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Charlotte annexation cartoon
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1980-01-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Annexation (Municipal government), Cities and towns--Growth, Municipal government, Cities and towns--Politics and government
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Description
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Topics include: Municipal annexation; Matthews (N.C.); Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government
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Harvey Boyd oral history interview, 2004 April 17
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Creator
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Boyd, Harvey, 1944-
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Date Created
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2004-04-17
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Commercial art, Social integration, Advertising, Newspapers, African Americans--Employment, Mentoring in education
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Description
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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,...
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Mary Clegg Walker oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Walker, Mary Clegg, 1904-1984
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Elementary school teaching, Manners and customs, Christian life
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Description
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Mary Clegg Walker discusses her family and her seventeen years as a kindergarten teacher in Matthews, North Carolina. Topics discussed include her father's high school in Rutherford County and how it was established; an anecdote about how J. B. Iv...
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Robert Grier House image 3
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1949-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Historic buildings, Dwellings
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Description
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Front left side of the Robert Grier House on Matthews-Weddington Road in Matthews, N.C. near the Union County line. The wooden antebellum house had a two-story portico with four brick pillars. Two brick chimneys on the left side of the house are v...
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Robert Grier House, close-up view
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1949-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Historic buildings, Dwellings
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Description
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Front left side of the Robert Grier House on Matthews-Weddington Road in Matthews, N.C. near the Union County line. The wooden antebellum house had a two-story portico with four brick pillars. Two brick chimneys on the left side of the house are v...
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Viola Boyd oral history interview 1, 2004 March 9
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Creator
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Boyd, Viola, 1911-2009
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Date Created
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2004-03-09
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Racism, Beauty operators, Beauty shops, Railroads--Employees, Child labor
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Description
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Viola Boyd describes her life as an African American woman during segregation and the civil rights movement. Mrs. Boyd describes Matthews, North Carolina, and in particular the Crestdale neighborhood where she lived and grew up. She speaks frequen...
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Viola Boyd oral history interview 2, 2004 March 26
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Creator
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Boyd, Viola, 1911-2009
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Date Created
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2004-03-26
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Subjects--Topical
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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
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Description
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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 ...
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Willie Coleman oral history interview, 2001 November 1
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Creator
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Coleman, Willie S., 1924-2018
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Date Created
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2001-11-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural families, Country life, African American families, Depressions, Community gardens, Cotton growing, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Canning and preserving, Cooking, American, Folklore
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Description
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Willie Coleman recounts her lifelong involvement with gardening and her memories of her family. She discusses growing up in Matthews, North Carolina, attending school in Steele Creek, living through the Great Depression as a child, and working at ...
