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Title: Connie Patton oral history interview 1, 2005 May 2
Creator: Patton, Connie, 1925-
Date Created: 2005-05-02
Subjects--Topical: African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, Student activities, Social values, Youth--Employment, Soldiers
Description: Connie Patton shares his memories of his family, school life, and the Brooklyn neighborbood in Charlotte where he grew up during the 1930s and 1940s. Mr. Patton describes the Brooklyn of his youth as a close knit African American community with so...

Title: Edmond J. Reizck oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Reizck, Edmond J. (Edmond Joseph), 1921-2011
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Soldiers, Veterans, City and town life
Description: Edmond J. Reizck recounts his memories of life in North Carolina and how Charlotte, North Carolina has changed throughout the years. He recalls his time in the U.S. Army National Guard in the Thirtieth Infantry Division during World War II and men...

Title: Otto Lutz oral history interview, 1974 March 25
Creator: Lutz, Otto, 1925-2017
Date Created: 1974-03-25
Subjects--Topical: War, Soldiers, Armed Forces--Swiss regiments, Border patrols, Rationing
Description: Otto Lutz discusses his time in the Swiss Army during World War II. He talks about growing up in Uster, Switzerland, ten to fifteen miles outside Zurich and how he was fourteen when World War II broke out. In 1944, he joined the Swiss Army, as all...

Title: William T. Alexander oral history interview 3, 1992 Spring
Creator: Alexander, William Tasse, 1904-1992
Date Created: 1992
Subjects--Topical: Rich people, Work environment, Insurance agents, Rural conditions, Business enterprises, Competition, Soldiers
Description: In this last of three interviews, Charlotte native William T. Alexander describes his early career in the 1920s-1930s working in several places across the United States as well as his time in the U.S. Army during World War II. Mr. Alexander talks ...