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Title: Bill Brown oral history interview 1, 2007 April 25
Creator: Brown, Bill, 1935-
Date Created: 2007-04-25
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Distilling, Illicit
Description: Bill Brown recalls his career as a stock car racing mechanic during the 1950s and 1960s. He describes his experiences growing up near Winston-Salem, North Carolina and building cars for races at Bowman Gray Stadium. Mr. Brown often prepared cars f...

Title: Bill Brown oral history interview 2, 2007 June 25
Creator: Brown, Bill, 1935-
Date Created: 2007-06-25
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile mechanics, Labor unions
Description: Bill Brown discusses his experiences as a mechanic for racecar drivers Billy and Bobby Myers during the 1950s. He recalls his relationship with the racing brothers and reflects upon his experiences with other racecar drivers such as Fireball Rober...

Title: Hanes Hosiery Women's Basketball panel discussion, 1996 March 3
Creator: Bauguess, Mildred Little, 1932-2013
Date Created: 1996-03-30
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Hosiery workers, Softball
Description: Historian Pamela Grundy leads a panel discussion at the Levine Museum of the New South with four former members of the Hanes Hosiery women's basketball team, Mildred "Milly" Baugess, Evelyn "Eckie" Jordan, Eunies Futch, and Hazel Phillips, who pla...

Title: Harold Smith oral history interview 2, 2008 March 19
Creator: Smith, Harold, 1932-
Date Created: 2008-03-19
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Drag racing, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Stock car drivers, Stock car racing, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors--Modification, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile racing--Accidents, Automobiles, Racing--Maintenance and repair, Automobile racing--Employees, Automobile racing drivers--Family relationships
Description: In this second interview, modified stock car mechanic, pit crew member, and motorsports enthusiast Harold Smith reflects on his experiences in the racing community from the 1950s through the time of interview. Mr. Smith describes how he began work...

Title: Marion Johnson oral history interview, 2009 February 25
Creator: Johnson, Marion Thomas
Date Created: 2009-02-25
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Farm life, Automobile racing--accidents, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile racing managers, Automobile racing drivers, Flags
Description: Marion Johnson discusses his career as a flagman for stock car races, spanning the 1950s to the 1990s. He began his career working at dirt tracks throughout the state of North Carolina. Mr. Johnson also served as a flagman for NASCAR races, includ...

Title: Mike Finley Show, WSJS 600 AM, Winston-Salem, tape 1, part 1
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996-03-13
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, Primaries--U.S. states, Medicare--Costs, Medicaid, Social security--Government policy, Health insurance, Block grants, Medical care, Occupational training, Tobacco--Law and legislation, Military policy, Abortion--Government policy, Civil RICO actions, Firearms--Law and legislation, Education and state
Description: Charlie Sanders appears on the Mike Finley show on WSJS 600 AM. Sanders discusses his candidacy for senate and answers questions from Finley and from callers to the program. Sanders primarily discusses health care in the first part, including lowe...

Title: Mike Finley Show, WSJS 600 AM, Winston-Salem, tape 1, part 2
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996-03-13
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, Primaries--U.S. states, Environmental policy, Environmental policy--Economic aspects, Education and state, Drugs--Costs, Drugs--Research, Health insurance, Business enterprises--Political aspects, Job security, Budget deficits, Medicaid, Abortion--Government policy, Higher education and state
Description: Continuation of the Mike Finley show on WSJS 600 AM. Charlie Sanders is the guest and answers questions about his political views. Topics from caller's questions include: environmental policy and business, beating Jesse Helms, and the federal gove...

Title: Mike Finley Show, WSJS 600 AM, Winston-Salem, tape 2, part 1
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996-03-13
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, Primaries--U.S. states, Medicare--Costs, Medicaid, Social security--Government policy, Health insurance, Block grants, Medical care, Occupational training, Tobacco--Law and legislation, Military policy, Abortion--Government policy
Description: Charlie Sanders appears as a guest on Talk Back with Mike Finley, 600 WSJS to discuss his primary run to be the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Topics during the beginning interview portion of the recording include healthcare reform, insuran...

Title: Mike Finley Show, WSJS 600 AM, Winston-Salem, tape 2, part 2
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996-03-13
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, Primaries--U.S. states, Environmental policy, Environmental policy--Economic aspects, Education and state, Drugs--Costs, Drugs--Research, Health insurance, Business enterprises--Political aspects, Job security, Budget deficits, Medicaid, Abortion--Government policy, Higher education and state
Description: Continuation of the Mike Finley show on WSJS 600 AM. Charlie Sanders is the guest and answers questions about his political views. Topics from caller's questions include: environmental policy and business, beating Jesse Helms, and the federal gove...

Title: Mildred Bauguess oral history interview, 1993 May 14
Creator: Bauguess, Mildred Little, 1932-2013
Date Created: 1993-05-14
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Hosiery workers
Description: Mildred Little Bauguess discusses her basketball career at Claremont High School in Claremont, North Carolina and playing semi-professionally on the Hanes Hosiery Women's Basketball team during the 1940s and 1950s. She recalls the accolades, tourn...

Title: Sherry Long oral history interview, 2003 August 19
Creator: Long, Sherry B. (Sherry Benfield), 1945-2018
Date Created: 2003-08-19
Subjects--Topical: Agritourism, Agriculture, Subsistence farming, Family farms, Field crops, Livestock, Animals, Horses, Trails, Farm life, Landscape changes, Rural development, Land use, Rural
Description: Sherry Long discusses her business owning and managing Hillside View Stables, built in 1991 and located in Mooresville, North Carolina. Ms. Long talks of her passion for horses and bringing that enjoyment to the public through agritourism. She rec...

Title: William "Whitey" Norman oral history interview, 2007 September 18
Creator: Norman, Whitey, 1926-
Date Created: 2007-09-18
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile racing--accidents, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile mechanics, Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Parties
Description: Whitey Norman recalls his career as a race car driver during the 1950s. Growing up on a tobacco farm in Yadkin County, North Carolina, he remembers how he was interested in driving from a young age. After serving as a tank driver in the Second Wor...

Title: Winston-Salem Chronicle Editorial Board
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government, Primaries--U.S. states, Campaign funds, Race discrimination, Economic security, Job security, Education, Education, Higher, Education, Higher--Economic aspects, Student loans, Occupational training, Tax deductions, Medical care, Cost of, Health insurance--Costs, Medical technology--Patents, Public welfare, Vocational education
Description: Harvey Gantt is interviewed by the Winston-Salem Chronicle Editorial Board during his 1996 primary race to be the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate. Interview topics include comments that Democratic primary candidate Charlie Sanders made after ...

Title: Winston-Salem Town Meeting
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government, Primaries--U.S. states, Political participation, Public housing, Juvenile delinquency, Crime prevention, Absentee fathers, Parenting, Social values, Respect for persons, Public welfare, Education, Education and state, Economic development, Advertising, Political, Medicare, Older people, Debts, Public, Taxation--Law and legislation, Tax deductions, Subsidies, Affirmative action programs, Race discrimination, Firearms--Law and Legislation, Social security--Government policy
Description: Harvey Gantt attends a town meeting in Winston-Salem during his 1996 primary campaign for U.S. Senate. He first delivers a short speech outlining issues important to his campaign then opens the meeting up to questions. Gantt discusses his support ...

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