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Title: Brenda Beam oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Beam, Brenda, 1910-1998
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Refrigeration and refrigeration machinery, Ice industry, Delivery of goods
Description: Brenda Beam recounts her father-in-law's ice delivery business in the 1920s and her life in the Charlotte area. Topics discussed include the transition from ice delivery by horse-drawn wagon to electric refrigerators and her recollection of c...

Title: Kathryn D. Speidel oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Speidel, Kathryn D. (Kathryn Daly), 1908-1996
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Telecommunication, Telecommunication--Switching systems, Telephone operators
Description: Kathryn Speidel recounts her fifty-five years working as a telephone operator for the New York Telephone Company beginning in 1927. She discusses the change from connecting callers through a manual switchboard to a key pulsing system, the working ...

Title: Marie V. Hicks oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Hicks, Marie V. (Marie Vandolah), 1902-1992
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Manners and customs, Women in war
Description: Marie V. Hicks shares tales from her life growing up on her family's farm in Kansas near Hutchinson and the various locations she lived in as an adult. Topics discussed include self-taught craft skills, activities of the community church, and the ...