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Title: Beaumert Whitton oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Whitton, Beaumert, 1910-1990
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: World War, Boy Scouts, Scouting, Camping, Youth--Social life and customs
Description: Beaumert Whitton recounts the history of the Boy Scouts in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1910s and 1920s. Topics discussed include the founding of the city's first three troops, a short chronology of Mecklenburg County's Boy Scout...

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: Beverly Bergeson oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Bergeson, Beverly J. (Beverly Johnson), 1917-1998
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Older people--Care, Families, Leisure
Description: Beverly Bergeson discusses growing up in Jamestown, New York during the Great Depression and how the decades prior to World War II impacted her life. Topics discussed include her work with the elderly and the overall changing dynamic of families, ...

Title: Marshall I. Pickens oral history interview 2, 1979 March 23
Creator: Pickens, Marshall I. (Marshall Ivey), 1904-1991
Date Created: 1979-03-23
Subjects--Topical: Endowments, Community foundations, Charities--Management, Methodist Church
Description: Marshall I. Pickens recounts his fifty-year tenure working for the Duke Endowment fund in Charlotte, North Carolina. He explains the endowment’s purpose and lists some of the local institutions it has supported over the years, including local coll...

Title: R. Powell Majors oral history interview 1, 1979 May 23
Creator: Majors, R. Powell, 1906-2007
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Children's choirs, Boys' choirs, Choral conductors, Civic leaders
Description: 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 operat...

Title: Susan Hicks oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Hicks, Susan Bible, 1893-1996
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: War work--Red Cross, Social service, Nonprofit organizations
Description: Susan Hicks gives a brief history of the American Red Cross, particularly how it was organized and functioned in Charlotte, North Carolina during and after World War I. Topics discussed include types of social services provided by the Red Cross, o...