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Title: Pearl E. Grossman oral history interview, 1979 May 24
Creator: Grossman, Pearl E. (Pearl Emerich), 1907-1981
Date Created: 1979-05-24
Subjects--Topical: Manners and customs, Nursing, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Pearl E. Grossman recounts her move to Charlotte, North Carolina around the mid-1950s and the changes she witnessed in Charlotte during her time of residence. Topics discussed include her career working in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and volunteeri...

Title: Viola Boyd oral history interview 2, 2004 March 26
Creator: Boyd, Viola, 1911-2009
Date Created: 2004-03-26
Subjects--Topical: Racism, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, African American families, Middle class African Americans, Railroads--Employees, Country life, Beauty operators, Hairdressing of African Americans, Police-community relations
Description: In this follow-up interview, retired hairdresser Viola Boyd speaks about her life, career, and family. She begins by discussing her experiences while living in Philadelphia as a young wife at the age of 15 in the 1920s, including her search for a ...

Title: William C. E. Pfischner oral history interview, 2017 May 22
Creator: Pfischner, William C. E., 1922-2022
Date Created: 2017-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Physicians, Orphanages, Conscientious objectors, Medicine--Practice
Description: In this interview, Dr. William C.E. Pfischner discusses his thirty-year long career as a doctor for the U.S. Navy and for the Philadelphia Health Department, as well as his association with life partner Dr. Loy H. Witherspoon, founding chair of th...