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Belle Banks oral history interview, 2002 January 25
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Banks, Belle, 1918-2011
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Date Created
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2002-01-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Historic sites, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation, Regionalism, Manners and customs
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In this interview, librarian and historic preservationist Margaret "Belle" Banks describes her early life in Pennsylvania and Delaware, her move to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1944, and her role in restoring Cedar Grove and the Hugh Torrance Hous...
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Courtney Gaillard oral history interview, 2020 November 12
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Creator
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Gaillard, Courtney
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Date Created
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2020-11-12
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Subjects--Topical
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College students, Universities and colleges--Alumni and alumnae, African Americans--Education, African American college students
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In this interview, Courtney Gaillard, an alumna of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte shares memories of her time as a student from 1995-1997. [All time approximate] She discusses her decision to transfer to the university after having ...
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David Moore oral history interview, 2021 June 25
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Creator
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Moore, David
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Date Created
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2021-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay pride week, Gay pride celebrations, LGBTQ+ magazines, Community organization, LGBTQ+ visibility, LGBTQ+ communities, Journalists
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Mr. David Moore discusses his career as a journalist for various LGBTQ+ publications in Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina and his experiences in volunteering at different Pride events in each city. Topics discussed include Mr. Moore&a...
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Ed Williams oral history interview, 2019 March 29
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Creator
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Williams, Ed, 1942-
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Subjects--Topical
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Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Volunteers
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Ed Williams, former editor of the editorial pages at The Charlotte Observer in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses his association with the Myers Park Baptist Church community garden. As a long time member of the church Mr. Williams co-founded th...
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Emery Wister oral history interview 1, 1979 May 23
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Wister, Emery, 1914-2007
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Date Created
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1979-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Journalism, Commercial, Journalism and motion pictures, Journalists, Newspaper editors, Reporters and reporting, Urban renewal--Social aspects
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Emery Wister, a journalist and editor at the Charlotte News, recounts his life and experiences in Charlotte, North Carolina. He describes growing up on the edge of the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte and discusses local race relations and the r...
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Jack Claiborne oral history interview 1, 2003 June 5
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Creator
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Claiborne, Jack
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Date Created
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2003-06-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Editorials, Sports journalism, Newspapers, Journalists, Newspaper editors, Segregation, Race discrimination, Race relations
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Jack Claiborne, former editor at the Charlotte Observer and former director of public relations at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte), reflects on his life, work, and the city of Charlotte. Mr. Claiborne talks about his ...
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Jack Claiborne oral history interview 2, 2012 March 28
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Creator
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Claiborne, Jack
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Date Created
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2012-03-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Public universities and colleges--Administration, Women college presidents, Education, Higher, Students, Teachers
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Description
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In this interview, Jack Claiborne, long-time reporter and editor with The Charlotte Observer and former director of public relations at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, shares his recollections of Bonnie Cone, Charlotte College'...
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LeGette Blythe oral history interview 2, circa 1976
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Blythe, LeGette, 1900-1993
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Date Created
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1976
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Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Labor unions and communism, Police brutality, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work
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Author and former Charlotte Observer reporter LeGette Blythe shares his eyewitness account of the 1929 Loray Mill strike approximately forty-five years after the event took place. Mr. Blythe describes how the chaotic strike atmosphere escalated in...
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Mamie Allison Cole oral history interview, 2003 July 29
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Cole, Mamie, 1922-
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Date Created
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2003-07-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Rural families, Textile workers, Wetlands, Wild flowers, Field crops, Country life, Manners and customs, Dairy cattle, Protected areas, Farm life
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Mamie Allison Cole recounts her family’s history in Mount Holly, North Carolina and what life was like growing up in the area during the 1920s and 1930s. Mrs. Cole discusses the chores she had to do, her father’s farm, the parties her family would...
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Mark Ethridge oral history interview, 2019 May 13
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Ethridge, Mark
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Date Created
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2019-05-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Newspapers, Journalism, Mass media, Civil rights, Employee rights, Creative writing, Pulitzer Prizes, Television in religion, Investigative reporting, Byssinosis
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Mark Ethridge, a journalist, novelist, and media entrepreneur, discusses his career, with special attention to his years as a reporter and editor at the Charlotte Observer newspaper, during the 1970s and 1980s. He begins by discussing his first ye...
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Nikolai Mather oral history interview, 2019 November 15
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Mather, Nikolai
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Date Created
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2019-11-15
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Subjects--Topical
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School shootings, College students, Journalism, College, Empathy, Post-traumatic stress disorder
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Nikolai Mather shares his experience as a student and journalist at UNC Charlotte on April 30, 2019, when a former student opened fire on a classroom, killing two students and injuring four others. He recounts his decision to leave his dorm lockdo...
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Simmons Jones oral history interview, 1993 February 28
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Jones, Simmons, 1920-
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Date Created
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1993-02-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Social classes, Race relations, Race discrimination, Segregation, Religion, Sexual ethics, Homosexuality, Families--Social life and customs
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Fashion photographer and author Simmons Baker Jones discusses his eventful life, beginning with his formative years growing up in a prominent Charlotte family and continuing through his service as a corporal in the U.S. Army during the Second Worl...
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Steve Crump oral history interview, 2018 December 14
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Creator
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Crump, Steve
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Date Created
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2018-12-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights, School integration, Civil rights demonstrations, Slave trade, African American jockeys, African American radio broadcasters
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Steve Crump recounts his life as a television reporter and documentary filmmaker from the 1980s into the 2010s. He describes his second career as a director of television documentaries, primarily about the African-American experience. Many of thes...
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Stith, Pat oral history interview, 2014 July 28
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Stith, Pat (William F.), 1942-
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Date Created
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2014-07-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Journalism, Newspapers, Reporters and reporting, Sewage, Water--Pollution, Rivers
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Pat Stith recalls his first investigative journalism report as a newspaper reporter for The Charlotte News. He discusses his investigation of pollution and the piping of waste by industry into Little Sugar Creek and other creeks in Charlotte, Nort...
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Susan Shackelford oral history interview, 2017 September 27
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Shackelford, Susan
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Date Created
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2017-09-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Women journalists, Women sportswriters, Sports for women--Social aspects, Lesbians, Women political activists
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Susan Shackelford, journalist, sportswriter, editor, author, writing coach and consultant, who has operated her own business in Charlotte, North Carolina since 1982, discusses her life, her work, and her political activism. She relates her formati...