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Title: Kneever “Joe” Morrow, Sr. oral history interview, 1993 June 15
Creator: Morrow, Kneever, Sr., 1922-1999
Date Created: 1993-06-15
Subjects--Topical: Foundry workers, Foundry workers--Labor unions, Labor unions, Strikes and lockouts, Ironwork, Piecework, Pipe mills, Piping--Design and construction, Land use, Urban--Social aspects, Work environment
Description: Kneever Morrow worked at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry for approximately thirty-two years, and he recounts the various jobs he held with the company. Mr. Morrow explains how he received his nickname, "Joe," while working at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry...

Title: Mary Nixon oral history interview, 2005 November 18
Creator: Nixon, Mary W., 1941-
Date Created: 2005-11-18
Subjects--Topical: Tobacco farms, Textile workers, Mills and mill-work, Strikes and lockouts, Labor unions, Diabetes, Diabetes in children
Description: Mary Nixon recounts her life and experiences living in rural Yadkin County, North Carolina. She describes growing up on a tobacco farm, how her family grew most of the food they ate, and how she and her siblings would miss school in order to help ...