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Title: Norris A. Dearmon oral history interview, 1998 October 6
Creator: Dearmon, Norris A. (Norris Adam), 1922-
Date Created: 1998-10-06
Subjects--Topical: Dentistry, Military, Mills and mill-work, Local history, Company towns, Textile industry--Technological innovations
Description: Norris Dearmon recounts his life in Kannapolis, North Carolina and his sixty-year long relationship with Cannon Mills as an employee and amateur historian. Topics discussed include his childhood growing up during the Great Depression, his experien...

Title: Paul G. Rodden oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Rodden, Paul G. (Paul Gilbert), 1909-
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Genealogy, Families--Social life and customs, Country life, Education, Rural, Family farms, Mills and mill-work, Insurance companies
Description: Paul G. Rodden recounts his years working as an insurance agent for the Pilot Life Insurance Company during the 1940s-1970s and his family history. He describes his interest in genealogy; the Rodden family in Davie, Rowan, and Mecklenburg Counties...

Title: Ralph Glenn oral history interview, circa 1976
Creator: Glenn, Ralph Anderson, 1907-1995
Date Created: 1976
Subjects--Topical: Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work, Labor unions and communism
Description: Ralph Glenn, a native of Gastonia, North Carolina, reflects on the events of the Loray Mill strike of 1929. Mr. Glenn was attending Davidson College at the time of the Loray Mill Strike and was not an eyewitness to the strike. However, his intervi...

Title: Ralph Glenn oral history interview, circa 1976
Creator: Glenn, Ralph Anderson, 1907-1995
Date Created: 1976
Subjects--Topical: Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work, Labor unions and communism
Description: Ralph Glenn, a native of Gastonia, North Carolina, reflects on the events of the Loray Mill strike of 1929. Mr. Glenn was attending Davidson College at the time of the Loray Mill Strike and was not an eyewitness to the strike. However, his intervi...

Title: Rankin Baker and Leon Bost oral history interview, 1993 October 22
Creator: Baker, Rankin, Sr., 1921-2013
Date Created: 1993-10-22
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Young Men's Christian associations, Youth league basketball, Basketball for children, Basketball--Tournaments, Sports administration, Sports, Softball, Mills and mill-work, Concessions (Amusements, etc.), Youth--Societies and clubs
Description: Rankin Baker and Leon Bost discuss their careers and experiences with the YMCA. Mr. Baker worked for the Cannon Memorial YMCA in Kannapolis, North Carolina for over 40 years, and he describes sports programs at the YMCA for children and adults fro...