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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: J. Norman Pease oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Pease, J. Norman (James Norman), Sr., 1885-1987
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: City and town life, Cities and towns--Growth, Historic buildings, Municipal government, Voluntarism, Race relations, African Americans--Segregation, Business enterprises
Description: Architect J. Norman Pease shares his memories of Charlotte, North Carolina in the early twentieth century. He talks in detail about Charlotte in the 1920s, including the city's growth in population; the city's hotels, businesses, and churches; and...

Title: Joseph C. Boyarsky oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Boyarsky, Joseph C., 1892-1981
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Joseph C. Boyarsky discusses his service as a fighter pilot during World War I and how he became the postmaster of Charlotte. Other topics discussed include how he moved to Charlotte permanently after he married a woman he met while stationed at C...

Title: Martin Grossman oral history interview, 1979 May 24
Creator: Grossman, Martin L. (Martin Luther), 1903-2002
Date Created: 1979-05-24
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Electrical engineering, Electric industry workers, Work environment, Power-plants, Electric utilities, Tobacco industry, Cost control, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Martin Grossman recounts his long career as an engineer beginning in the early twentieth century and his experiences in Charlotte, North Carolina, after moving there in 1954. He describes his work in the energy sector with Celanese Corporation and...

Title: Samuel C. Poteat oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Poteat, Samuel C. (Samuel Charles), 1896-1981
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth, City and town life, Depressions, Country life, Family farms
Description: Samuel Poteat describes his experiences overseas serving in the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion while plagued with the flu and measles during World War I. Other topics discussed include cotton farming in Huntersville, North Carolina; businesses and en...