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Title: Ben E. Douglas oral history interview 2, 1979 May 23
Creator: Douglas, Ben E. (Ben Elbert), 1894-1981
Date Created: 1979-05-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Municipal government, Urban transportation, Airports--Planning, City planning
Description: Ben Douglas discusses his tenure as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1935 to 1941. He discusses the structure of city government in the 1920s and explains that he was the first Charlotte mayor to be directly elected by voters. He describes ...

Title: Jessie Withers oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Withers, Jessie, 1909-2006
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Working mothers, Cooking, City and town life, Depressions
Description: Jessie Withers describes working as a cook in various establishments around Charlotte, North Carolina during the twentieth century, including Good Samaritan Hospital, Windsor's Drive-In, the Ringside Grill, St. Martin's Episcopal Church, and the E...

Title: John C. McFarland oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: McFarland, John C. (John Claude), 1923-1981
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Manners and customs
Description: John C. McFarland provides his personal account of growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina during the Great Depression. Topics discussed include his family's limited income during the 1930s, his Army service during World War II, and returning to c...

Title: Roosevelt Ray oral history interview, 1979 May 22
Creator: Ray, Roosevelt, 1911-1991
Date Created: 1979-05-22
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Families--Social life and customs, Family farms, Farm life, Rural families, Medical care
Description: Roosevelt Ray discusses managing a family farm in Denmark, South Carolina and the changes he saw when he moved to Charlotte in the early 1940s. He recounts his personal struggles with chronic illness and how it affected his life. He also mentions ...

Title: Stanford Brookshire oral history interview 1, 1973 February 16
Creator: Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
Date Created: 1973-02-16
Subjects--Topical: Mayors, Mayors--Election, Country life, Depressions, Family farms, Small business, Boards of trade, Cities and towns--Politics and government, Political campaigns, Sexism in political culture, Political candidates, Elections, Nonpartisan, Urban renewal, African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, Discrimination in public accommodations, Racism, Civil rights movements, Civil rights demonstrations, African Americans--Civil rights, Bombings
Description: Stanford "Stan" Brookshire, the former four-term mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1961-1969, talks about his early life and his time as mayor. He describes his hometown, Troutman, North Carolina, and growing up on a farm that employed tenan...