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Title: Joyce Burt and Roger Burt oral history interview, 2003 February 1
Creator: Burt, Joyce W. (Joyce Wallace)
Date Created: 2003-02-01
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Sewerage, Rural, Animals, Natural areas, Rural development, Hunting, Wildlife conservation, Deforestation, Livestock, Rivers, Trails
Description: 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...

Title: Robert Eades oral history interview, 2002 October 20
Creator: Eades, Robert (Robert O.)
Date Created: 2002-10-20
Subjects--Topical: Land use, Rural, Mills and mill-work, Hunting, Fishing, Community development, Urban, Cotton growing, Ponds, Rivers, Camp meetings, County government, Zoning, Animals
Description: 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...

Title: Stith, Pat oral history interview, 2014 July 28
Creator: Stith, Pat (William F.), 1942-
Date Created: 2014-07-28
Subjects--Topical: Journalism, Newspapers, Reporters and reporting, Sewage, Water--Pollution, Rivers
Description: Pat Stith recalls his first investigative journalism report as a newspaper reporter for The Charlotte News. He discusses his investigation of pollution and the piping of waste by industry into Little Sugar Creek and other creeks in Charlotte, Nort...