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Title: A concept for Charlotte's future : a study paper
Creator: Smith, Hoke, III
Date Created: 1972
Subjects--Topical: City planning, Cities and towns--Growth, Commerce

Title: Al Rousso oral history interview, 1989 February 26
Creator: Rousso, Al, 1924-2001
Date Created: 1989-02-26
Subjects--Topical: Jews, Judaism--Customs and practices, Jewish way of life, Jews--Political activity, Religious tolerance, Religious discrimination, Local government, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Prominent jeweler Al Rousso talks about his experiences as a member of Charlotte, North Carolina's Jewish community. He praises the religious education the temples offer to local children and the various activities for Jewish congregants. He recal...

Title: Andy Calhoun oral history interview, 2021 April 6
Creator: Calhoun, Andy
Date Created: 2021-04-06
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Cities and towns--Growth, Equality, Social problems--Economic aspects
Description: Andy Calhoun spent his entire career at the Charlotte YMCA. He started as an assistant youth director in 1972 and retired as CEO in 2016. During that time, he helped manage an era of rapid growth of the Charlotte YMCA, which paralleled the tremend...

Title: Astrid Chirinos oral history interview, 2002 September 11
Creator: Chirinos, Astrid, 1960-
Date Created: 2002-09-11
Subjects--Topical: Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Americans--Social conditions, Emigration and immigration, Nationalism, Sex role, Biculturalism, Religion and culture, Cities and towns--Growth, Globalization
Description: Astrid Chirinos discusses her experience as a Venezuelan immigrant to the United States. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Ms. Chirinos moved to Raleigh, North Carolina with the encouragement of her father to attend St. Mary's College. Ms. Chirinos shar...

Title: Benjamin F. Withers oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Withers, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1900-1992
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Automobiles, Cities and towns--Growth, Parades
Description: Benjamin Withers shares his memories of Charlotte, North Carolina during the first thirty years of the twentieth century. He describes the city's geography including businesses, theaters, the original Charlotte Speedway (built in 1924 in the Pinev...

Title: Bill Veeder oral history interview, 2004 April 23
Creator: Veeder, Bill (William), 1923 or 1924-2011
Date Created: 2004-04-23
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth, City planning, Urban renewal, African American neighborhoods, African American families, African Americans--Housing
Description: Bill Veeder recounts his experiences as the city manager of Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1960s and his involvement with the city's urban renewal program. He discusses working with the Charlotte City Council; the executive director of the C...

Title: Blanche Leak Gluyas oral history interview 1, 1979 May 23
Creator: Gluyas, Blanche Leak, 1889-1989
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Stenographers, Telecommunication, Women employees, Manners and customs, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Blanche Leak Gluyas describes her work as a stenographer for Southern Bell in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1900s and 1910s and as a secretary with the State Department during World War II. Other topics discussed include prominent families ...

Title: Blanche Leak Gluyas oral history interview 2, 1979 May 25
Creator: Gluyas, Blanche Leak, 1889-1989
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Amusements, Manners and customs, City and town life, Cities and towns--Growth, Social values
Description: In this second interview for the WSOC project, Blanche Leak Gluyas shares her extensive knowledge about the development of Charlotte since the late 1800s, this time focusing on the city's entertainment and recreation. Other topics include the neig...

Title: Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 2, 2002 April 2
Creator: Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
Date Created: 2002-04-02
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, Farms, Farm life, Police, Chain gangs, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, Alcohol trafficking, Prohibition, Bookkeeping
Description: Bobbie Nell Earnhardt was born on Graham St. in Charlotte, North Carolina; she discusses growing up in Charlotte in the 1930s and shares her family's stories. She tells about her mother working at the handkerchief factory, which turned into the Ol...

Title: Charlotte annexation cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1980-01-15
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Annexation (Municipal government), Cities and towns--Growth, Municipal government, Cities and towns--Politics and government
Description: Topics include: Municipal annexation; Matthews (N.C.); Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government

Title: Charlotte downtown redevelopment cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1968-06-16
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Cities and towns--Growth, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Municipal services
Description: Topics include: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government; Urban growth

Title: Charlotte's growing needs cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-07-17
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Municipal government, Local taxation--Law and legislation, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Topics include: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County politics and government; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County taxes; Charlotte City Council

Title: Charlotte, the big build-up
Creator (Corporate): Charlotte Chamber of Commerce (Charlotte, N.C.). Industrial Department
Date Created: 1961
Subjects--Topical: Architecture, Buildings, Cities and towns--Growth

Title: Curtina P. Simmons oral history interview, 2004 April 13
Creator: Simmons, Curtina P. (Curtina Perkins), 1941-
Date Created: 2004-04-13
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, African American neighborhoods, African American schools, African American churches, African American business enterprises, African Americans--Economic conditions, African Americans--Education, Cities and towns--Growth, Urban renewal
Description: Curtina Simmons shares her memories of living in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, also known as Second Ward, during the mid-twentieth century. Ms. Simmons moved to Second Ward as a child in the 1940s. She describes her educa...

Title: Cynthia Horton oral history interview, 2016 March 16
Creator: Horton, Cynthia, 1955-
Date Created: 2016-03-16
Subjects--Topical: Gentrification, Cities and towns--Growth, African American families, African American neighborhoods, Urban poor--Social conditions
Description: Cynthia Horton, a new member of the Optimist Park neighborhood, reflects on her childhood in Wilmington, North Carolina and notes regret that her decision to marry early prevented her from going to college. She discusses her impression that the Op...

Title: David Goldfield lecture, circa 1991
Creator: Goldfield, David R., 1944-
Date Created: circa 1991
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth, City planning, Rural-urban migration, Migration, Internal, Race discrimination, Corporations--Growth, Urban renewal
Description: In this 1991 lecture, "A Southern Century," UNC Charlotte history professor Dr. David Goldfield discusses the changing social and economic status of the American South in the twentieth century. Setting the context for the growth that took shape in...

Title: Denny Hammack oral history interview, 2021 September 23
Creator: Hammack, Denny
Date Created: 2021-09-23
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Cities and towns--Growth, Gentrification
Description: Longtime YMCA board member Denny Hammack has been especially involved with the Johnston YMCA, which began as a project of the Johnston Mill in the early 1950s. The North Charlotte area, now known as North Davidson or NoDa, has undergone many chang...

Title: Donald G. Bryant oral history interview, 2004 March 24
Creator: Bryant, Don, 1923-2013
Date Created: 2004-03-24
Subjects--Topical: Urban renewal, African American business enterprises, African American neighborhoods, Segregation, Political and social views, Political participation, City councils, City council members, Cities and towns--Growth, City managers
Description: Donald G. Bryant discusses his role as the only dissenting voice on the Charlotte City Council (1961-1965) in opposition to Charlotte's urban redevelopment plan. He agreed with the other city council members that poverty and poor living conditions...

Title: Dorothy Coplon oral history interview, 1994 March 6
Creator: Coplon, Dorothy, 1935-
Date Created: 1994-03-06
Subjects--Topical: Jews--Social life and customs, Judaism--Customs and practices, Cities and towns--Growth, Political campaigns, Jewish women--Political activity, Municipal government, Antisemitism, Voluntarism
Description: Dorothy Coplon discusses the Jewish community while growing up in New Bern, North Carolina and her life after moving to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1959. She describes going to Tuesday services at her temple in New Bern and she expresses her appr...

Title: Dr. Luther Kelly Jr. oral history interview, 1993 June 29
Creator: Kelly, Luther, 1925-1995
Date Created: 1993-06-29
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth, Neighborhoods, Basketball, Basketball players, Basketball stories
Description: Dr. Luther Kelly and his wife Susan discuss Dr. Kelly's grandfather, F.C. Abbott, and how he played in the very first basketball game in 1891 at Springfield College. The Kellys also talk about the history of basketball and its founder, Dr. James N...

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