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Title: Andy Baxter oral history interview, 1999 June 29
Creator: Baxter, Andy
Date Created: 1999-06-29
Subjects--Topical: Students, Public schools, School integration, Student government, Segregation in education, Race relations
Description: Andy Baxter talks about his experiences as a student at West Charlotte High School, where he was student council president in his senior year. Mr. Baxter reflects on his experiences with racial integration at the school, speaking at length about t...

Title: Barbara Ledford oral history interview, 1999 July 17
Creator: Ledford, Barbara, 1940-
Date Created: 1999-07-17
Subjects--Topical: Public schools, School integration, Multicultural education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Students, School management and organization
Description: Barbara Ledford describes her experiences as a teacher and administrator within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, where she was employed in several schools including East Charlotte High School, Northeast Junior High School, and West Charlot...

Title: Charlotte Mecklenburg survey. Vol. 5
Creator (Corporate): University of North Carolina (1793-1962). Institute of Government
Date Created: 1949-1950
Subjects--Topical: Public schools, Education, Politics and government

Title: Ellen T. Ruff oral history interview 1, Date 2018 April 18
Creator: Ruff, Ellen T. (Ellen Tarte)
Date Created: 2018-04-18
Subjects--Topical: Stuttering, Public schools, Law schools, Women executives, Women lawyers
Description: In this first of two interviews, Ellen T. Ruff, successful lawyer and Charlotte Duke Energy executive, discusses her earliest childhood memories of her life in rural Connecticut and what she knows about her family's history. Ms. Ruff goes int...

Title: Evelyn Van Hecke oral history interview, 1999 July 15
Creator: Van Hecke, Evelyn, 1958-
Date Created: 1999-07-15
Subjects--Topical: Art--Study and teaching, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, School integration, Race relations, Public schools, High school students, High school students--Societies and clubs
Description: Evelyn Van Hecke recounts her experience as an art teacher at West Charlotte High School in the 1980s and 1990s. Topics discussed include the role fine arts classes played in bringing students of all backgrounds together, her experiences working w...

Title: I say, let the schools handle the problem, we're not involved!
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1981-03-04
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Public schools, School vandalism, Local taxation, Cities and towns--Politics and government, County government, Municipal government
Description: Topics include: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County taxes; Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government

Title: Mary Lou and Jim Babb oral history interview, 1999 July 14
Creator: Babb, Mary Lou, 1948-
Date Created: 1999-07-14
Subjects--Topical: Open plan schools, School integration, Busing for school integration, Race relations, Public schools, Students, Parents' and teachers' associations
Description: Mary Lou and James "Jim" Babb recount their family's experiences attending West Charlotte High School during the height of school busing for integration in Charlotte, North Carolina during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Topics discussed include t...

Title: Now reel him in!
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-08-29
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Public schools, Municipal budgets, Municipal government
Description: Topics include: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Board of Education; Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners; Local budgets; School funding

Title: School opening delay cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1970-08-05
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, School integration, Busing for school integration, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Public schools
Description: Topics include: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; School integration; Busing for school integration; Public schools

Title: Sometimes I think we pay more attention to what he eats than to who drives him to school.
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1980-06-11
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Bus drivers, School children--Transportation, Public schools, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Metropolitan government, Municipal government
Description: Topics include: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools; Bus drivers; Public schools; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government

Title: Well, it finally stopped, but will it back up?
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1970-06-11
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, School children--Transportation, Public schools, Budget--U.S. states, U.S. states--Politics and government
Description: Topics include: School transportation; School children; Public schools; North Carolina budget; North Carolina politics and government; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government

Title: William T. Alexander oral history interview 2, 1992 April 25
Creator: Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
Date Created: 1992-04-05
Subjects--Topical: Rural schools, Public schools, Education, Education, Rural, Rich people, School children--Transportation, Student activities, Corporal punishment of children, Universities and colleges, College students, Amusements
Description: 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...