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Winslow H. Hartford oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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Hartford, Winslow H.
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Manners and customs, Citizens' associations, Local government--Citizen participation
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Winslow H. Hartford describes his experiences growing up in Newton, Massachusetts and attending Boston University during the time of the Great Depression. Other topics discussed include his work as a professor at Belmont Abbey College, national tr...
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Willie Coleman oral history interview, 2001 November 1
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Creator
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Coleman, Willie S., 1924-2018
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Date Created
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2001-11-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural families, Country life, African American families, Depressions, Community gardens, Cotton growing, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Canning and preserving, Cooking, American, Folklore
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Willie Coleman recounts her lifelong involvement with gardening and her memories of her family. She discusses growing up in Matthews, North Carolina, attending school in Steele Creek, living through the Great Depression as a child, and working at ...
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William C. Friday oral history interview, 2012 May 1
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Creator
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Friday, William C. (William Clyde)
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Date Created
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2012-05-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Public universities and colleges--Administration, Women college presidents, Education, Higher, Education--Political aspects, Depressions
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In this interview, William "Bill" Friday, long-time president of the University of North Carolina System, shares his memories of Bonnie Cone, the founder of Charlotte College. He describes Ms. Cone's drive to establish a university in Charlot...
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Virginia Case oral history interview, 1996 September 10
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Case, Virginia, 1918-
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Date Created
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1996-09-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Country life, War--Economic aspects, Women in war, Race relations, Urban renewal
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Virginia Case discusses her family and life in Gastonia, North Carolina. Originally from Pickens County, South Carolina, she and her husband moved to Gastonia in the mid-1930s. Mrs. Case describes how difficult life was during the Great Depression...
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Victoria K. Moore oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Moore, Victoria K., 1911
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, African Americans--Segregation, African American women--Employment, Families--Social life and customs, Women household employees--Social conditions
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Victoria K. Moore shares her memories of growing up in the South during the early 1900s and gives account of her varied experiences as a domestic worker in New York, Charlotte, North Carolina, and parts of South Carolina. Other topics discussed in...
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Stanford Brookshire oral history interview 1, 1973 February 16
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Creator
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Brookshire, Stanford R., 1905-1990
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Date Created
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1973-02-16
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Subjects--Topical
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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
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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...
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Samuel C. Poteat oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Poteat, Samuel C. (Samuel Charles), 1896-1981
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Cities and towns--Growth, City and town life, Depressions, Country life, Family farms
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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...
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Roosevelt Ray oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Ray, Roosevelt, 1911-1991
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Families--Social life and customs, Family farms, Farm life, Rural families, Medical care
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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 ...
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Roland R. Hinrichs oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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Hinrichs, Roland R. (Roland Russell), 1907-
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Date Created
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1979-05-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Depressions, College athletes, Technological innovations
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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...
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Otis Skipper oral history interview, 1993 June 6
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Creator
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Skipper, Otis S. (Otis Sanford), 1917-2002
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Date Created
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1993-01-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball teams, Young Men's Christian associations, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, Sports--Social aspects, School sports, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Rules, Basketball stories, Depressions, Discrimination in sports
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Otis Skipper recounts his experiences playing basketball in Charlotte, North Carolina from the 1930s-1950s. He describes starting to play at the age of twelve at the YMCA, and discusses how the athletic director, Carl Link, was instrumental in org...
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Oni Wilson oral history interview, 2003 February 26
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Creator
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Wilson, Oni, 1915-2009
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Date Created
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2003-02-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, Cotton, Political and social views, Baseball, Textile industry, Textile workers--Labor unions, Company towns, Baptists
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Oni Wilson describes his childhood during the Great Depression and growing up on a cotton farm in Davidson, North Carolina. He talks about how his family lost their home in 1929 because of the fall of cotton prices, then rented a home and farmland...
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Newell Gymnasium group oral history interview, 1993 January 16
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Creator
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Austin, Ernest B., 1926-2014
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Date Created
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1993-01-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Basketball--Social aspects, Rural schools, Country life, Gymnasiums, School sports, Depressions
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A group of former Newell High School students, including Ernest B. Austin, Lloyd Cochran, Russell G. Faulk, Francis Freeman, Vera Kimbrell, and several unnamed speakers, discuss the role basketball played in Newell, an unincorporated farming commu...
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Nettie House oral history interview, 2006 October 24
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Creator
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House, Nettie S., 1924-
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Date Created
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2006-10-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Textile workers, Depressions, Race relations, School integration
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Charlotte native Nettie House describes her life growing up in Charlotte's Belmont neighborhood, her experiences during World War II, and her married life in Charlotte during the postwar period. Her father came to Charlotte from Union County to wo...
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Mildred English oral history interview, 2012 September 17
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English, Mildred, 1925-2019
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Date Created
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2012-09-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Women college presidents, Education--Political aspects, Women college administrators, Nontraditional college students, Depressions
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In this interview, Mildred English, Monroe native and long-time employee of Charlotte College and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, tells of her personal history and shares her first-hand knowledge of Bonnie Cone. She begins by speaki...
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Mattie Creigton oral history interview, 2003 March 5
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Creigton, Mattie, 1912-2004
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Date Created
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2003-03-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, City and town life, Roads--Design and construction, Amusements, Voting, Christian life
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Mattie Creighton, a lifelong Charlottean, recalls growing up during the Great Depression in Charlotte, North Carolina and working as a young woman during the 1930s and 1940s. Ms. Creighton describes her hardships during the time period including s...
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Martin Grossman oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Grossman, Martin L. (Martin Luther), 1903-2002
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Electrical engineering, Electric industry workers, Work environment, Power-plants, Electric utilities, Tobacco industry, Cost control, Cities and towns--Growth
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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...
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Marion W. Boyd oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Boyd, Marion W. (Marion Woods), 1911-2007
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, African Americans--Education, Manners and customs, Families, Quakers--Education
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Marion W. Boyd discusses her experiences teaching throughout North Carolina and the challenges she faced as a result of graduating college during the Great Depression. Other topics discussed include family relations, her Quaker education, regional...
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Lucille Harwood oral history interview, 1994 October 8
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Creator
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Harwood, Lucille, 1921-
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Date Created
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1994-10-08
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Race relations, African Americans--Segregation
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Albemarle native Lucille Harwood recounts her experiences during the Great Depression, World War II, and the second half of the twentieth century. She describes growing up very poor during the Depression, but explains how families would always sha...
