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Title: Anne Steele oral history interview, 2015 April 11
Creator: Steele, Anne, 1930-
Date Created: 2015-04-11
Subjects--Topical: African American families, African American neighborhoods
Description: Anne Steele recalls initially moving to the Historic Washington Heights community in Charlotte North Carolina to provide assistance to her aging aunt in the 1990s. Thinking about the twenty years she has spent living in the neighborhood, she remem...

Title: Blanche Leak Gluyas oral history interview 1, 1979 May 23
Creator: Gluyas, Blanche Leak, 1889-1989
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Stenographers, Telecommunication, Women employees, Manners and customs, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Blanche Leak Gluyas describes her work as a stenographer for Southern Bell in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1900s and 1910s and as a secretary with the State Department during World War II. Other topics discussed include prominent families ...

Title: Carol Wohlford Mesrobian and Caroline Mesrobian Hickman oral history interview 1, 2013 May 10
Creator: Mesrobian, Carol Wohlford, 1926-2018
Date Created: 2013-05-10
Subjects--Topical: Duke University, Catholic University of America. School of Architecture and Planning, Architecture, Architectural firms--Ownership, International style (Architecture), Architectural design, Architecture, Turkish, Air pilots, Military, Armenians
Description: In this interview, Carol Wohlford Mesrobian and Caroline Mesrobian Hickman, the widow and daughter of Charlotte architect Ralfe Mesrobian, share Mesrobian family history beginning with Ralfe's parents Mihran and Zabelle Mesrobian. They recoun...

Title: Carol Wohlford Mesrobian and Caroline Mesrobian Hickman oral history interview 2, 2013 August 20
Creator: Mesrobian, Carol Wohlford, 1926-2018
Date Created: 2013-08-20
Subjects--Topical: Eastover Elementary School (Charlotte, N.C.), Gold mines and mining, Architecture, Architectural firms--Ownership, Moravians, Women--Education, Community life, African Americans--Employment
Description: In this second of two interviews Carol Wohlford Mesrobian and her daughter Caroline Mesrobian Hickman continue to share about their husband and father Ralfe Mesrobian's work as an architect in Charlotte, his hobbies, and his collection of arc...

Title: Charles T. Davidson oral history interview, 2018 October 15
Creator: Davidson, Charles T. (Charles Tompkins)
Date Created: 2018-10-15
Subjects--Topical: Construction industry, Civil engineering, Structural engineering, Labor unions, Contracts--Government, Business logistics, Corporate culture, Privatization, Business failures, Construction industry--Technological innovations, Religion
Description: Charles T. "Charlie" Davidson, former president of J.A. Jones Construction Co., discusses his life, his family, the history of J.A. Jones and affiliated companies, and the development of the construction industry, during the half century from the ...

Title: Harvey Boyd oral history interview, 2004 April 17
Creator: Boyd, Harvey, 1944-
Date Created: 2004-04-17
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Commercial art, Social integration, Advertising, Newspapers, African Americans--Employment, Mentoring in education
Description: Harvey Boyd reflects on his extraordinary life achievements, despite his limited opportunities as an African American man growing up in the segregated South. He begins by describing his childhood home, where he also lived at the time of interview,...

Title: Jacqueline Nelson oral history interview, 2015 November 9
Creator: Nelson, Jacqueline Dunham
Date Created: 2015-11-09
Subjects--Topical: Education, Teachers, Segregation in education
Description: Jacqueline Nelson describes the Druid Hills community in Charlotte North Carolina, (formerly known as Edison Heights,) during the 1950s. Ms. Nelson's family moved into their home in 1952 and she fondly remembers her childhood and the close-kn...

Title: Ken Schell oral history interview 1, 2017 February 8
Creator: Schell, Ken, 1944-
Date Created: 2017-02-08
Subjects--Topical: Gay men--Suicidal behavior, Gay couples, Gay men--Sexual behavior, Same-sex partner abuse, Gay relationships
Description: WARNING: This interview contains discussion of rape beginning at 25:13 and ending at 25:27 and discussion of a drug overdose beginning at 35:35 and ending at 36:04. In this vivid interview, Ken Schell describes his life as a gay man working and li...

Title: Mildred English oral history interview, 2012 September 17
Creator: English, Mildred, 1925-2019
Date Created: 2012-09-17
Subjects--Topical: Women college presidents, Education--Political aspects, Women college administrators, Nontraditional college students, Depressions
Description: In this interview, Mildred English, Monroe native and long-time employee of Charlotte College and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, tells of her personal history and shares her first-hand knowledge of Bonnie Cone. She begins by speaki...

Title: Sonja Lee oral history interview, 2016 December 8
Creator: Lee, Sonja, 1953-
Date Created: 2016-12-08
Subjects--Topical: Military bases, LGBTQ+ people, Women clergy, African American LGBTQ+ people, LGBTQ+ religious people
Description: Reverend Sonja Lee, Pastor of Unity Fellowship Church Charlotte, located in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses her formative years, understanding her identity as a lesbian, the importance of her faith, and the work she's done in LGBTQ commu...

Title: Sue Henry oral history interview 1, 2016 July 30
Creator: Henry, Sue L.
Date Created: 2018-02-14
Subjects--Topical: Feminism, Gay activists, Gay liberation movement, Gay pride celebrations, Lesbians, Lesbian community, Women in community organization, Political campaigns
Description: In this interview Sue Henry, owner of Rising Moon Books & Beyond bookstore in Charlotte between 1991 to 1997, the first out lesbian to run for Mayor of Charlotte in 1995, and an active member of several political and social LGBTQ organizations, di...