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Title
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Candid shot of Hazel Beckham
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1947, 1948
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Subjects--Topical
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Photographic assistants, Work environment, Women
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Description
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Hazel Beckham sitting at desk at a commecial photography office, working on several photographic prints. Blinds and curtains cover the window. Printing on outside of window. Two phones, an adding machine, a lamp shade, and small postage scale are ...
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Don Williams oral history interview, 1993 October 22
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Creator
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Williams, Don, 1939-2004
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Date Created
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1993-10-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Foundries, Flextime, Foundry workers, Plastic pipe industry, Mechanization, Pipe mills, Piping--Design and construction, Work environment
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Description
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In this interview, Don Williams recounts his twenty-five year career at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry and discusses his current position in the company's newly created Industrial Division. Hired in 1968, Mr. Williams discusses how he came to wor...
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Dorothy "Dot" Hager oral history interview, 1993 November 2
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Creator
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Hager, Dorothy, 1936-
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Date Created
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1993-11-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Accounting--Technological innovations, Corporate treasurers, Corporations--Accounting, Employees--Effect of technological innovations on, Foundries--Accounting, Industrial relations, Pipe mills, Work environment
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Description
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Dorothy "Dot" Hager recounts her thirty-nine years at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry as she advanced from the payroll department to her position as secretary-treasurer in the accounting department. In her role as secretary-treasurer, she explains her ...
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Earl Raborn oral history interview, 1993 October 21
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Creator
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Raborn, Earl, 1927-2015
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Date Created
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1993-10-21
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Subjects--Topical
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Foundries--Environmental aspects, Foundries--Management, Industrial relations, Personnel directors, Personnel management, Personnel departments--Employees, Pipe mills, Pollution control industry, Work environment
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Description
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In this interview, Earl Raborn recounts his forty-five year career in the personnel department of Charlotte Pipe and Foundry. He discusses his role as personnel director and the developments that occurred during his leadership in the personnel dep...
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Eastern Air Lines ticket counter
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1949-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Airports, Airlines, Airport terminals, Work environment, Airlines--Employees, Women
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Description
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Three women in white blouses are sitting behind an Eastern Air Lines counter at Douglas Municipal Airport. Name plates in front of the women read (left to right): "At your service, Miss Kenyon; At your service, Miller; at your service, Suzanne Ben...
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Employees at First Citizens Bank
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1949-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Bank employees, Work environment, Banks and banking, Men, Women
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Description
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Two employees sit in the office at First Citizens Bank and Trust Company. The woman sits at a desk with a name plaquard, "Miss Bullock." There are wrapped Christmas presents at the desk.
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Hassey Gibson oral history interview, 1993 June 3
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Creator
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Gibson, Hassey R. (Hassey Richardson), 1910-1999
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Date Created
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1993-06-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Molding (Founding), Foundries, Ironwork, Piecework, Mechanization, Pipe mills, Piping--Design and construction, Work environment, Strikes and lockouts
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Description
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Hassey Gibson was a Charlotte Pipe and Foundry ironworker for fifty-two years. He began to work as a piece worker in 1925, but moved on to do various jobs within the plant. At the beginning of the interview, Mr. Gibson recounts his early work and ...
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Hazel Beckham at work
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Creator
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Sumner, William Hoke, Jr., 1912-1993
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Date Created
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1947, 1948
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Subjects--Topical
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Photographic assistants, Work environment, Women
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Description
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Hazel Beckham working at a commecial photography office reaching for the telephone. She has papers in her right hand with a pencil. Photographic prints are lying in front of her on her desk. She is wearing a ring on her right hand and a bracelet o...
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Jasper Barber oral history interview, 1993 September 22
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Creator
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Barber, Jasper Dennis, 1932-2002
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Date Created
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1993-09-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Foundries--Management, Foundry workers, Industrial relations, Plastic pipe industry, Piping--Design and construction, Pipe mills, Mechanization, Work environment
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Description
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Jasper Barber was a Charlotte Pipe and Foundry employee for twenty seven years at the time of the interview. Mr. Barber was hired in 1968 as a machinist for the newly created Plastics Division, and he discusses the various early practical and admi...
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Jim Price oral history interview, 1993 June 8
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Creator
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Price, James Wilson, 1921-2011
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Date Created
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1993-06-08
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Subjects--Topical
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Foundries, Industrial relations, Ironwork, Mechanization, Mechanical engineering, Pipe mills, Piping--Design and construction, Work environment
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Description
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In this interview, Jim Price recounts his fifty years of service at the Charlotte Pipe and Foundry as well as his Air Force training during World War II. Mr. Price describes the working conditions at Charlotte Pipe as perilous in nature and discus...
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John Archibald oral history interview, 2004 April 1
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Creator
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Archibald, John, 1925-2008
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Date Created
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2004-04-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Working class families, Working class, Mills and mill-work, Industrial housing, Vocational education, Shipyards, Labor unions, War, Americans--Public opinion, Bombings, Airplanes, Military, Poverty, Racism, Racism--Economic aspects, Work environment, Veterans
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Description
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John Archibald recounts growing up in the Leakesville-Spray area of Rockingham Country, North Carolina, his time as a soldier during World War II, and his life and career after the war. As Mr. Archibald grew older, he became aware that his educati...
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Kneever “Joe” Morrow, Sr. oral history interview, 1993 June 15
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Creator
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Morrow, Kneever, Sr., 1922-1999
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Date Created
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1993-06-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Foundry workers, Foundry workers--Labor unions, Labor unions, Strikes and lockouts, Ironwork, Piecework, Pipe mills, Piping--Design and construction, Land use, Urban--Social aspects, Work environment
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Description
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Kneever Morrow worked at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry for approximately thirty-two years, and he recounts the various jobs he held with the company. Mr. Morrow explains how he received his nickname, "Joe," while working at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry...
