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Anna L. Heafner, Eunice "Dolly" Hickman, and Maude Pratt oral history interview, 1993 June 1
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Creator
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Heafner, Anna Lou, 1920-2011
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Date Created
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1993-06-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball players, School sports, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Basketball--Social aspects, Country life
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Description
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Anna L. Heafner, Eunice "Dolly" Hickman, and Maude Pratt describe their experiences playing basketball in the Steele Creek area of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (now part of Charlotte) during the 1930s. They talk about how many of the girls w...
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Annie Diggs oral history interview, 2001 October 30
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Creator
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Diggs, Annie Mae, 1926-2008
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Date Created
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2001-10-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural families, Country life, African American families, Family farms, Chores, Gardening, Community gardens, Vegetable gardening, Cooking, American
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Description
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Annie Mae Diggs recalls growing up in the country in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, helping to found the Wilmore Community Garden in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, and her relationship with gardening. She discusses cho...
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Balls Creek Camp Meeting oral history interview, 2002 August 24
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Creator
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Ewing, Todd D. (Todd Douglas), 1969-
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Date Created
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2002-08-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Camp meetings, Families--Social life and customs, Country life, Protestant churches, Outdoor recreation, Land use, Rural
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Description
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The interview is with members of two extended families, the Harbinsons and the Ewings, at the Balls Creek Campground, where generations have met to attend worship services, visit neighbors in their community, and relax with their families. Individ...
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Beth Douglas oral history interview, 2003 July 1
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Creator
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Douglas, Beth (Counselor)
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Date Created
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2003-07-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Land use, Rural, Animals, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Trees, Rural development, Litter (Trash), Water--Pollution
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Description
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Beth Douglas describes what she likes about living in Gaston County, North Carolina, where she moved to in 2000. Mrs. Douglas discusses the importance of recycling, protecting the environment, local wildlife, and how she would like to see the coun...
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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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Bonnie E. Cone oral history interview 7, 1987 December 8
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Creator
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Cone, Bonnie E., 1907-2003
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Date Created
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1987-12-08
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Teachers, Universities and colleges
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Description
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In this second of a series of interviews conducted by Dr. Ed Perzel (former Chair of the Department of History and Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at UNC Charlotte), Bonnie Cone reflects on her childhood, youth, and ear...
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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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Carrie Gaddy oral history interview, 2001 October 29
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Creator
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Gaddy, Carrie H., 1930-
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Date Created
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2001-10-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Rural families, African American families, Family farms, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Gardening--Social aspects, Cotton, Canning and preserving, Almanacs, American
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Description
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Carrie Gaddy recounts growing up in rural Union County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina beginning in 1970, and gardening throughout her life. She describes life growing up with her family, attending ...
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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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Clara Carson oral history interview, 2002 September 27
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Creator
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Carson, Clara T.
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Date Created
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2002-09-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Day care centers, Early childhood education, Camp meetings, African American churches, African Americans--Religion, Country life, Family farms
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Description
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Clara Carson discusses her day care business, the Catawba Child Development Academy in Catawba, North Carolina. She talks about the origins of the academy, which first opened in Smyre's Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church then moved to a new building ten ye...
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Daisy Dunlap oral history interview, 2001 October 27
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Creator
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Dunlap, Daisy, 1934-
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Date Created
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2001-10-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Gardening, Community gardens, African Americans--Segregation, Country life, African American families, Family farms, Race relations, Vegetable gardening, Segregation in education
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Description
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Daisy Mae Dunlap discusses how gardening influenced her life while growing up in York, South Carolina and later, living in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. Ms. Dunlap describes how her family wasn't that negatively affected b...
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Eddie Yow oral history interview, 2019 April 9
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Creator
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Yow, Eddie
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Date Created
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2019-04-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Agriculture, Farmers’ markets, Country life, Beef cattle, Livestock, Family farms
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Description
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Mr. Eddie Yow raises livestock and sells beef in the North Carolina Piedmont region. He is a native of Stanly County, North Carolina and has lived in Stanfield, North Carolina for over thirty years. In this interview, he reflects on the many chang...
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Elizabeth Biggerstaff oral history interview, 1996 October 18
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Creator
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Biggerstaff, Elizabeth, 1922-
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Date Created
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1996-10-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Mills and mill-work, Manners and customs, Education, Rural, Women in war, Working mothers, Small business--Management, Women--Political activity, Race relations
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Description
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Rutherford County native Elizabeth Biggerstaff describes her life and how she balances work and family. She describes her early life growing up in the country outside of Cliffside, North Carolina, with two older brothers and attending local school...
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Elizabeth Callaway oral history interview, 1993 March 11
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Creator
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Callaway, Elizabeth McCall, 1919-2004
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Date Created
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1993-03-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Country life
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Description
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Elizabeth McCall Callaway talks about learning to play basketball and her memories of playing on school teams in Catawba County and Charlotte, North Carolina. She played basketball starting in the seventh grade in Catawba County and played for fou...
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Elizabeth Sadler oral history interview, 2004 April 24
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Sadler, Elizabeth H. (Elizabeth Houston), 1917-2008
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Date Created
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2004-04-24
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Subjects--Topical
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African American families, African American churches, Community organization, Farm life, Country life, Manners and customs
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Description
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Elizabeth Sadler recounts her early life growing up on her family's farm in the small, rural section of northwestern Mecklenburg County known as Shuffletown during the 1920s-1940s. She shares memories of her mother cooking Sunday dinner and long d...
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Emma Peoples Smith oral history interview 1, 2019 May 23
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Creator
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Smith, Emma Peoples
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Date Created
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2019-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Genealogy, Slavery, Nannies, Country life, Race relations--Social aspects, Working mothers, Enslavement
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Description
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Emma Peoples Smith, the great granddaughter of Richard Peoples who was a prominent citizen in the Providence township of Mecklenburg County during the 19th century, describes her life and her family history. [All times approximate]. Overview of Mr...
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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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Gregory S. Hartsell, Frank Graham, and Tim Sloop oral history interview, 2003 August 10
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Creator
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Hartsell, Gregory S. (Gregory Scott)
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Date Created
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2003-08-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Family farms, Farm life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Depressions, Soil conservation, Natural areas, Zoning, Migrant agricultural laborers, Field crops, Housing development, Genealogy
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Gregory S. Hartsell, Frank Graham, and Tim Sloop illustrate the importance of migrant workers in farming and factors that make raising certain crops difficult on their farms in Rowan County, North Carolina. Subjects discussed include the use of th...
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Herman Cunningham oral history interview, 1993 September 7
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Creator
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Cunningham, Herman, 1928-2018
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Date Created
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1993-09-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, School sports, Basketball teams, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports--Social aspects, Segregation in education, Sports for women, Country life, School discipline
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Description
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Herman Cunningham recounts playing on the basketball team during the 1940s at Winchester High School, a segregated school for African Americans in Monroe, North Carolina. Mr. Cunningham describes how the school partially burned down in the 1930s a...
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Ida Hoover oral history interview, 2003 June 25
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Creator
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Hoover, Ida M. (Ida Mauney), 1908-2011
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Date Created
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2003-06-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Farm life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Field crops, Livestock, Turkeys, Animals, Sewage
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Description
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Ida Hoover discusses her family and their relationship to the land in Gaston County, North Carolina throughout the twentieth century. Mrs. Hoover talks about her in-laws' creamery business, the crops her family raised, the neighbors in the communi...