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Title: Eddie Yow oral history interview, 2019 April 9
Creator: Yow, Eddie
Date Created: 2019-04-09
Subjects--Topical: Agriculture, Farmers’ markets, Country life, Beef cattle, Livestock, Family farms
Description: Mr. Eddie Yow raises livestock and sells beef in the North Carolina Piedmont region. He is a native of Stanly County, North Carolina and has lived in Stanfield, North Carolina for over thirty years. In this interview, he reflects on the many chang...

Title: Ella F. Kelly oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Kelly, Ella F. (Ella Fielding), 1907-1991
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Families, Farm life, Agriculture, Manners and customs, Rationing
Description: Ella F. Kelly recounts her experience growing up on her father's farm in rural Georgia. Topics discussed include her daily chores and the overall value of farm life, dating and social engagements within the community, and the sustainability o...

Title: Henry Hampton oral history interview, 2003 October 18
Creator: Hampton, Henry, 1950 or 1951-
Date Created: 2003-10-18
Subjects--Topical: Exotic animals, Zoos, Domestic animals, Animal populations, Inbreeding, Farmers, Agriculture, Dairy products industry, Family-owned business enterprises, Amish
Description: Henry Hampton discusses owning and operating the Lazy 5 Ranch and the community that he grew up in near Millbridge, North Carolina in Rowan County. He describes the animals at the ranch, reintroducing rehabilitated animals into the wild, and diffe...

Title: Jean Siers oral history interview, 2019 March 27
Creator: Siers, Jean, 1964-
Date Created: 2019-03-27
Subjects--Topical: Agriculture, Farmers, Gleaning, Food security, Volunteers
Description: Jean Siers is the Charlotte, North Carolina, Regional Gleaning Coordinator for the Society of St. Andrews and she has held this position since 2012. The Society of St. Andrews works to bring people together to harvest and share healthy food, reduc...

Title: Jeff Stevens oral history interview, 2019 March 10
Creator: Stevens, Jeff (Farmer)
Date Created: 2019-03-10
Subjects--Topical: Agriculture, Family farms, Cattle, Agricultural machinery
Description: Jeff Stevens is the owner and operator of the Muddy Springs Farm in Lincoln County, North Carolina. In this interview, Mr. Stevens explains how he became a farmer and how he manages to run a farm while also working a full-time job at Duke Energy. ...

Title: Jerry and Tanya Sumerel oral history interview, 2019 March 13
Creator: Sumerel, Jerry, 1943-
Date Created: 2019-03-13
Subjects--Topical: Beekeepers, Beehives, Agriculture, Pollination by bees, Honey, Honey, Comb, Insecticide
Description: Jerry and Tanya Sumerel are the owners of Honeysuckle Hill Bee Farm in Concord, North Carolina. They share the story of how Mr. Sumerel discovered apiary and fell in love with beekeeping. Mr. Sumerel describes the day-to-day activities of beekeepi...

Title: John Miller, Jr. oral history interview 1, 2011 September 6
Creator: Miller, John S. (John Sutton), Jr., 1930-2021
Date Created: 2011-09-06
Subjects--Topical: Rest homes, Rest homes--Administration, Nursing home patients, Farms, Agriculture, African Americans--Segregation
Description: In this interview John Miller, Jr., Superintendent of Green Acres Rest Home in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1961 to 1982, describes what life was like at the Mecklenburg County Home (later Green Acres Rest Home) during his childhood years when ...

Title: John Miller, Jr. oral history interview 2, 2011 September 14
Creator: Miller, John S. (John Sutton), Jr., 1930-2021
Date Created: 2011-09-14
Subjects--Topical: Rest homes, Rest homes--Administration, Rest homes--Government policy, Nursing home patients, Farms, Agriculture, Dairy farming, Laundries, African Americans--Segregation
Description: In this interview John Miller, Jr., Superintendent of Green Acres Rest Home in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1961 to 1982, continues to describe life at the rest home from his childhood through his time as superintendent. He shares memories of s...

Title: Matthew Watson oral history interview, 2019 April 3
Creator: Watson, Matthew, 1986-
Date Created: 2019-04-03
Subjects--Topical: Livestock farms, Agriculture
Description: Matt Watson is a third-generation cattle farmer in Chester, South Carolina. Mr. Watson, his wife, Kelly Watson, and his father run a 350 acre farm and rent an additional 80 acres. Mr. Watson describes how his grandfather, who was also a farmer, mo...

Title: Mike Smith oral history interview, 2019 April 17
Creator: Smith, Mike (Farmer)
Date Created: 2019-04-17
Subjects--Topical: Agriculture, Beef cattle, Farm management, Droughts, Tillage
Description: Mike Smith is the owner and operator of Big Oak Farm in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Mr. Smith shares that the farm has been in his family for nearly two hundred years and has been used to raise cotton, corn, and now beef cattle. In this interview,...

Title: Randall G. Patterson oral history interview, 2003 July 3
Creator: Patterson, Randall G.
Date Created: 2003-07-03
Subjects--Topical: Agriculture, Agritourism, Family farms, Field crops, Animals, Farm life, Landscape changes, Rural development, Environmental protection, Migrant labor
Description: Randall G. Patterson discusses his business owning and managing Patterson Farm in Rowan County, North Carolina. He details the crops and animals on the land and the farming practices and technology utilized by Patterson Farm. Mr. Patterson talks a...

Title: Shawn Chang oral history interview, June 17, 2003
Creator: Chang, Shawn Cheng
Date Created: 2003-06-17
Subjects--Topical: Agriculture, Land use, Rural, Farm life, Refugees, Hmong (Asian people), Hmong (Asian people)--Social life and customs, Hmong (Asian people)--Cultural assimilation, Hmong (Asian people)--Religion, Human rights advocacy, Traditional medicine, Environmental protection
Description: Shawn Cheng Chang discusses his relationship with the land in Catawba County, North Carolina as an immigrant from Thailand and Laos and his interest in advocating for the legal protection of Hmong people. He talks about his volunteer work, includi...

Title: Sherry Long oral history interview, 2003 August 19
Creator: Long, Sherry B. (Sherry Benfield), 1945-2018
Date Created: 2003-08-19
Subjects--Topical: Agritourism, Agriculture, Subsistence farming, Family farms, Field crops, Livestock, Animals, Horses, Trails, Farm life, Landscape changes, Rural development, Land use, Rural
Description: Sherry Long discusses her business owning and managing Hillside View Stables, built in 1991 and located in Mooresville, North Carolina. Ms. Long talks of her passion for horses and bringing that enjoyment to the public through agritourism. She rec...