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Title: Carmen Juárez Juárez oral history interview, September 6, 2002
Creator: Juárez Juárez, Carmen, 1958-
Date Created: 2002-09-06
Subjects--Topical: 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
Description: 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...

Title: Daisy Shipp oral history interview, 2004 March 24
Creator: Shipp, Daisy, 1944-
Date Created: 2004-03-24
Subjects--Topical: African American business enterprises, Nurses, School integration, Discrimination in education, Discrimination in employment, Racism, Urban renewal, Racism in medicine
Description: 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...

Title: James Kellogg oral history interview, 2021 February 23
Creator: Kellogg, James
Date Created: 2021-02-23
Subjects--Topical: Gay pride week, Gay pride celebrations, Community organization, LGBTQ+ visibility, LGBTQ+ communities
Description: 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...

Title: Jeanne G. Rauch and Marshall Rauch oral history interview, 1995 March 5
Creator: Rauch, Jeanne G., 1923-2010
Date Created: 1995-03-05
Subjects--Topical: Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Synagogues--Organization and administration, Small cities, Jewish cemeteries, Foster parents--Family relationships
Description: 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...

Title: Manuel Zapata oral history interview, 2002 August 29
Creator: Zapata, Manuel, 1940-
Date Created: 2002-08-29
Subjects--Topical: 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
Description: 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...

Title: Mildred M. Siderman oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Siderman, Mildred M. (Mildred McKee), 1919-2016
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Families--Social life and customs, Transportation, Floods
Description: Mildred M. Siderman recounts her years working as a practical nurse in Charlotte, North Carolina at Charlotte Memorial Hospital before she moved out of state in 1944. Other topics include how the North Carolina flood of 1916 affected her family in...

Title: Robert Kellogg oral history interview, 2021 March 4
Creator: Kellogg, Robert
Date Created: 2021-03-04
Subjects--Topical: Gay pride week, Gay pride celebrations, Community organization, LGBTQ+ visibility, LGBTQ+ communities, Local government
Description: 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...

Title: Will Hollisby oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Hollisby, Will, approximately 1903-
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, City and town life, Transportation
Description: 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...