Majors, R. Powell, 1906-2007

Causby, Anna

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1979-05-23

1 audio file (21:10) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (8 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

R. Powell Majors was a 72-year-old man at the time of interview. He was born in 1906 in Poole, Kentucky. He graduated from the University of Florida and was employed with Lance, Inc. as Secretary Treasurer and Director, and as fundraiser and director of the Central Piedmont Community College Foundation after retirement from Lance. He was also active in religious and civic organizations in Charlotte, and was president of the Charlotte Rotary Club from 1946-1947.

Former Charlotte Rotary Club president R. Powell Majors recounts his experience as one of the founding patrons for the Rotary-sponsored Charlotte Boys Choir. He discusses the history of the choir, as well as the administrative, support, and operational aspects of the organization. Mr. Majors devotes much of the interview to describing the choir's 1948 Christmas trip to New York City, where they performed on NBC Radio. He discusses the choir's many performances around the Carolinas including their weekly live performance on WBTV, as well as their appearance on the nationally broadcasted Ripley's Believe It or Not television program. Mr. Majors also reflects on the central role James McMillan's management played in the choir's success during its seventeen-year history.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on reel to reel, duplicate audio analog cassette digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Volunteers
Executives

Majors, R. Powell 1906-2007

Rotary Club of Charlotte (Charlotte, N.C.)
Charlotte Boys Choir
Rotary International. District 280 (Charlotte, N.C.)
Rotary International
National Broadcasting Company
WBTV (Television station : Charlotte, N.C.)

Children's choirs
Boys' choirs
Choral conductors
Civic leaders

North Carolina--Charlotte
New York (State)--New York

Interviews
Oral histories

1940-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

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R. Powell Majors oral history interview 2, December, 11 1997, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Charlotte Boys Choir records, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/364)

OH-MA0102

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:287