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Zack Wyatt oral history interview, 2019 April 1
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Creator
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Wyatt, Zack, 1980-
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Date Created
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2019-04-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban agriculture, Farms, Nonprofit organizations, Food security, African Americans--Social conditions
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Zack Wyatt is the executive director at Carolina Farm Trust, a non-profit organization founded in 2015 which seeks to support local farmers and to educate communities on the importance of local food. Mr. Wyatt provides insight into the challenges ...
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Yvette Huet oral history interview 2021, August 25
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Creator
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Huet, Yvette
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Date Created
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2021-08-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Immigrants, College teachers, College students, Mexican Americans
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Dr. Yvette Huet, Professor of Applied Physiology, Health and Clinical Science, and Director of the ADVANCE Faculty Affairs and Diversity Office at UNC Charlotte, discusses how being a first-generation immigrant has affected her life. Dr. Huet refl...
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Yung Citizen oral history interview, 2022 April 25
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Yung Citizen
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Date Created
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2022-04-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Hip-hop (music)
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In this interview, Christopher Williams discusses his life growing up in Charlotte and how he was introduced to music as a child by an uncle who works for universal records. He briefly mentions getting into making beats and the inspiration behind ...
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Yuliana Ganan oral history interview 2021 April 1
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Creator
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Ganan, Yuliana
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Date Created
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2021-04-01
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Subjects--Topical
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COVID-19 (Disease), COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Black lives matter movement, Protest movements, Presidential Elections
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UNC Charlotte student Yuliana Ganan discusses her experiences during 2020 with reference to the COVID-19 pandemic, protests against police brutality, the Capitol insurrection, Presidential election, and other topics. [All times approximate]. [00:4...
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Winslow H. Hartford oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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Hartford, Winslow H.
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Manners and customs, Citizens' associations, Local government--Citizen participation
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Winslow H. Hartford describes his experiences growing up in Newton, Massachusetts and attending Boston University during the time of the Great Depression. Other topics discussed include his work as a professor at Belmont Abbey College, national tr...
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Wilma Conder oral history interview, 1993 September 22
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Creator
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Conder, Wilma H., 1923-2014
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Date Created
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1993-09-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Industrial relations, Automation, Foundries--Automation, Pipe mills, Plastics industry and trade, Plastics--Molding, Plastics workers, Shipment of goods, Teams in the workplace, Women blue collar workers, Work environment
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In her interview, Wilma Conder recounts her twenty-five years at the Charlotte Pipe and Foundry plastics plant. Mrs. Conder discusses her job as an operator of a large molding machine, noting her pioneering efforts in this position as few women da...
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Willie Coleman oral history interview, 2001 November 1
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Creator
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Coleman, Willie S., 1924-2018
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Date Created
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2001-11-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural families, Country life, African American families, Depressions, Community gardens, Cotton growing, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Canning and preserving, Cooking, American, Folklore
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Willie Coleman recounts her lifelong involvement with gardening and her memories of her family. She discusses growing up in Matthews, North Carolina, attending school in Steele Creek, living through the Great Depression as a child, and working at ...
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William U. Harris oral history interview, 2004 May 4
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Harris, William Ussery, 1936-
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Date Created
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2004-05-04
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Urban renewal, Segregation in education, Manners and customs, African American neighborhoods, African American school children, African American families, Education
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William Harris shares his memories of growing up in the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward. He discusses his career as a principal at Myers Street Elementary School and Biddleville Elementary School, and ...
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William T. Alexander oral history interview 3, 1992 Spring
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Creator
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Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
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Date Created
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1992
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Subjects--Topical
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Rich people, Work environment, Insurance agents, Rural conditions, Business enterprises, Competition, Soldiers
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In this last of three interviews, Charlotte native William T. Alexander describes his early career in the 1920s-1930s working in several places across the United States as well as his time in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mr. Alexander talks ...
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William T. Alexander oral history interview 2, 1992 April 25
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Creator
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Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
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Date Created
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1992-04-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural schools, Public schools, Education, Education, Rural, Rich people, School children--Transportation, Student activities, Corporal punishment of children, Universities and colleges, College students, Amusements
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In this second of three interviews, William T. Alexander describes his education and schooling in Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina during the early twentieth century. Mr. Alexander describes attending different school...
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William T. Alexander oral history interview 1, 1992 Spring
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Creator
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Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
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Date Created
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1992
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Subjects--Topical
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Families, Rich people, Genealogy, Carriages and carts, Christian life, Plantations, Family farms, Cotton, Freedmen, Farm life, Education, Livestock, African Americans--Segregation, Sharecropping
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In this first of three interviews, William T. Alexander describes growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina in the Mallard Creek Church region during the early twentieth century and how the area changed over time. Mr. Alexander's ancestors were some...
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William Samuel Dunlap oral history interview, 2006 December 1
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Creator
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Dunlap, William Samuel, 1940-
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Date Created
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2006-12-01
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Civil rights, Civil rights movements, Civil rights workers, High school athletes, Police brutality, Race discrimination, Urban renewal
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William Samuel Dunlap, commonly known as Sam, recounts his life in Charlotte's Brooklyn neighborhood, focusing on his success as a student-athlete at J.H. Gunn High School and his time as a student at Carver College. Mr. Dunlap describes joining n...
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William S. Summer oral history interview, 2006 August 9
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Summer, William S. (William Smith), 1931-2017
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Date Created
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2006-08-09
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Subjects--Topical
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White supremacy movements, Hate groups, Political and social views, Community organization, Racism, Race discrimination, Political persecution
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William S. Summer describes his early life growing up in Newberry County, South Carolina and his experiences as a member of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Mr. Summer discusses how he became a member of the KKK, including attending his first Klan rally an...
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William Means Stewart, Jr., oral history interview 2, 2019 September 11
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Stewart, William Means, Jr., 1917-
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Date Created
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2019-09-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Accounting, Landowners--Attitudes, Construction industry, Cities and towns--Growth, Veterans
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In this second of two interviews, William "Bill" Stewart describes the university area of Charlotte, North Carolina, from the 1960s to 2000s, discusses Charlotte College's and later Walmart's moves to the area, and shares his opinion abo...
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William Means Stewart, Jr., oral history interview 1, 2019 August 1
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Stewart, William Means, Jr., 1917-
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Date Created
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2019-08-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Farm life, Baseball, College students, Soldiers, Veterans, Accounting
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In this interview, William "Bill" Stewart shares memories of his life growing up in the Newell community near Charlotte, North Carolina, of his college days at Elon College in the 1930s, and of his military service in World War II. He tells about ...
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William J. McCoy oral history interview, 2013 January 31
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Creator
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McCoy, William J.
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Date Created
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2017-02-22
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Subjects--Topical
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State bonds, College buildings, Campus planning, Doctor of philosophy degree, Urban universities and colleges
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Dr. William J. McCoy, Professor Emeritus and former Associate Vice Chancellor for Extended Academic Programs at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, talks about the tenure of Chancellor James H. Woodward. Dr. McCoy relates how he came to...
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William Gorelick oral history interview, 2017 May 3
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Gorelick, William, 1934-
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Date Created
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2017-07-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Consumer finance companies, Mortgage loans, Credit cards, Immigrants, Real estate business, Rental housing--Finance, Endowments, Marriage
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William ("Bill") Gorelick, a prominent Charlotte, North Carolina, business executive and philanthropist, discusses his life, his family, the family businesses, philanthropy, and the history and future of the city of Charlotte. He begins with the s...
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William Fullerton oral history interview 2021 April 6
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Creator
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Fullerton, Will (Will Tyler)
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Date Created
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2021-04-06
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Subjects--Topical
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COVID-19 (Disease), COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Black lives matter movement, Protest movements, Presidential Elections
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UNC Charlotte student William Fullerton discusses his experiences in 2020 with reference to the COVID-19 pandemic, protests against police brutality, Capitol insurrection, the Presidential election, and other topics. [All times approximate]. [00:0...
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William Frank Bonham oral history interview, 2006 November 16
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Bonham, William Frank, 1927-
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Date Created
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2006-11-16
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Subjects--Topical
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African American business enterprises, African Americans--Segregation, Police brutality, Race discrimination, Urban renewal--Social aspects
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William Frank Bonham discusses his life growing up in segregated Charlotte and his significant contributions to the community, in particular his involvement in the local branch of the NAACP and his career as one of the first black telegram deliver...
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William David Siegfried oral history interview, 2013 January 28
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Siegfried, William David, Jr., 1945-
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Date Created
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2013-01-28
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Subjects--Topical
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College buildings, Doctor of philosophy degree, Urban universities and colleges
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Dr. William (Bill) David Siegfried, Jr. talks about how the University of North Carolina at Charlotte established a presence in downtown Charlotte. He describes how he came to UNC Charlotte as a Professor of Psychology in 1976. He then relates the...
