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Title: J. Norman Pease oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Pease, J. Norman (James Norman), Sr., 1885-1987
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: City and town life, Cities and towns--Growth, Historic buildings, Municipal government, Voluntarism, Race relations, African Americans--Segregation, Business enterprises
Description: Architect J. Norman Pease shares his memories of Charlotte, North Carolina in the early twentieth century. He talks in detail about Charlotte in the 1920s, including the city's growth in population; the city's hotels, businesses, and churches; and...

Title: Joseph Camp oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Camp, Joseph, 1916-
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Diplomatic and consular service, American
Description: Joseph Camp discusses his education in America and the twenty-five years he spent working in Europe and Africa after World War II. Topics examined include his brief time in the Army, teaching in segregated Alabama, the perception of America abroad...

Title: Maggie Lamb Nicholson oral history interview, 1979 May 24
Creator: Nicholson, Maggie Lamb, 1906-1998
Date Created: 1979-05-24
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Busing for school integration, School integration, Civil rights demonstrations, Civil rights, Race relations
Description: Rev. Dr. Maggie Lamb Nicholson recounts her childhood days in Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the 1900s as well as her experiences as a pastor in the Charlotte, North Carolina region beginning after her move to Charlotte in 1968. She also discus...

Title: Stanford Brookshire oral history interview 1, 1973 February 16
Creator: Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
Date Created: 1973-02-16
Subjects--Topical: Mayors, Mayors--Election, Country life, Depressions, Family farms, Small business, Boards of trade, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Political campaigns, Sexism in political culture, Political candidates, Elections, Nonpartisan, Urban renewal, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, Discrimination in public accommodations, Racism, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, African Americans--Civil rights, Bombings
Description: Stanford "Stan" Brookshire, the former four-term mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1961-1969, talks about his early life and his time as mayor. He describes his hometown, Troutman, North Carolina, and growing up on a farm that employed tenan...

Title: Victoria K. Moore oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Moore, Victoria K., 1911
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, African Americans--Segregation, African American women--Employment, Families--Social life and customs, Women household employees--Social conditions
Description: Victoria K. Moore shares her memories of growing up in the South during the early 1900s and gives account of her varied experiences as a domestic worker in New York, Charlotte, North Carolina, and parts of South Carolina. Other topics discussed in...

Title: Will Hollisby oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Hollisby, Will, approximately 1903-
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, City and town life, Transportation
Description: Will Hollisby recounts his fifty-seven years living in Charlotte, North Carolina. Topics include working as a landscaper for Charlotte Pipe and Foundry and for private homeowners in Myers Park; using trains, trolleys, and buses within Charlotte an...