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Title: Bill Brown oral history interview 1, 2007 April 25
Creator: Brown, Bill, 1935-
Date Created: 2007-04-25
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Distilling, Illicit
Description: Bill Brown recalls his career as a stock car racing mechanic during the 1950s and 1960s. He describes his experiences growing up near Winston-Salem, North Carolina and building cars for races at Bowman Gray Stadium. Mr. Brown often prepared cars f...

Title: Bill Brown oral history interview 2, 2007 June 25
Creator: Brown, Bill, 1935-
Date Created: 2007-06-25
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile mechanics, Labor unions
Description: Bill Brown discusses his experiences as a mechanic for racecar drivers Billy and Bobby Myers during the 1950s. He recalls his relationship with the racing brothers and reflects upon his experiences with other racecar drivers such as Fireball Rober...

Title: Bill Mangum and Clyde Mangum oral history interview 1, 2007 April 4
Creator: Mangum, Bill, 1937-
Date Created: 2007-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Distilling, Illicit, Automobile racing--Societies, etc., Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Pit crews, Automobiles, Racing--Motors, Automobile mechanics
Description: In this first of two interviews, brothers Bill and Clyde Mangum describe the racing career of their father, Gordon Mangum, in the 1940s and 1950s. Gordon Mangum raced primarily on Virginia short tracks several times a week during a four month raci...

Title: Bill Mangum and Clyde Mangum oral history interview 2, 2009 April 8
Creator: Mangum, Bill, 1937-
Date Created: 2009-04-08
Subjects--Topical: Automobile racing drivers--Family relationships, Motorsports, Stock car racing, Distilling, Illicit, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobile racing drivers, Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Automobile racing--Societies, etc., Genealogy
Description: In this second of two interviews, brothers Bill and Clyde Mangum recount the experiences of their father, Gordon, who was a race car driver in the 1940s and 1950s. The Mangum brothers recall their father\u2019s love of short track racing in Virgin...

Title: Dorlan D. Mork oral history interview 2, 2014 August 25
Creator: Mork, Dorlan, 1932-
Date Created: 2014-08-25
Subjects--Topical: Public universities and colleges, Public universities and colleges--Administration, Wildlife refuges, Water--Pollution, Microelectronics, Telecommunication
Description: In this second of two interviews, Dr. Dorlan D. Mork, long-time employee of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, provides contextual background for three items he donated to the university's archives. First, he explains the booklet ...

Title: Eb Clifton oral history interview, 2008 March 11
Creator: Clifton, Eb, 1927-
Date Created: 2008-03-11
Subjects--Topical: Automobile mechanics, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Motorsports
Description: Eb Clifton recalls his 60-year career as a stock car racing mechanic and driver. After serving in the military during World War II, he opened a garage in King, North Carolina in 1949. Mr. Clifton describes how he learned to build race cars and fie...

Title: Ernest Henderson oral history interview, 2004 March 9
Creator: Henderson, Ernest, Sr., 1917-2011
Date Created: 2004-03-09
Subjects--Topical: Families, Family farms, Farm life, Molasses, African American schools, Segregation in education, Segregation, Military education, Air pilots, Military, African American air pilots, Flight training, Armed Forces, War
Description: Ernest Henderson talks about his experiences as an African American growing up in Mountville, South Carolina during the 1920s and later serving in the Army Air Corps as a flight instructor during World War II. Mr. Henderson describes attending hig...

Title: Ervin Brooks oral history interview, 2007 November 24
Creator: Brooks, Ervin L., 1956-
Date Created: 2007-11-24
Subjects--Topical: Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock cars (Automobiles), Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Automobile mechanics, Automobile racing drivers, Women automobile racing drivers, African American automobile racing drivers
Description: Ervin Brooks recounts the experiences of his father Earl's thirty-year career as a stock car driver. Earl developed a close friendship with fellow driver Wendell Scott racing on the short tracks of Virginia. Ervin describes his father's skill as a...

Title: Floyd Simmons oral history interview 2, 2004 March 26
Creator: Simmons, Floyd, 1923-2008
Date Created: 2004-03-26
Subjects--Topical: War, War stories, Battles, Combat, Land mines, War casualties, War wounds, Military hospitals, Olympics, Veterans
Description: Floyd "Chunk" Simmons continues his story in this second of three interviews with a discussion of his time serving in the 10th Mountain Division of the United States Army during World War II. Mr. Simmons arrived in Italy in August 1944 and stayed ...

Title: Floyd Simmons oral history interview 3, 2004 April 7
Creator: Simmons, Floyd, 1923-2008
Date Created: 2004-04-07
Subjects--Topical: War, Veterans, Universities and colleges, College sports, College students, College-student veterans, Decathlon, Decathlon--Training, Athletes, Olympics, Olympic athletes, Motion pictures, Acting, Photography
Description: In this last of three interviews, Floyd "Chunk" Simmons discusses his activities after serving in World War II, including his time in the Olympics and in Hollywood as an actor. After the war, Mr. Simmons attended the University of North Carolina a...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 10, 2007 July 2
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2007-07-02
Subjects--Topical: Cats in literature, Children's literature, Illustrations, Painting, Publishers and publishing, Puss in Boots (Tale)
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career during the early 1990s. In this tenth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses her work on Puss in Boots (1991). Ms. Haley rela...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 11, 2007 September 21
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2007-09-21
Subjects--Topical: Block printing, Children's literature, Illustrations, Jack tales, Mountains--Folklore, Storytelling, Wood-engraving--Printing
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her career during the early 1990s. In this eleventh of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses her work on Mountain Jack Tales (1992). Ms. Ha...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 12, 2008 January 16
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2008-01-16
Subjects--Topical: Children's literature, Illustrations, Jack tales, Mountains--Folklore, Puppet making, Storytelling
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career during the early 1990s. In this twelfth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley continues the conversation from her eleventh interview a...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 13, 2008 January 18
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2008-01-18
Subjects--Topical: Acrylic painting, Chapbooks, Children's literature, Folk literature, Illustrations
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career in the 1990s. In this thirteenth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley recalls her work on Dream Peddler (1993). Ms. Haley describes h...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 14, 2008 April 25
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2008-04-25
Subjects--Topical: Cherokee literature, Children's literature, Illustrations, Painting, Storytelling
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses her career in the mid 1990s. In this fourteenth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley reflects on her work on Two Bad Boys (1996). Ms. Haley rec...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 15, 2008 July 28
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2008-07-28
Subjects--Topical: Children's literature, Folk literature, Illustrations, Kokopelli (Pueblo deity), Painting
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her career in the early 2000s. In this fifteenth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses her work on Kokopelli (2003). Ms. Haley describes...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 16, 2009 January 30
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2009-01-30
Subjects--Topical: Alcoholics in literature, Alcoholism in literature, Alcoholism counseling, Children's literature, Collage, Illustrations
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career in the mid 2000s. In this final interview of sixteen, Ms. Haley describes her work on My Father's Beast (2006). Ms. Haley recalls...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 2, 2006 January 27
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2006-01-27
Subjects--Topical: Block printing, Caldecott Medal, Children's literature, Color separation, Folk literature, Illustrations, Linoleum block-printing, Publishers and publishing, Storytelling, Wood-engraving--Printing
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her early adulthood and discusses her first interactions with the publishing world. In this second of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley recounts ...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 3, 2006 April 13
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2006-04-13
Subjects--Topical: Children's literature, Environmentalism, Illustrations, Linoleum block-printing, Noah's ark, Painting, Pen drawing, Publishers and publishing
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her life and evolving career during the 1970s. In this third of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses the period in her life in which she a...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 4, 2006 May 30
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2006-05-30
Subjects--Topical: Cats in literature, Children's literature, Costume design, Gouache painting, Illustrations, Kate Greenaway Medal, Working cats
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career during the mid to late 1970s. In this fourth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses The Post Office Cat (1976), which was awa...

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