- North Carolina--Concord (x)
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1976 National 500
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Date Created
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1976-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Stock car racing
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Description
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The 1976 National 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on October 10, 1976, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. By 1980, NASCAR had stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles; most teams did...
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2002 Winston Press Conference
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Date Created
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2002-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Stock car racing
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Description
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This images in this collection document a press conference at Lowe's Motor Speedway in which several officials from R.J. Reynolds, which sponsored the Winston Cup Series until 2004, and Jeff Gordon participated.
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Charlotte Motor Speedway cartoon
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1969-06-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, County government, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Local taxation
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Description
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Topics include: Charlotte Motor Speedway; Concord and Cabarrus County politics and government
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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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Description
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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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Frances Blanton oral history interview, 1992 November 24
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Creator
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Blanton, Frances B.
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Date Created
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1992-11-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Social values, Country life, Manners and customs, Dating (Social customs), Homemakers
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Description
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Longtime Charlotte resident Frances Blanton discusses her family, and her childhood and adolescence. She describes visiting her grandparents on their farm in Cabarrus County, where they made their own butter, cream, and sausage. Mrs. Blanton began...
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Frances Flock oral history interview, 2008 January 30
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Creator
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Flock, Frances, 1928-
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Date Created
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2008-01-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Automobile racing, Motorsports, Stock car racing, Automobile racing drivers' spouses, Labor unions--Organizing, Distilling, Illicit
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Description
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Frances Flock, the wife of stock car driver Tim Flock, reminisces about her early life, Mr. Flock's career, and her involvement in the motorsports community. She talks about growing up in rural Atlanta, Georgia in the 1930s and 1940s, her cou...
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Jerry and Tanya Sumerel oral history interview, 2019 March 13
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Creator
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Sumerel, Jerry, 1943-
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Date Created
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2019-03-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Beekeepers, Beehives, Agriculture, Pollination by bees, Honey, Honey, Comb, Insecticide
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Description
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Jerry and Tanya Sumerel are the owners of Honeysuckle Hill Bee Farm in Concord, North Carolina. They share the story of how Mr. Sumerel discovered apiary and fell in love with beekeeping. Mr. Sumerel describes the day-to-day activities of beekeepi...
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Kate Brun oral history interview, 2019 April 4
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Creator
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Brun, Kate Lachance
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Date Created
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2019-04-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Farmers' markets, Farmers, Women farmers, Greenhouse gardening
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Description
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Kate Brun, founder, owner, and operator of Lucky Leaf Gardens, (LLG), in Harrisburg, North Carolina, discusses the greenhouse farming of microgreens, and the past, current, and future operations of LLG, a business she started from her home in 2010...
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Louise Smith Brennan oral history interview, circa 1990-1999
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Creator
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Brennan, Louise Smith, 1922-2007
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Date Created
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circa 1990-1999
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Elections, Mills and mill-work, Political parties, Women legislators, Women--Political activity, Women political candidates
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Description
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Louise Brennan recounts her early life growing up in Concord, North Carolina. She discusses the important role of education in her upbringing and the prevalence of textile mills in the Concord area. She describes living near a mill village in Conc...
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Marion W. Boyd oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Boyd, Marion W. (Marion Woods), 1911-2007
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, African Americans--Education, Manners and customs, Families, Quakers--Education
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Description
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Marion W. Boyd discusses her experiences teaching throughout North Carolina and the challenges she faced as a result of graduating college during the Great Depression. Other topics discussed include family relations, her Quaker education, regional...
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Mike Smith oral history interview, 2019 April 17
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Creator
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Smith, Mike (Farmer)
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Date Created
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2019-04-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Agriculture, Beef cattle, Farm management, Droughts, Tillage
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Description
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Mike Smith is the owner and operator of Big Oak Farm in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Mr. Smith shares that the farm has been in his family for nearly two hundred years and has been used to raise cotton, corn, and now beef cattle. In this interview,...
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Ralph Glenn oral history interview, circa 1976
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Creator
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Glenn, Ralph Anderson, 1907-1995
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Date Created
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1976
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Subjects--Topical
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Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work, Labor unions and communism
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Description
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Ralph Glenn, a native of Gastonia, North Carolina, reflects on the events of the Loray Mill strike of 1929. Mr. Glenn was attending Davidson College at the time of the Loray Mill Strike and was not an eyewitness to the strike. However, his intervi...
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Ralph Glenn oral history interview, circa 1976
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Creator
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Glenn, Ralph Anderson, 1907-1995
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Date Created
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1976
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Subjects--Topical
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Strikes and lockouts--Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Mills and mill-work, Labor unions and communism
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Description
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Ralph Glenn, a native of Gastonia, North Carolina, reflects on the events of the Loray Mill strike of 1929. Mr. Glenn was attending Davidson College at the time of the Loray Mill Strike and was not an eyewitness to the strike. However, his intervi...
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Sister Mary Michel Boulus oral history interview, 1993 June 28
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Creator
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Boulus, Mary Michel, Sister, 1926-2012
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Date Created
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1993-06-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Catholics--Education, Catholic schools, Catholic universities and colleges, Nuns as teachers, School integration, Basketball
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Description
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Sister Mary Michel Boulus recounts her life and her forty-five year career in Catholic education and administration. The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, Sister Boulus grew up in Concord and describes the challenges the Catholic community faced th...
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T. Taylor Warren oral history interview 2, 2006 January 12
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Creator
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Warren, T. Taylor (Thomas Taylor), 1925-2008
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Date Created
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2006-01-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Sports photographers, Photography of sports, Photojournalism, Stock car drivers, Stock car racing, Motorsports, Motorsports--Economic aspects, Women automobile racing drivers, African American automobile racing drivers, Automobile racing managers, Automobile racing--Employees, Automobile racing--Sociological aspects
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Motorsports photographer T. Taylor Warren reflects in this second interview on the culture of NASCAR during the 1950s-1980s and on how the stock car industry has changed through the time of the interview in 2006. He begins by discussing the Nation...
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Terry Burris oral history interview 1, 2021 June 3
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Creator
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Burris, Terry
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Date Created
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2021-06-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Transgender people, Gay clubs, Gay bars, Drag queens, Drag shows, AIDS (Disease)--Psychological aspects
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Description
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Terry Burris, whose stage name is Tiffany Storm, discusses her life, and her career as a drag queen, nightclub manager and proprietor in Charlotte, North Carolina. [All times approximate]. Ms. Burris introduces herself as the third owner of Chaser...
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Thomas E. Barbee oral history interview, 2019 March 05
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Creator
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Barbee, Thomas E.
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Date Created
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2019-03-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Farm life, Farm produce, Foreign workers, Farmers' markets, Family farms
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Description
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Tommy Barbee, fifth-generation owner of T.&A. Barbee Family Farm located in Concord, North Carolina, discusses the changes he has witnessed in farming over the course of his lifetime. He recounts assisting his grandparents and parents on the farm ...
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Tonda Taylor Auction, part 1
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Creator
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Penninger, Beverly
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Date Created
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1997-03-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Auctions, Fund raising, LGBTQ+ people, Gay youth, Nonprofit organizations, Motorsports, Sports spectators
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Description
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This video contains two recordings. The first recording shows tailgaters at a NASCAR rally, and seems to be unrelated to the Tonda Taylor footage. Included in this recording are RVs decorated with NASCAR memorabilia and people sitting outside of t...
