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Title: Benjamin F. Withers oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator: Withers, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), 1900-1992
Date Created: 1979-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Automobiles, Cities and towns--Growth, Parades
Description: Benjamin Withers shares his memories of Charlotte, North Carolina during the first thirty years of the twentieth century. He describes the city's geography including businesses, theaters, the original Charlotte Speedway (built in 1924 in the Pinev...

Title: Johnston V. McCall oral history interview, 1979 May 24
Creator: McCall, Johnston V. (Johnston Vannoy), 1902-1993
Date Created: 1979-05-24
Subjects--Topical: Mayors, City and town life, Strikes and lockouts--Civil service
Description: Johnston V. McCall describes growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina during the early twentieth century as the son of former Charlotte mayor (1899-1901) Johnson D. McCall. Topics discussed include stories about notable Charlotte residents, includi...

Title: Martha Harris Washam oral history interview, 1979 May 23
Creator: Washam, Martha Harris, 1903-2003
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: City and town life
Description: Charlotte native Martha Harris Washam recounts her experiences in the first half of the twentieth century. Topics discussed include her early childhood on her great-uncle's farm, her home in downtown Charlotte during World Wars I and II, and visit...

Title: Martin Grossman oral history interview, 1979 May 24
Creator: Grossman, Martin L. (Martin Luther), 1903-2002
Date Created: 1979-05-24
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Electrical engineering, Electric industry workers, Work environment, Power-plants, Electric utilities, Tobacco industry, Cost control, Cities and towns--Growth
Description: Martin Grossman recounts his long career as an engineer beginning in the early twentieth century and his experiences in Charlotte, North Carolina, after moving there in 1954. He describes his work in the energy sector with Celanese Corporation and...

Title: Samuel C. Poteat oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Poteat, Samuel C. (Samuel Charles), 1896-1981
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth, City and town life, Depressions, Country life, Family farms
Description: Samuel Poteat describes his experiences overseas serving in the Sixth Machine Gun Battalion while plagued with the flu and measles during World War I. Other topics discussed include cotton farming in Huntersville, North Carolina; businesses and en...