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Title: Anson Eaves oral history interview, 2019 March 28
Creator: Eaves, Anson E. (Anson Eugene), 1970-
Date Created: 2019-03-28
Subjects--Topical: Feed mills, Livestock, Farms
Description: Anson Eaves, owner and operator of Bethel Feed & Farm in Midland, North Carolina, discusses the past, current, and future operations of the feed mill, a third generation business originally owned by his grandfather. The interview covers a variety ...

Title: Esther Young oral history interview, 2003 March 1
Creator: Young, Esther B., 1923-2004
Date Created: 2003-03-01
Subjects--Topical: Family farms, Rural families, Depressions, African Americans--Segregation, Education, Rural, Families--Social life and customs, Politics and government, Sharecropping, Amusements
Description: Esther Young recalls her childhood in rural Cabarrus County, North Carolina during the early 1930s and summarizes her family's experiences during the Great Depression. Ms. Young explains that her family farmed throughout the Great Depression and w...

Title: Kate Brun oral history interview, 2019 April 4
Creator: Brun, Kate Lachance
Date Created: 2019-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Farmers' markets, Farmers, Women farmers, Greenhouse gardening
Description: Kate Brun, founder, owner, and operator of Lucky Leaf Gardens, (LLG), in Harrisburg, North Carolina, discusses the greenhouse farming of microgreens, and the past, current, and future operations of LLG, a business she started from her home in 2010...

Title: Louise Smith Brennan oral history interview, circa 1990-1999
Creator: Brennan, Louise Smith, 1922-2007
Date Created: circa 1990-1999
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Elections, Mills and mill-work, Political parties, Women legislators, Women--Political activity, Women political candidates
Description: Louise Brennan recounts her early life growing up in Concord, North Carolina. She discusses the important role of education in her upbringing and the prevalence of textile mills in the Concord area. She describes living near a mill village in Conc...

Title: Mary Jane White oral history interview, 1979 May 24
Creator: White, Mary Jane, 1904-1987
Date Created: 1979-05-24
Subjects--Topical: Farm life, Family farms, Education, Rural
Description: Mary Jane White discusses living on a family farm in Union County, North Carolina during the early twentieth century, then moving to Charlotte, North Carolina to work in a private household in 1927. Other topics include her education in a one-room...