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Title: Brenda Bilal oral history interview 2, 2005 January 13
Creator: Bilal, Brenda, 1950-
Date Created: 2005-01-13
Subjects--Topical: Open plan schools, Multiculturalism, Educational tests and measurements, Active learning, Independent study
Description: In part two of this two-part interview, Brenda Bilal continues discussing her experience with open education in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school system. Ms. Bilal criticizes the current trend in mainstream education at the time of interview of inc...

Title: Brenda Bilal oral history interview 1, 2005 January 6
Creator: Bilal, Brenda, 1950-
Date Created: 2005-01-06
Subjects--Topical: Open plan schools, Education, Elementary, Multiculturalism, Educational tests and measurements, Active learning, Independent study
Description: In part one of this two-part interview, Brenda Bilal discusses her experience with open education in the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system. Ms. Bilal describes open education as a method that gives students the opportunity to think creatively, m...

Title: Darrell Blackwelder oral history interview, 2003 October 3
Creator: Blackwelder, Darrell E. (Darrell Eugene), 1954-
Date Created: 2003-10-03
Subjects--Topical: Agritourism, Agricultural conservation, Agricultural conservation--Public opinion, Agricultural conservation--Economic aspects, Agricultural conservation--Citizen participation, Sustainable agriculture, Farm management--Planning
Description: Darrell Blackwelder discusses his work as an extension agent of horticulture for Rowan County and his efforts to preserve the agricultural resources and culture of the community. Topics discussed include the agricultural preservation practices of ...

Title: Shawn Chang oral history interview, June 17, 2003
Creator: Chang, Shawn Cheng
Date Created: 2003-06-17
Subjects--Topical: Agriculture, Land use, Rural, Farm life, Refugees, Hmong (Asian people), Hmong (Asian people)--Social life and customs, Hmong (Asian people)--Cultural assimilation, Hmong (Asian people)--Religion, Human rights advocacy, Traditional medicine, Environmental protection
Description: Shawn Cheng Chang discusses his relationship with the land in Catawba County, North Carolina as an immigrant from Thailand and Laos and his interest in advocating for the legal protection of Hmong people. He talks about his volunteer work, includi...

Title: Astrid Chirinos oral history interview, 2002 September 11
Creator: Chirinos, Astrid, 1960-
Date Created: 2002-09-11
Subjects--Topical: Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Hispanic Americans--Social conditions, Emigration and immigration, Nationalism, Sex role, Biculturalism, Religion and culture, Cities and towns--Growth, Globalization
Description: Astrid Chirinos discusses her experience as a Venezuelan immigrant to the United States. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Ms. Chirinos moved to Raleigh, North Carolina with the encouragement of her father to attend St. Mary's College. Ms. Chirinos shar...

Title: Sherrill Coutourier oral history interview, 2005 October 19
Creator: Coutourier, Sherrill, 1948-
Date Created: 2005-10-19
Subjects--Topical: Education, Teachers, Open plan schools, Student-centered learning, Parent-teacher relationships, Education--Parent participation
Description: Sherrill Coutourier discusses her experiences as a teacher in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' open schools program from the 1970s to the 1990s. Topics discussed includes the benefits of open education for both students and teachers, parental i...

Title: Emilio Estrada oral history interview, 2002 October 1
Creator: Estrada, Emilio, 1955-
Date Created: 2002-10-01
Subjects--Topical: Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Emigration and immigration, Latin Americans--Social life and customs, Ranch life, Cheese, Sex role, Immigrants--Economic conditions
Description: Emilio Estrada and his wife Isabel discuss emigrating from southern Mexico, near Acapulco, to Charlotte, North Carolina with their two sons in 1995 and how their lives are different in the United States. Mr. Estrada describes how he and fellow imm...

Title: Daniel Ford Faris oral history interview, 2005 June 22
Creator: Faris, Daniel Ford, 1944-
Date Created: 2005-06-22
Subjects--Topical: Open plan schools, Teachers, Language arts (Middle school), Teaching teams, Grading and marking (Students), School discipline--Evaluation, Student-centered learning, Active learning, Mixed ability grouping in education
Description: Teacher Daniel Ford Faris describes the open education learning environment at Piedmont Open Middle School between 1977 and 1997. He discusses his methods of teaching students and compares his teaching methods during his time at Spaugh Middle Scho...

Title: Sonja Gantt oral history interview, 2004 December 8
Creator: Gantt, Sonja, 1965-
Date Created: 2004-12-08
Subjects--Topical: Open plan schools, Teacher-student relationships, Student activities, African American students, Students--Social life and customs, Active learning
Description: Sonja Gantt, daughter of former Charlotte mayor Harvey Gantt, describes her experience as a student at Piedmont Open Middle School in Charlotte, North Carolina in the late 1970s. She discusses the cohesion of the student body, influential teachers...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 10, 2007 July 2
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2007-07-02
Subjects--Topical: Cats in literature, Children's literature, Illustrations, Painting, Publishers and publishing, Puss in Boots (Tale)
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career during the early 1990s. In this tenth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses her work on Puss in Boots (1991). Ms. Haley rela...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 3, 2006 April 13
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2006-04-13
Subjects--Topical: Children's literature, Environmentalism, Illustrations, Linoleum block-printing, Noah's ark, Painting, Pen drawing, Publishers and publishing
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her life and evolving career during the 1970s. In this third of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses the period in her life in which she a...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 4, 2006 May 30
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2006-05-30
Subjects--Topical: Cats in literature, Children's literature, Costume design, Gouache painting, Illustrations, Kate Greenaway Medal, Working cats
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career during the mid to late 1970s. In this fourth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses The Post Office Cat (1976), which was awa...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 5, 2006 October 12
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2006-10-12
Subjects--Topical: Children's literature, Folk literature, Illustrations, Kate Greenaway Medal, Linoleum block-printing, Publishers and publishing, Storytelling
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her career during the late 1970s. In this fifth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley describes her work on Go Away, Stay Away (1977). She recount...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 7, 2007 April 5
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2007-04-05
Subjects--Topical: Bird trapping, Birds in literature, Children's literature, Illustrations, Painting, Storytelling, Metaphysics
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her career during the late 1970s and 1980s. In this seventh of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses her work on Birdsong (1984). The inspi...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 11, 2007 September 21
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2007-09-21
Subjects--Topical: Block printing, Children's literature, Illustrations, Jack tales, Mountains--Folklore, Storytelling, Wood-engraving--Printing
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls her career during the early 1990s. In this eleventh of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley discusses her work on Mountain Jack Tales (1992). Ms. Ha...

Title: Gail E. Haley oral history interview 6, 2007 February 16
Creator: Haley, Gail E.
Date Created: 2007-02-16
Subjects--Topical: Acrylic painting, Children's literature, Folk literature, Green Man (Tale), Illustrations, Nature, Pub signs http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1081960
Description: Gail Haley, an author and illustrator of children's literature born in Charlotte, North Carolina, recounts her career during the late 1970s. In this sixth of sixteen interviews, Ms. Haley relates working on The Green Man (1979). Ms. Haley describe...

Title: Khue Khang oral history interview, 2003 July 7
Creator: Khang, Khue
Date Created: 2003-07-07
Subjects--Topical: Agricultural conservation, Agricultural conservation--Public opinion, Agricultural conservation--Citizen participation, Environmental protection, Real estate business--Law and legislation, Race relations--Study and teaching, Hmong (Asian people)--Social life and customs
Description: Khue Khang discusses his work as a real estate agent in Catawba County and his efforts to preserve the agricultural resources and environment of the community. He was president of the Hmong Association and an advocate for race relations. He also t...

Title: Sherry Long oral history interview, 2003 August 19
Creator: Long, Sherry B. (Sherry Benfield), 1945-2018
Date Created: 2003-08-19
Subjects--Topical: Agritourism, Agriculture, Subsistence farming, Family farms, Field crops, Livestock, Animals, Horses, Trails, Farm life, Landscape changes, Rural development, Land use, Rural
Description: Sherry Long discusses her business owning and managing Hillside View Stables, built in 1991 and located in Mooresville, North Carolina. Ms. Long talks of her passion for horses and bringing that enjoyment to the public through agritourism. She rec...

Title: Marion Lytle oral history interview, 2003 October 17
Creator: Lytle, Marion, 1957-
Date Created: 2003-10-17
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Family farms, Dairy farms, Farmers--Attitudes, Land use, Rural, Zoning, County government--Planning, Rural development, Sustainable development, Natural areas, Agritourism
Description: Marion Lytle speaks with knowledge and first-hand experience of the people and social and economic issues facing Rowan County. He begins by describing his youth growing up in a farming community in Buncombe County. Mr. Lytle states that people in ...

Title: Magdalena Maiz-Pena oral history interview, 2002 September 12
Creator: Maiz-Pena, Magdalena
Date Created: 2002-09-12
Subjects--Topical: Latin Americans, Hispanic Americans, Biculturalism, Hispanic American families, Hispanic Americans--Social life and customs, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants--Social conditions, Spanish language--Study and teaching, Voluntarism, All Souls' Day
Description: Magdalena Maiz-Pena, a Spanish professor at Davidson College, talks about her life growing up near the Mexican-Texan border. Being born in Monterrey, Mexico, Ms. Maiz-Pena lived traveling between the United States and Mexico as she had family on e...

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