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Glenda Wertheimer oral history interview, 2002 July 25
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Creator
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Wertheimer, Glenda S.
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Date Created
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2002-07-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Americans--Social conditions, Emigration and immigration, Latin Americans--Religion, Latin Americans--Social life and customs, Latin Americans--Education
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Glenda Wertheimer discusses her experience as an immigrant from Guatemala who eventually moved to Davidson, North Carolina. She recalls living in New Jersey and the different jobs she held before her marriage. Ms. Werthemeir talks about the circum...
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Magdalena Maiz-Pena oral history interview, 2002 September 12
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Creator
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Maiz-Pena, Magdalena
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Date Created
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2002-09-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Biculturalism, Hispanic American families, Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants--Social conditions, Spanish language--Study and teaching, Voluntarism, All Souls' Day
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Magdalena Maiz-Pena, a Spanish professor at Davidson College, talks about her life growing up near the Mexican-Texan border. Being born in Monterrey, Mexico, Ms. Maiz-Pena lived traveling between the United States and Mexico as she had family on e...
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Maurice Peabody oral history interview, 1993 April 30
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Creator
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Peabody, Maurice E., 1913-2000
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Date Created
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1993-04-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, Basketball stories, College sports, Basketball teams, School sports
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Description
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Maurice Peabody discusses his experiences playing basketball for Central High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Charlotte YMCA, and Davidson College during the 1930s. Mr. Peabody recounts some of the most memorable games he played over his ...
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Mike Smith oral history interview, 2019 April 17
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Smith, Mike (Farmer)
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Date Created
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2019-04-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Agriculture, Beef cattle, Farm management, Droughts, Tillage
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Mike Smith is the owner and operator of Big Oak Farm in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Mr. Smith shares that the farm has been in his family for nearly two hundred years and has been used to raise cotton, corn, and now beef cattle. In this interview,...
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Oni Wilson oral history interview, 2003 February 26
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Creator
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Wilson, Oni, 1915-2009
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Date Created
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2003-02-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, Cotton, Political and social views, Baseball, Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Company towns, Baptists
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Oni Wilson describes his childhood during the Great Depression and growing up on a cotton farm in Davidson, North Carolina. He talks about how his family lost their home in 1929 because of the fall of cotton prices, then rented a home and farmland...
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Terry Holland and Emil Parker oral history interview, 1993 June 6
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Creator
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Holland, Terry, 1942-
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Date Created
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1993-06-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball coaches, College sports, College sports--Recruiting, Basketball teams, Basketball players, Academic achievement
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Terry Holland and Emil Parker talk about the rise of basketball at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. Mr. Holland discusses playing on the Davidson team while "Lefty" Driesell was coach during the 1960s, and describes how Coach Driesell...
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Tom Scott oral history interview, 1993 July 2
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Creator
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Scott, Tom, 1908-1993
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Date Created
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1993-07-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, College sports, College athletes--Scholarships, fellowships, etc., Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball--Economic aspects, Television broadcasting of sports, Discrimination in sports, African Americans--Segregation, Basketball players
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Tom Scott describes his coaching career and his role as the NCAA Basketball Committee chairman, in which he helped bring many basketball tournament events to North Carolina. Mr. Scott talks about his career as head coach for both UNC Chapel Hill a...