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Belton, Jonathan oral history interview, 2014 September 1
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Creator
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Belton, Jonathan P., 1956-2016
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Date Created
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2014-09-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Rivers, Tadpoles, Swimming, Summer
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Description
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Jonathan Belton describes his childhood activities playing with his friends in Briar Creek adjacent to the neighborhood of Grier Heights in Charlotte, North Carolina. He describes catching tadpoles and digging out gray clay from the banks of the c...
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Grier Heights group oral history interview with Hawthorne Broadway, L.C. Clifton, Willie Davis, Marvin Price, and Porgie Wallace, 2014 September 1
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Creator
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Broadway, Hawthorn, 1937-
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Date Created
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2014-09-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Fishing, Floods, Segregation, Swimming, Swimming pools, Rivers
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Description
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Five men, who grew up in the Grier Heights neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1940s and 1950s recall swimming in the local creeks. and specifically in a place that they called the "Big Boy Hole," on Briar Creek behind the Mint Mu...
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Hall, Curley and Laura Rankin oral history interview, 2014 May 27
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Creator
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Hall, Curley
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Date Created
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2014-05-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Baptism, Bus travel, Transportation, Rivers
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Description
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Laura Rankin and Curley Hall discuss attending baptismal services while members of the Shiloh Baptist Church on Elmin Street in Reid Park, Charlotte, North Carolina. Curley Hall describes living in the old Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte and be...
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Hall, Rickey oral history interview, 2014 May 27
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Creator
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Hall, Rickey (Rickey Vaughn), 1957-
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Date Created
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2014-05-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Floods, Swimming, Rivers
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Description
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Rickey Hall recalls his childhood adventures swimming in Irwin Creek and its tributaries in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He imparts the importance of creek greenways for the communities in Charlotte. He discusses the importanc...
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Hare, Ron oral history interview, 2014 July 16
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Creator
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Hare, Ron (Ronald C. Jr.), 1935-
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Date Created
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2014-07-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Floods, Rivers
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Description
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Ronald Hare discusses his contributions to a flood mitigation project done by Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He relates the process by which houses were acquired by the county and then torn down in order to turn the area into an ecological ga...
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Joyce Burt and Roger Burt oral history interview, 2003 February 1
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Creator
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Burt, Joyce W. (Joyce Wallace)
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Date Created
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2003-02-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Sewerage, Rural, Animals, Natural areas, Rural development, Hunting, Wildlife conservation, Deforestation, Livestock, Rivers, Trails
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Description
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Joyce Burt, Roger Burt, and Joyce's brother, Danny Wallace, recount the history of the land and the community in Gaston County, North Carolina. They broadly talk about the land and natural environment in their region, including wildlife within the...
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Menhinick, Ed and Pozy Menhinick oral history interview, 2014 May 9
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Creator
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Menhinick, Edward F. (Edward Fulton), 1935-
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Date Created
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2014-05-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Bluegill, Catfishes, Environmental impact statements, Gold, Largemouth bass, Silt, Sunfishes, Rivers
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Description
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Dr. Ed Menhinick discusses his history from the late 1960s until around 2010. He remembers how he got started in finding fish in the streams of North Carolina. He discusses doing environmental impact reports for the county and the state on the con...
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Robert Eades oral history interview, 2002 October 20
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Creator
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Eades, Robert (Robert O.)
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Date Created
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2002-10-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Land use, Rural, Mills and mill-work, Hunting, Fishing, Community development, Urban, Cotton growing, Ponds, Rivers, Camp meetings, County government, Zoning, Animals
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Description
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Robert Eades discusses the history of the land in Catawba County and Long Island, North Carolina, along with how the area has changed in recent years. Mr. Eades talks about cotton mills, which had closed by the time of interview; cotton farming, n...
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Rozzelle, Rusty oral history interview, 2014 February 5
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Creator
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Rozzelle, Rusty (Russell Sloan), 1956-
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Date Created
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2014-02-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Greenways, Federal Water Pollution Control Act (United States), Stream channelization, Stream ecology, Water--Pollution, Rivers
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Description
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Rusty Rozzelle, manager of the Mecklenburg County Water Quality Program gives an historical background of the treatment of creeks and streams in Mecklenburg County. He discusses pollutants and methods to restore the creeks. He describes laws and o...
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Stokes, Bill oral history interview, 2014 July 31
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Creator
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Stokes, Bill, 1949-
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Date Created
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2014-07-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Kayaking, Rivers
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Bill Stokes of Lancaster, South Carolina discusses his hobby of kayaking up and down the Catawba River, and his hobby of collecting the balls that he has found floating down the river. He describes the condition and quantities of trash that come o...