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Title: Margaret Boone McKenzie oral history interview, 1979 May 23
Creator: McKenzie, Margaret Boone, 1882-1980
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth, Voting, African Americans--Segregation, Family farms
Description: Margaret Boone McKenzie recounts her and her family's experiences living in Charlotte and Lumberton, North Carolina. Topics discussed include moving to Charlotte in the 1920s, the city's growth, and her father's farm in Lumberton.

Title: Mattie Creigton oral history interview, 2003 March 5
Creator: Creigton, Mattie, 1912-2004
Date Created: 2003-03-05
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, City and town life, Roads--Design and construction, Amusements, Voting, Christian life
Description: Mattie Creighton, a lifelong Charlottean, recalls growing up during the Great Depression in Charlotte, North Carolina and working as a young woman during the 1930s and 1940s. Ms. Creighton describes her hardships during the time period including s...