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Title: Elizabeth Callaway oral history interview, 1993 March 11
Creator: Callaway, Elizabeth McCall, 1919-2004
Date Created: 1993-03-11
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Country life
Description: Elizabeth McCall Callaway talks about learning to play basketball and her memories of playing on school teams in Catawba County and Charlotte, North Carolina. She played basketball starting in the seventh grade in Catawba County and played for fou...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 3, 1993 February 19
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 1993-02-19
Subjects--Topical: Teacher-student relationships, Methodist Church--Clergy, Social change
Description: In this 1993 interview, student Mitch Miles interviewed Dr. Loy Witherspoon, founding chair of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte, who relates his life story and reflects on changes that he witnessed in the American South between the 1930s and the...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 4, 2010 May 18
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 2010-05-18
Subjects--Topical: Methodist Church, Orphans, Orphanages, Amusements, Religion--Study and teaching, Clergy
Description: In this first of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon describes his family history, early life, and education. Topics include how he became an orphan and his positive experience living in The...

Title: Ned Jarrett oral history interview 1, 2007 June 6
Creator: Jarrett, Ned, 1932-
Date Created: 2007-06-06
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Automobile racing, Automobile racing drivers, Farm life, Automobile racing--accidents, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Pit crews, Success
Description: In this first of two interviews, Ned Jarrett recalls his driving career in stock car racing during the 1940s through 1960s. He talks about his experiences growing up on a farm in Catawba County in North Carolina. Mr. Jarrett explains that he learn...