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Title: Arthur Zemek oral history interview, 1979 May 23
Creator: Zemek, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1902-1980
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Banks and banking, Financial crises, Recruiting and enlistment
Description: Arthur J. Zemek recounts his experience as a bank cashier in Chicago, Illinois after the stock market crash of 1929. He discusses the actions of the bank's chairman, former U.S. Vice President Charles G. Dawes, to prevent a run on the bank. H...

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: Roland R. Hinrichs oral history interview, 1979 May 24
Creator: Hinrichs, Roland R. (Roland Russell), 1907-
Date Created: 1979-05-29
Subjects--Topical: Country life, Depressions, College athletes, Technological innovations
Description: Roland R. Hinrichs recounts his childhood in West Virginia during the early twentieth century and societal changes that took place throughout his adult life. Topics include his difficulty in finding employment during the Great Depression, his late...

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...