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Title
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Bryant McMurray oral history interview 1, 2016 August 10
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Interviewee
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McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
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Interviewer
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Nicholson, Joseph
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Place of Publication
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Publisher
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J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives
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Date of Interview
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2016-08-10
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Physical Description
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1 audio file (1:31:43) : digital, MP3
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Object Type
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sound recording-nonmusical
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Genre
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spoken word
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Language
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eng
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Interviewee Biography
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Bryant McMurray was a 69-year-old man at the time of the interview, which took place in his office in Fretwell Hall on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He was born in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in 1947. He was educated at the University of South Carolina and Appalachian State University, and was employed as a photojournalist, sports photographer, entrepreneur, and college teacher.
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Abstract
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Bryant McMurray describes his career as a photojournalist and sports photographer and his lifelong involvement with the motorsports industry. He recalls his upbringing in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and early interest in photography and stock car racing; his first assignments photographing news stories for South Carolina newspapers; and his fledgling efforts to establish a name for himself as a photographer of NASCAR and other racing events. Delineating the pioneering techniques he developed to market his photographs to news outlets, he tells of his rise from a struggling freelancer to a successful professional who served as the track photographer for the Charlotte Motor Speedway and photographed events as diverse as the 1974 Eastern Airlines crash in Charlotte and the visits to Charlotte of Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan. McMurray also describes his overseas stint as general manager of the Thunderdome Speedway in Melbourne, Australia, and the new directions his career has recently taken into television production and teaching courses on NASCAR history at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Digital Object Notes
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MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV production master file. Interview originally recorded on a Zoom H5 Handy Recorder.
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Interviewee Occupations
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Sports photographers
Photojournalists
College teachers
Businesspeople
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Subjects--Names
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McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
Smith, Bruton, 1927-2022
Wheeler, Humpy
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Subjects--Organizations
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NASCAR (Association)
Thunderdome Speedway (Melbourne, Vic.)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte Motor Speedway (Organization)
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Subjects--Topics
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Motorsports
Photography of sports
Stock car racing
Photojournalism
Photography—Marketing
Aircraft accidents
Visits of state
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Subjects--Geographic
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North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Concord
South Carolina—Rock Hill
Victoria—Melbourne
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Subjects--Genre
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Interviews
Oral histories
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Coverage--Dates
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1950-2010
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Digital Collection Title
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Bryant McMurray oral history interviews
Motorsports
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Rights
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This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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Internet Media Type
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audio/mpeg
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Related Interviews
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T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 1, 2005 December 7, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A128); T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 2, 2006 January 12, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A73); Bryant McMurray oral history interview 2, 2016 December 14 (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/motorsports%3A8179); Bryant McMurray oral history interview 3, 2017 January 18 (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/motorsports%3A8880); Bryant McMurray oral history interview 4, 2017 April 26 (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/motorsports%3A10262).
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Identifier
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OH-MC0592
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Handle URL
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/motorsports:6379