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"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 1, 2006 December 11
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Creator
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Leeper, Hattie, 1930-
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Date Created
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2006-12-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African American families, Segregation, Segregation in education, Race relations, Corporal punishment of children, Disc jockeys, Popular music radio stations, African American radio stations
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Description
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In the first of three interviews, radio DJ "Chatty" Hattie Leeper discusses her early life in the Third Ward and Brookhill neighborhoods in Charlotte, North Carolina. She describes her family and neighborhood, and her experiences attending the seg...
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"Chatty" Hattie Leeper oral history interview 2, 2006 December 12
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Creator
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Leeper, Hattie, 1930-
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Date Created
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2006-12-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Disc jockeys, Popular music radio stations, African American radio stations, Radio broadcasting, Radio broadcasters, Radio audiences, Radio broadcasting--Social aspects, Radio advertising
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Description
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In the second of three interviews, "Chatty" Hattie Leeper discusses her career with AM radio station WGIV in Charlotte, North Carolina as a DJ during the 1940s-1960s. Mrs. Leeper describes the mix of music and talk played at the station, the types...
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Alfred Alexander oral history interview, 2001 May 10
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Creator
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Alexander, Alfred L., 1952-
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Date Created
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2001-05-10
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Civil rights movements, Segregation in education, School integration, Bombings, Busing for school integration, Discrimination in public accommodations, Group identity, Race relations
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Description
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Alfred Alexander describes his early life in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1950s-1970s as the son of prominent civil rights pioneer Kelly Alexander Sr., a leader in the Charlotte and the North Carolina branches of the NAACP. As a child he l...
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Barbara C. Steele oral history interview, 2004 April 1
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Creator
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Steele, Barbara C., 1932-2005
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Date Created
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2004-04-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban renewal, African American neighborhoods, Eminent domain, African Americans--Housing, African American families, Sports--Social aspects
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Description
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Barbara Steele recounts her childhood and life in Brooklyn, a historic African American neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, before it was torn down during urban renewal in the 1960s. She describes how close-knit and self-sufficient the comm...
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Barbara Campbell oral history interview, 1998 November 13
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Creator
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Campbell, Barbara, 1943-
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Date Created
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1998-11-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Girls' schools, Race relations, Racism, Foreign study, Political and social views, Managed care plans (Medical care), Abortion--Public opinion, Mass media--Influence, Recycling industry
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Description
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Longtime Charlotte resident Barbara Campbell discusses her life, career, and opinion on current political issues at the time of the interview. She talks about growing up in Long Island, New York, and attending an all girls' boarding school in Rhod...
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Barbara Ledford oral history interview, 1999 July 17
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Creator
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Ledford, Barbara, 1940-
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Date Created
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1999-07-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Public schools, School integration, Multicultural education, English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers, Students, School management and organization
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Description
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Barbara Ledford describes her experiences as a teacher and administrator within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system, where she was employed in several schools including East Charlotte High School, Northeast Junior High School, and West Charlot...
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Belle Banks oral history interview, 2002 January 25
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Creator
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Banks, Belle, 1918-2011
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Date Created
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2002-01-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Historic sites, Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration, Historic preservation, Regionalism, Manners and customs
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Description
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In this interview, librarian and historic preservationist Margaret "Belle" Banks describes her early life in Pennsylvania and Delaware, her move to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1944, and her role in restoring Cedar Grove and the Hugh Torrance Hous...
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Benjamin F. Wyant Jr. oral history interview, 1994 November 2
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Creator
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Wyant, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Frank), Jr., 1920-1998
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Date Created
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1994-11-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, African Americans--Employment, Industrial relations, Political and social views, Political parties, Segregation
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Description
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Benjamin F. Wyant, Jr. recounts his memories of growing up in the Charlotte neighborhood of Dilworth and of his forty-three year career at Duke Power Company. In particular, he recalls working as a boy at his father's family business during the ch...
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Betty Morgan oral history interview, 2006 March 26
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Creator
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Morgan, Betty, 1932-
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Date Created
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2006-03-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Rural families, Education, Rural, Education, Elementary, College students, Rural electrification
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Description
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Betty Morgan recounts her life growing up in rural Rowan County, North Carolina. One of nine children, Mrs. Morgan discusses growing up on her family's small farm and how they grew the majority of their own food, as well as cotton. The farm lacked...
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Brett Gilbert oral history interview, 2006 October 26
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Creator
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Gilbert, Brett, 1941-
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Date Created
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2006-10-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Race relations, Country life, Social values, Soldiers, Civil rights movements
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Description
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Brett Gilbert recounts his life and experiences in Lincoln County and in Charlotte, North Carolina. Growing up on a dairy farm in rural Lincoln County, Mr. Gilbert explains how most people were poor farmers and that with the exception of atomic bo...
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C. Vanessa Baxter oral history interview, 2004 December 21
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Creator
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Baxter, C. Vanessa, 1954-2007
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Date Created
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2004-12-21
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Subjects--Topical
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African American students, Discrimination in education, Racism in education, Segregation in education, School integration, Race relations, School violence, Foreign study
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Description
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Vanessa Baxter describes her experiences as a student in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools from 1959 through the early 1970s, focusing in particular on the impact of integration. Ms. Baxter describes attending an all-black elementary school, then movi...
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Christine Miller oral history interview, 2006 November 19
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Creator
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Miller, Christine P., 1927-
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Date Created
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2006-11-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Working mothers, Small business, Hardware stores, Tithes
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Description
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Christine Miller recounts her life growing up in Salisbury, North Carolina, as well as her forty years living in Charlotte. She describes living on her family's five-acre farm in the country outside of Salisbury and her time working at Ketner's Su...
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Cindy Thomson oral history interview, 2004 April 1
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Creator
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Thomson, Cindy, 1946-
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Date Created
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2004-04-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Feminism, Sexism, Sexism in mass media, Sex discrimination in employment, Feminism--Political aspects, Women--Social conditions, Women--Political activity
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Description
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Cindy Thomson recounts her experiences with the National Organization for Women (NOW) and as a feminist activist in Charlotte, North Carolina. She explains how she became involved with NOW, discusses her role in the development of the Charlotte ch...
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Connie Patton oral history interview 1, 2005 May 2
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Patton, Connie, 1925-
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Date Created
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2005-05-02
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Subjects--Topical
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African American neighborhoods, African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, Student activities, Social values, Youth--Employment, Soldiers
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Description
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Connie Patton shares his memories of his family, school life, and the Brooklyn neighborbood in Charlotte where he grew up during the 1930s and 1940s. Mr. Patton describes the Brooklyn of his youth as a close knit African American community with so...
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Daisy Stroud oral history interview 2, 2005 February 3
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Stroud, Daisy S., 1921-
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Date Created
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2005-02-03
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Segregation in education, School integration, Teachers, Race relations, Racism in education, School discipline
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Description
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Daisy Spears Stroud describes her life and experiences as an educator in the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system. Mrs. Stroud's teaching career spanned the transition from racially segregated to integrated education, and she describes working...
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David Goldfield lecture, circa 1991
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Creator
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Goldfield, David R., 1944-
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Date Created
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circa 1991
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns--Growth, City planning, Rural-urban migration, Migration, Internal, Race discrimination, Corporations--Growth, Urban renewal
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In this 1991 lecture, "A Southern Century," UNC Charlotte history professor Dr. David Goldfield discusses the changing social and economic status of the American South in the twentieth century. Setting the context for the growth that took shape in...
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David Hunter oral history interview 1, 1996 October 2
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Hunter, David, 1933-
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Date Created
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1996-10-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil rights, Discrimination in education, College teachers, College administrators, Educational equalization
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Dr. David Hunter discusses his personal experiences with education and his lifelong work as an educator in his hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. He describes growing up in the African American neighborhood of Cherry, attending segregated scho...
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Dink Widenhouse oral history interview, 2007 January 25
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Creator
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Widenhouse, Dink, 1932-
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Date Created
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2007-01-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Automobile racing, Motorsports, Stock car racing, Stock car racing--Accidents, Racetracks (Automobile racing), Automobiles, Racing--Design and construction, Distilling, Illicit
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Stock car driver and Concord, North Carolina native David "Dink" Widenhouse discusses his racing career from the late 1940s-1960s and his experiences with members of the racing community. Mr. Widenhouse describes how he began racing at the age of ...
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Don Williams oral history interview, 1993 October 22
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Creator
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Williams, Don, 1939-2004
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Date Created
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1993-10-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Foundries, Flextime, Foundry workers, Plastic pipe industry, Mechanization, Pipe mills, Piping--Design and construction, Work environment
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In this interview, Don Williams recounts his twenty-five year career at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry and discusses his current position in the company's newly created Industrial Division. Hired in 1968, Mr. Williams discusses how he came to wor...
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Dorothy "Dot" Hager oral history interview, 1993 November 2
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Creator
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Hager, Dorothy, 1936-
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Date Created
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1993-11-02
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Subjects--Topical
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Accounting--Technological innovations, Corporate treasurers, Corporations--Accounting, Employees--Effect of technological innovations on, Foundries--Accounting, Industrial relations, Pipe mills, Work environment
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Dorothy "Dot" Hager recounts her thirty-nine years at Charlotte Pipe and Foundry as she advanced from the payroll department to her position as secretary-treasurer in the accounting department. In her role as secretary-treasurer, she explains her ...