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Title: Charlotte Motor Speedway cartoon
Creator: Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
Date Created: 1969-06-05
Subjects--Topical: Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, County government, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Local taxation
Description: Topics include: Charlotte Motor Speedway; Concord and Cabarrus County politics and government

Title: Jerry and Tanya Sumerel oral history interview, 2019 March 13
Creator: Sumerel, Jerry, 1943-
Date Created: 2019-03-13
Subjects--Topical: Beekeepers, Beehives, Agriculture, Pollination by bees, Honey, Honey, Comb, Insecticide
Description: 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...

Title: Kate Brun oral history interview, 2019 April 4
Creator: Brun, Kate Lachance
Date Created: 2019-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Farmers' markets, Farmers, Women farmers, Greenhouse gardening
Description: 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...

Title: Louise Smith Brennan oral history interview, circa 1990-1999
Creator: Brennan, Louise Smith, 1922-2007
Date Created: circa 1990-1999
Subjects--Topical: African Americans--Segregation, Elections, Mills and mill-work, Political parties, Women legislators, Women--Political activity, Women political candidates
Description: 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...

Title: Marion W. Boyd oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Boyd, Marion W. (Marion Woods), 1911-2007
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, African Americans--Education, Manners and customs, Families, Quakers--Education
Description: 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...