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Title: Earl Stafford oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Stafford, Earl, 1915-1982
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Floods, Voluntarism, City and town life
Description: Earl Stafford recounts memories of Charlotte, North Carolina after moving to Mecklenburg County in 1943. He discusses North Carolina's flood of 1916 and how it destroyed many communities in western North Carolina. Other topics include change in do...

Title: Grier Heights group oral history interview with Hawthorne Broadway, L.C. Clifton, Willie Davis, Marvin Price, and Porgie Wallace, 2014 September 1
Creator: Broadway, Hawthorn, 1937-
Date Created: 2014-09-01
Subjects--Topical: Fishing, Floods, Segregation, Swimming, Swimming pools, Rivers
Description: Five men, who grew up in the Grier Heights neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1940s and 1950s recall swimming in the local creeks. and specifically in a place that they called the "Big Boy Hole," on Briar Creek behind the Mint Mu...

Title: Hall, Rickey oral history interview, 2014 May 27
Creator: Hall, Rickey (Rickey Vaughn), 1957-
Date Created: 2014-05-27
Subjects--Topical: Floods, Swimming, Rivers
Description: Rickey Hall recalls his childhood adventures swimming in Irwin Creek and its tributaries in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He imparts the importance of creek greenways for the communities in Charlotte. He discusses the importanc...

Title: Hare, Ron oral history interview, 2014 July 16
Creator: Hare, Ron (Ronald C. Jr.), 1935-
Date Created: 2014-07-16
Subjects--Topical: Floods, Rivers
Description: Ronald Hare discusses his contributions to a flood mitigation project done by Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He relates the process by which houses were acquired by the county and then torn down in order to turn the area into an ecological ga...

Title: Mildred M. Siderman oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Siderman, Mildred M. (Mildred McKee), 1919-2016
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Families--Social life and customs, Transportation, Floods
Description: Mildred M. Siderman recounts her years working as a practical nurse in Charlotte, North Carolina at Charlotte Memorial Hospital before she moved out of state in 1944. Other topics include how the North Carolina flood of 1916 affected her family in...

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...