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Title: Alfred Rhyne oral history interview, 2003 July 14
Creator: Rhyne, Alfred M. (Alfred Mason), 1919-2014
Date Created: 2003-07-14
Subjects--Topical: Rural families, Genealogy, Sharecropping, Land use, Rural, Presbyterian Church, Endemic plants, Water--Pollution, Rural development
Description: Alfred Rhyne discusses his family's long history in Stanley, North Carolina and his relationship with the land. He talks about how one of his ancestors first obtained a land grant from England for property in the Stanley region, his grandparents' ...

Title: Amy Foster oral history interview, 2019
Creator: Foster, Amy, 1965-
Date Created: 2019-04-24
Subjects--Topical: Livestock, Farms, Cattle, Chickens, Farmers' markets, Social media, Urbanization
Description: Amy Foster discusses her twelve years as a livestock farmer and co-owner of Gilcrest Natural Farm in Iron Station, North Carolina. Mrs. Foster describes how her desire to control her food and develop her land were factors that led her to become a ...

Title: Arthur Zemek oral history interview, 1979 May 23
Creator: Zemek, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1902-1980
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Banks and banking, Financial crises, Recruiting and enlistment
Description: Arthur J. Zemek recounts his experience as a bank cashier in Chicago, Illinois after the stock market crash of 1929. He discusses the actions of the bank's chairman, former U.S. Vice President Charles G. Dawes, to prevent a run on the bank. H...

Title: Audra Ellis oral history interview, 2019 May 8
Creator: Ellis, Audra B. (Audra Baucom), 1972-
Date Created: 2019-05-8
Subjects--Topical: Farms, Chicken industry, Pork industry and trade, Farmers' markets, Dairy farms, Molasses, Sorghum, Goats, Farms, Small
Description: Audra Ellis, co-owner of Ellis Farms in Lincolnton, North Carolina, discusses how she and her husband, Rick, originally started with six chickens and two pygmy goats, expanded into crop production, and now focus only on chicken and pork production...

Title: Balls Creek Camp Meeting oral history interview, 2002 August 24
Creator: Ewing, Todd D. (Todd Douglas), 1969-
Date Created: 2002-08-24
Subjects--Topical: Camp meetings, Families--Social life and customs, Country life, Protestant churches, Outdoor recreation, Land use, Rural
Description: The interview is with members of two extended families, the Harbinsons and the Ewings, at the Balls Creek Campground, where generations have met to attend worship services, visit neighbors in their community, and relax with their families. Individ...

Title: Beth Douglas oral history interview, 2003 July 1
Creator: Douglas, Beth (Counselor)
Date Created: 2003-07-01
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Land use, Rural, Animals, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Trees, Rural development, Litter (Trash), Water--Pollution
Description: Beth Douglas describes what she likes about living in Gaston County, North Carolina, where she moved to in 2000. Mrs. Douglas discusses the importance of recycling, protecting the environment, local wildlife, and how she would like to see the coun...

Title: Betty Morgan oral history interview, 2006 March 26
Creator: Morgan, Betty, 1932-
Date Created: 2006-03-26
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Rural families, Education, Rural, Education, Elementary, College students, Rural electrification
Description: Betty Morgan recounts her life growing up in rural Rowan County, North Carolina. One of nine children, Mrs. Morgan discusses growing up on her family's small farm and how they grew the majority of their own food, as well as cotton. The farm lacked...

Title: Bill Brown oral history interview 1, 2007 April 25
Creator: Brown, Bill, 1935-
Date Created: 2007-04-25
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Distilling, Illicit
Description: Bill Brown recalls his career as a stock car racing mechanic during the 1950s and 1960s. He describes his experiences growing up near Winston-Salem, North Carolina and building cars for races at Bowman Gray Stadium. Mr. Brown often prepared cars f...

Title: Bill Brown oral history interview 2, 2007 June 25
Creator: Brown, Bill, 1935-
Date Created: 2007-06-25
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile mechanics, Labor unions
Description: Bill Brown discusses his experiences as a mechanic for racecar drivers Billy and Bobby Myers during the 1950s. He recalls his relationship with the racing brothers and reflects upon his experiences with other racecar drivers such as Fireball Rober...

Title: Bill E. Bost oral history interview, 1993 March 15
Creator: Bost, Bill E. (Billy Earl), 1932-1995
Date Created: 1993-03-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, School sports, Basketball coaches, Teamwork (Sports), Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women--Coaching, Basketball teams, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Basketball--Social aspects, Basketball teams, Basketball stories
Description: Former player, coach, and educator Bill Bost discusses his personal experiences around the game of basketball. Living and coaching in Catawba County, North Carolina, Mr. Bost explains the pivotal role basketball serves in a small town, where playe...

Title: Bill Mangum and Clyde Mangum oral history interview 1, 2007 April 4
Creator: Mangum, Bill, 1937-
Date Created: 2007-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Distilling, Illicit, Automobile racing--Societies, etc., Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Automobile mechanics
Description: In this first of two interviews, brothers Bill and Clyde Mangum describe the racing career of their father, Gordon Mangum, in the 1940s and 1950s. Gordon Mangum raced primarily on Virginia short tracks several times a week during a four month raci...

Title: Bill Mangum and Clyde Mangum oral history interview 2, 2009 April 8
Creator: Mangum, Bill, 1937-
Date Created: 2009-04-08
Subjects--Topical: Automobile racing drivers--Family relationships, Motorsports, Stock car racing, Distilling, Illicit, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Automobile racing--Societies, etc., Genealogy
Description: In this second of two interviews, brothers Bill and Clyde Mangum recount the experiences of their father, Gordon, who was a race car driver in the 1940s and 1950s. The Mangum brothers recall their father\u2019s love of short track racing in Virgin...

Title: Bruchac, Joseph oral history interview, 1995 October 19
Creator: Bruchac, Joseph, 1942-
Date Created: 1995-10-19
Subjects--Topical: Indians of North America, Storytelling
Description: In his interview, Bruchac describes how authors and scholars often misinterpret or alter the original meaning of many Indian folklore and tales. He believes some authors set out with preconceived notions of how Native American life was hundreds of...

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: Burrell Brown oral history interview, 1993 March 31
Creator: Brown, Burrell P. (Burrell Peterson), Jr., 1917-2001
Date Created: 1993-03-31
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, School sports, African American schools, African Americans--Segregation, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball for children, Discipline of children, School sports--Social aspects, Sports uniforms, Basketball players, Basketball for girls, Basketball stories, Basketball--Training
Description: Burrell Brown shares his memories of coaching basketball at Ridgeview High School, a segregated school for African American students in Hickory, North Carolina, beginning in 1948. He discusses how he improved his coaching by reading books by notab...

Title: Carie Deneau oral history interview, 2019 April 10
Creator: Deneau, Carie L. (Carie Lynn), 1960-
Date Created: 2019-04-10
Subjects--Topical: Hydroponics, Farms, Farm produce, Greenhouse gardening
Description: At the time of the interview Carie Deneau had worked at Tega Hills Farm in York County, South Carolina, for a little over five years. Her primary duties included product weighing, seeding, and seedling transfers to the farm's greenhouses. Pri...

Title: Chantel V. Johnson oral history interview, 2019 April 3
Creator: Johnson, Chantel, 1987-
Date Created: 2019-04-3
Subjects--Topical: Racism, Racism--Political aspects, Women farmers, Farms, Livestock, Social media
Description: Chantel Johnson, owner of Off the Grid in Color farm in Salisbury, North Carolina, recounts how she first entered agriculture and homesteading in 2016 as a way of healing after the tragic death of her youngest brother to gun violence in Chicago. S...

Title: Charles T. Davidson oral history interview, 2018 October 15
Creator: Davidson, Charles T. (Charles Tompkins)
Date Created: 2018-10-15
Subjects--Topical: Construction industry, Civil engineering, Structural engineering, Labor unions, Contracts--Government, Business logistics, Corporate culture, Privatization, Business failures, Construction industry--Technological innovations, Religion
Description: Charles T. "Charlie" Davidson, former president of J.A. Jones Construction Co., discusses his life, his family, the history of J.A. Jones and affiliated companies, and the development of the construction industry, during the half century from the ...

Title: Chris Fletcher oral history interview, 2019 April 16
Creator: Fletcher, Chris, 1964-
Date Created: 2019-04-16
Subjects--Topical: Peppers, Farmers' markets, Rain and rainfall, Insecticides
Description: Chris Fletcher discusses his time working on his farm, Green Meadows Acres, in Cabarrus County, North Carolina. He explains the reasons he began farming, what he currently grows, and why he chooses to sell his products at the Piedmont Farmers&apos...

Title: Clara Carson oral history interview, 2002 September 27
Creator: Carson, Clara T.
Date Created: 2002-09-27
Subjects--Topical: Day care centers, Early childhood education, Camp meetings, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, Country life, Family farms
Description: Clara Carson discusses her day care business, the Catawba Child Development Academy in Catawba, North Carolina. She talks about the origins of the academy, which first opened in Smyre's Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church then moved to a new building ten ye...

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