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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: He gets home about the same time I do.
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1970-02-18
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Traffic congestion, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Topics include: Traffic congestion; Urban growth; Charlotte and Mecklenburg County

Title: Jeanne DeArmon Bates oral history interview 1, 2005 May 26
Creator: Bates, Jeanne DeArmon, 1912-2012
Date Created: 2005-05-26
Subjects--Topical: Families, Genealogy, Education, Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, Gold mines and mining
Description: Jeanne DeArmon Bates discusses life in Charlotte, North Carolina and her husband's family's role in the development of Charlotte. She talks about her early life moving from Pensacola, Florida to Columbus, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; and Baltimor...

Title: Stanford Brookshire oral history interview 2, 1973 April 3
Creator: Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
Date Created: 1973-04-03
Subjects--Topical: Mayors, Civil rights movements, Race relations, Bombings, Municipal water supply, Politics and government, Cities and towns--Politics and government, County government, Cities and towns--Growth, Civic centers--Planning, Urban renewal, City planning, Urbanization, Local transit, Roads--Design and construction--Planning, Roads--Design and construction, Police administration, Civic leaders
Description: In this second interview with Ed Perzel, Stanford Brookshire discusses his experiences as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1961-1969. He begins by talking about the bombing of four civil rights leader's homes in Charlotte in 1965 and his ro...