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Carmen Juárez Juárez oral history interview, September 6, 2002
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Creator
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Juárez Juárez, Carmen, 1958-
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Date Created
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2002-09-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants--Social conditions, Latin Americans--Ethnic identity, Hispanic American families, Biculturalism, Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs, Indigenous peoples
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Description
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Maria del Carmen Juarez Juarez, known as "Carmen," discusses her experiences in the United States after emigrating from Irapuato, Mexico around 1987. Ms. Juarez talks about her perspective on differences between Latin American and American culture...
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Daisy Shipp oral history interview, 2004 March 24
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Creator
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Shipp, Daisy, 1944-
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Date Created
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2004-03-24
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Subjects--Topical
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African American business enterprises, Nurses, School integration, Discrimination in education, Discrimination in employment, Racism, Urban renewal, Racism in medicine
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Description
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Gastonia, North Carolina native Daisy Shipp recounts her experiences as a nurse in the Charlotte region during the 1970s when the medical field in Charlotte was beginning to integrate. She discusses the training process of becoming a nurse as well...
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Evelyn Grindstaff oral history interview, 1999 February 22
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Creator
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Grindstaff, Evelyn, 1922-
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Date Created
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1999-02-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Work environment, Textile workers, Dyslexia, Functional literacy
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Description
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Evelyn Grindstaff recounts her life and forty-five years working in textile mills in Gastonia, North Carolina. Topics discussed include her experiences working at the Groves Mills beginning at the age of fifteen, her husband's World War II service...
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Gladys Worthy oral history interview, 1993 May 6
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Creator
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Worthy, Gladys, 1931-1994
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Date Created
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1993-05-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball players, Basketball stories, School sports, Basketball--Tournaments, Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation, High school student activities, Parenting
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Description
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Gladys Worthy, a former basketball player for Highland High School in Gastonia, North Carolina during the 1948-1950 seasons, recalls her sports career. She reflects on the many advantages high school basketball afforded her, including the chance t...
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Helen Babington oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Babington, Helen, 1910-1996
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Historic preservation, Historical museums
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Description
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Helen Babington describes her involvement in Gaston County community efforts to preserve the county's history. She discusses her role as trustee and vice-president of the Gaston County Museum of Art & History, the restoration of historic buildings...
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James Kellogg oral history interview, 2021 February 23
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Creator
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Kellogg, James
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Date Created
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2021-02-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay pride week, Gay pride celebrations, Community organization, LGBTQ+ visibility, LGBTQ+ communities
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Description
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Mr. James Kellogg discusses his experiences and role in the organization of Pride events in Gaston County (Gastonia), North Carolina in 2014 and 2015. Topics include Mr. Kellogg's initial involvement with Pride in Gastonia as an organizer wit...
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Jeanne G. Rauch and Marshall Rauch oral history interview, 1995 March 5
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Creator
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Rauch, Jeanne G., 1923-2010
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Date Created
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1995-03-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Synagogues--Organization and administration, Small cities, Jewish cemeteries, Foster parents--Family relationships
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Description
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Jeanne and Marshall Rauch discuss the Jewish experience during the twentieth century in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, mainly in Gastonia and Bessemer City. A native of Gaston County, Mrs. Rauch remembers her parents' civic participation a...
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José Luis Garcia oral history interview, 2002 September 26
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Creator
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Garcia, José, 1973-
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Date Created
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2002-09-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants--Economic conditions, Immigrants--Social conditions, Latin Americans--Social conditions, Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, All Souls' Day, Sex role
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Description
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A native of Mexico City, Jose Luis Garcia talks about his experiences as an immigrant to the North Carolina Piedmont. Mr. Garcia discusses the factors that propelled him to move to the United States and vividly recalls his entree into the country ...
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LeGette Blythe oral history interview 2, circa 1976
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Creator
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Blythe, LeGette, 1900-1993
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Date Created
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1976
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Subjects--Topical
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Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Labor unions and communism, Police brutality, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work
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Description
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Author and former Charlotte Observer reporter LeGette Blythe shares his eyewitness account of the 1929 Loray Mill strike approximately forty-five years after the event took place. Mr. Blythe describes how the chaotic strike atmosphere escalated in...
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Manuel Zapata oral history interview, 2002 August 29
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Creator
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Zapata, Manuel, 1940-
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Date Created
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2002-08-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Emigration and immigration, Immigrants, Latin Americans, Latin Americans--Ethnic identity, Civilization--European influences, Cities and towns--Growth, Emigration and immigration--Economic aspects, Latin Americans--Religion, Latin Americans--Social life and customs
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Manuel Zapata shares stories from his life after migrating from Santiago, Chile to Gastonia, North Carolina in 1967. Mr. Zapata, an anti-Communist, left Chile to get away from the strengthening Communist Party, and describes how different life was...
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Ralph Glenn oral history interview, circa 1976
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Creator
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Glenn, Ralph Anderson, 1907-1995
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Date Created
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1976
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Subjects--Topical
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Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work, Labor unions and communism
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Description
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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...
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Ralph Glenn oral history interview, circa 1976
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Creator
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Glenn, Ralph Anderson, 1907-1995
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Date Created
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1976
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Subjects--Topical
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Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work, Labor unions and communism
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Description
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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...
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Robert Kellogg oral history interview, 2021 March 4
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Creator
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Kellogg, Robert
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Date Created
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2021-03-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay pride week, Gay pride celebrations, Community organization, LGBTQ+ visibility, LGBTQ+ communities, Local government
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Description
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Mr. Robert Kellogg discusses his experiences and role in the organization of Pride events in Gaston County (Gastonia), North Carolina beginning in 2014. Topics discussed include the changes in Gastonia, namely the formations of the first PFLAG cha...
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Thomas L. Bryant and John Costner oral history interview, 1993 September 29
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Creator
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Bryant, Thomas L. (Thomas Leroy), 1950-
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Date Created
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1993-09-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball players, School sports, Basketball--Coaching, School integration, School integration--Social aspects, Race relations, Basketball--Tournaments
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Description
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Thomas L. "Tommy" Bryant and John Costner share their experiences playing on the Ashley High School basketball team in Gastonia, North Carolina in 1967, during the first year of integration at the school. John Costner, a Black student, transferred...
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Virginia Case oral history interview, 1996 September 10
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Creator
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Case, Virginia, 1918-
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Date Created
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1996-09-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Country life, War--Economic aspects, Women in war, Race relations, Urban renewal
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Description
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Virginia Case discusses her family and life in Gastonia, North Carolina. Originally from Pickens County, South Carolina, she and her husband moved to Gastonia in the mid-1930s. Mrs. Case describes how difficult life was during the Great Depression...
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Will Hollisby oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Hollisby, Will, approximately 1903-
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, City and town life, Transportation
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Description
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Will Hollisby recounts his fifty-seven years living in Charlotte, North Carolina. Topics include working as a landscaper for Charlotte Pipe and Foundry and for private homeowners in Myers Park; using trains, trolleys, and buses within Charlotte an...