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Title: Bryant McMurray oral history interview 1, 2016 August 10
Creator: McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
Date Created: 2016-08-10
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Photography of sports, Stock car racing, Photojournalism, Photography—Marketing, Aircraft accidents, Visits of state
Description: Bryant McMurray describes his career as a photojournalist and sports photographer and his lifelong involvement with the motorsports industry. He recalls his upbringing in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and early interest in photography and stock car r...

Title: Bryant McMurray oral history interview 2, 2016 December 14
Creator: McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
Date Created: 2016-12-14
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Photography of sports, Cameras--Equipment and supplies, Stock car racing, Photojournalism, Photography—Marketing, Portrait photography, Photographic collections--Management
Description: In this second part of a series of interviews, Bryant McMurray discusses the photographic equipment, camera models, and film types he employed throughout his career as a successful sports photojournalist as well as the techniques he used to captur...

Title: Bryant McMurray oral history interview 3, 2017 January 18
Creator: McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
Date Created: 2017-01-18
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Photography of sports, Stock car racing, Photojournalism, Stock car drivers, Women automobile racing drivers, African American automobile racing drivers
Description: In this third installment of a series of interviews, Bryant McMurray discusses the evolution of stock car racing from a hardscrabble, do-it-yourself sport to a multimillion dollar industry with highly paid celebrity drivers and lucrative corporate...

Title: Bryant McMurray oral history interview 4, 2017 April 26
Creator: McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
Date Created: 2017-04-26
Subjects--Topical: Photography of sports, Motorsports--Economic aspects, Motorsports--Marketing, Stock car drivers, Advertising campaigns, Sports--Public relations, Television--Production and direction, College teaching, Entrepreneurship
Description: In this fourth installment of a series of interviews, Bryant McMurray describes his work in public relations and marketing campaigns for companies heavily involved with the motorsports industry such as STP Corporation, Hardee’s, and R.J. Reynolds....

Title: Harold Smith oral history interview 1, 2007 November 10
Creator: Smith, Harold, 1932-
Date Created: 2007-11-10
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Automobile racing, Drag racing, Automobile mechanics, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Alcohol trafficking, Automobile racing--Accidents
Description: Harold Smith recounts his experiences as a member of the motorsports community of Virginia. He discusses his work as a auto mechanic and drag racer for William Mason's organization during the 1960s and 1970s. Mr. Smith recounts building and operat...

Title: Pee Wee Jones oral history interview, 2007 April 19
Creator: Jones, Pee Wee, 1928-2008
Date Created: 2007-04-19
Subjects--Topical: Automobiles, Racing, Automobile racing drivers, Farm life, Motorsports, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile mechanics, Automobile racing--accidents, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile racing drivers' spouses
Description: Pee Wee Jones describes his career as a stock car driver, racing in NASCAR for over twenty years. Mr. Jones was a regular competitor at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina during the 1950s and 1960s. He discusses his motivations f...

Title: Sybil Lynne Scott oral history interview, 2007 November 24
Creator: Scott, Sybil Lynne
Date Created: 2007-11-24
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile mechanics, Racetracks (Automobile racing), African American automobile racing drivers, Automobile racing drivers, Racism in sports, Automobile racing--accidents, Automobile racing drivers--Family relationships
Description: Sybil Scott discusses the 30-year stock car racing career of her father, Wendell Scott. Mr. Scott is, to date, the only African American driver to win at NASCAR's highest level. Ms. Scott recalls how she and her siblings helped their father during...

Title: T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 1, 2005 December 7
Creator: Warren, T. Taylor (Thomas Taylor), 1925-2008
Date Created: 2005-12-07
Subjects--Topical: Stock car racing, Motorsports, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Sports photographers, Photography of sports, Photojournalism, Photography--Equipment and supplies, Hasselblad camera, Photography--Techniques
Description: T. Taylor Warren reflects on his life, his photography career, and the early days of photographing NASCAR racing. He recalls his budding interest in photography as a boy and describes his education at Rochester Institute of Technology and the teac...

Title: T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 2, 2006 January 12
Creator: Warren, T. Taylor (Thomas Taylor), 1925-2008
Date Created: 2006-01-12
Subjects--Topical: Sports photographers, Photography of sports, Photojournalism, Stock car drivers, Stock car racing, Motorsports, Motorsports--Economic aspects, Women automobile racing drivers, African American automobile racing drivers, Automobile racing managers, Automobile racing--Employees, Automobile racing--Sociological aspects
Description: Motorsports photographer T. Taylor Warren reflects in this second interview on the culture of NASCAR during the 1950s-1980s and on how the stock car industry has changed through the time of the interview in 2006. He begins by discussing the Nation...