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Title: Jim Price oral history interview, 1993 June 8
Creator: Price, James Wilson, 1921-2011
Date Created: 1993-06-08
Subjects--Topical: Foundries, Industrial relations, Ironwork, Mechanization, Mechanical engineering, Pipe mills, Piping--Design and construction, Work environment
Description: In this interview, Jim Price recounts his fifty years of service at the Charlotte Pipe and Foundry as well as his Air Force training during World War II. Mr. Price describes the working conditions at Charlotte Pipe as perilous in nature and discus...

Title: Maurice Peabody oral history interview, 1993 April 30
Creator: Peabody, Maurice E., 1913-2000
Date Created: 1993-04-30
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, Basketball stories, College sports, Basketball teams, School sports
Description: Maurice Peabody discusses his experiences playing basketball for Central High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Charlotte YMCA, and Davidson College during the 1930s. Mr. Peabody recounts some of the most memorable games he played over his ...

Title: Peggy Held oral history interview, 1996 July 17
Creator: Held, Peggy, 1920-2006
Date Created: 1996-07-17
Subjects--Topical: Choirs (Music), Revivals, Religious gatherings, Christian life
Description: Peggy Held recounts her time singing in the choir during Billy Graham's crusades in New York City and in Charlotte, North Carolina during the late 1950s. She discusses how her experience with the Graham crusades influenced her family's relocation ...