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Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 3, 1993 February 19
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 1993-02-19
Subjects--Topical: Teacher-student relationships, Methodist Church--Clergy, Social change
Description: In this 1993 interview, student Mitch Miles interviewed Dr. Loy Witherspoon, founding chair of Religious Studies at UNC Charlotte, who relates his life story and reflects on changes that he witnessed in the American South between the 1930s and the...

Title: Bill E. Bost oral history interview, 1993 March 15
Creator: Bost, Bill E. (Billy Earl), 1932-1995
Date Created: 1993-03-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, School sports, Basketball coaches, Teamwork (Sports), Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women--Coaching, Basketball teams, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Basketball--Social aspects, Basketball teams, Basketball stories
Description: Former player, coach, and educator Bill Bost discusses his personal experiences around the game of basketball. Living and coaching in Catawba County, North Carolina, Mr. Bost explains the pivotal role basketball serves in a small town, where playe...

Title: Erin Mackie and Renée Mackie oral history interview, 1993 October 15
Creator: Mackie, Erin
Date Created: 1993-10-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Women basketball players, Basketball teams, Sports--Social aspects, School sports
Description: High school student Erin Mackie and her mother Renée Mackie talk about Erin's experiences as a female basketball player at Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina. Topics discussed include Erin's early memories of falling in love with the sp...

Title: Vada Hewins and John Shayle Edwards oral history interview, 1993 March 15
Creator: Hewins, Vada
Date Created: 1993-03-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, School sports, Basketball--Tournaments, Farm life, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Basketball--Coaching
Description: Vada Hewins and her son, John Shayle Edwards, describe their early experiences playing basketball in Catawba County, North Carolina. Vada Hewins goes into detail about how the rules and regulations pertaining to women's basketball had evolved from...

Title: Karen Wimberly oral history interview, 1993 October 15
Creator: Wimberley, Karen
Date Created: 1993-10-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball fans, School sports--Coaching, Basketball for girls--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball teams, Basketball players, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Sex discrimination in sports
Description: Karen Wimberly describes her career coaching the girls basketball team at Bandys High School in Catawba, North Carolina. Mrs. Wimberly talks about witnessing the Bandys girls basketball team participate in the district championship when she was yo...

Title: Clara Carson oral history interview, 2002 September 27
Creator: Carson, Clara T.
Date Created: 2002-09-27
Subjects--Topical: Day care centers, Early childhood education, Camp meetings, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, Country life, Family farms
Description: Clara Carson discusses her day care business, the Catawba Child Development Academy in Catawba, North Carolina. She talks about the origins of the academy, which first opened in Smyre's Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church then moved to a new building ten ye...

Title: Loy H. Witherspoon oral history interview 4, 2010 May 18
Creator: Witherspoon, Loy H., 1930-2017
Date Created: 2010-05-18
Subjects--Topical: Methodist Church, Orphans, Orphanages, Amusements, Religion--Study and teaching, Clergy
Description: In this first of seven interviews given by Loy Witherspoon and conducted by Christina Wright, Dr. Witherspoon describes his family history, early life, and education. Topics include how he became an orphan and his positive experience living in The...