the 1800s and 1900s. Other topics discussed include her career as a li...
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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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Jeanne Scranton oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Scranton, Jeanne Tingle, 1909-1991
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Church history, Methodist Church, Cities and towns--Growth, Carnegie libraries, Church finance
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Description
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Librarian and church archivist Jeanne Scranton discusses her work with the First United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, which she joined in 1929, and Charlotte church history dating back to 1815. She also describes how Charlotte's f...
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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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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...
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Jessie Withers oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Withers, Jessie, 1909-2006
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Working mothers, Cooking, City and town life, Depressions
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Description
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Jessie Withers describes working as a cook in various establishments around Charlotte, North Carolina during the twentieth century, including Good Samaritan Hospital, Windsor's Drive-In, the Ringside Grill, St. Martin's Episcopal Church, and the E...
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Victoria K. Moore oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Moore, Victoria K., 1911
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, African Americans--Segregation, African American women--Employment, Families--Social life and customs, Women household employees--Social conditions
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Description
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Victoria K. Moore shares her memories of growing up in the South during the early 1900s and gives account of her varied experiences as a domestic worker in New York, Charlotte, North Carolina, and parts of South Carolina. Other topics discussed in...
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Marion W. Boyd oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Boyd, Marion W. (Marion Woods), 1911-2007
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, African Americans--Education, Manners and customs, Families, Quakers--Education
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Description
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Marion W. Boyd discusses her experiences teaching throughout North Carolina and the challenges she faced as a result of graduating college during the Great Depression. Other topics discussed include family relations, her Quaker education, regional...
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Roosevelt Ray oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Ray, Roosevelt, 1911-1991
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Families--Social life and customs, Family farms, Farm life, Rural families, Medical care
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Description
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Roosevelt Ray discusses managing a family farm in Denmark, South Carolina and the changes he saw when he moved to Charlotte in the early 1940s. He recounts his personal struggles with chronic illness and how it affected his life. He also mentions ...
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Ella F. Kelly oral history interview, 1979 October 23
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Creator
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Kelly, Ella F. (Ella Fielding), 1907-1991
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Date Created
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1979-10-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Families, Farm life, Agriculture, Manners and customs, Rationing
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Description
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Ella F. Kelly recounts her experience growing up on her father's farm in rural Georgia. Topics discussed include her daily chores and the overall value of farm life, dating and social engagements within the community, and the sustainability o...
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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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Roland R. Hinrichs oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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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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Description
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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...
