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Title: Ed Williams oral history interview, 2019 March 29
Creator: Williams, Ed, 1942-
Subjects--Topical: Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Volunteers
Description: Ed Williams, former editor of the editorial pages at The Charlotte Observer in Charlotte, North Carolina, discusses his association with the Myers Park Baptist Church community garden. As a long time member of the church Mr. Williams co-founded th...

Title: Pauline Cox oral history interview, 2002 January 23
Creator: Cox, Pauline L.
Date Created: 2002-01-23
Subjects--Topical: Rural families, Country life, African American families, Family farms, African Americans--Segregation, Community gardens, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Canning and preserving
Description: Pauline Cox describes growing up on a farm in rural Anson County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore community in Charlotte, North Carolina for the past thirty-two years, and gardening at the Wilmore Community Garden. Ms. Cox describes chores s...

Title: Ray Hildebran oral history interview 2, 2002 October 25
Creator: Hildebran, Ray
Date Created: 2002-10-25
Subjects--Topical: Land use, Rural, Rural families, Rural development, Gardening, Camp meetings, Rural industries, Fishing, Forests and forestry, Outdoor life
Description: In this second interview, Ray Hildebran and his sister, Frances "Sue" Elmore, compare past and present life in rural Catawba County, North Carolina. Mr. Hildebran and Mrs. Elmore discuss activities that still take place in the region, such as gard...

Title: Rebecca Byrd oral history interview, 2019 March 20
Creator: Byrd, Rebecca M.
Date Created: 2019-03-20
Subjects--Topical: College students, Community gardens, Gardening, Food security
Description: History master's student Rebecca Byrd discusses her involvement with the Student Community Garden at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Ms. Byrd discusses topics including student leadership, community gardening, a...

Title: Rickey Hall oral history interview, 2019 April 16
Creator: Hall, Rickey, 1957-
Date Created: 2019-04-16
Subjects--Topical: Urban agriculture, Gardening, Food security, Community development, Urban, Grocery trade
Description: Native Charlottean Ricky Hall has lived in West Charlotte for his entire life, where he has become an important member of numerous neighborhood coalitions and organizations, including the West Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition and the West Side Com...

Title: Steve del Vecchio oral history interview, 2023 March 27
Creator: Del Vecchio, Steve
Date Created: 2023-03-27
Subjects--Topical: Gardening, Gay men--Identity, AIDS (Disease), Gay community, Drag, Gay press publications, LGBTQ+ press
Description: Steve del Vecchio discusses his lifelong career as a gardener in the Charlotte area and his identity as a gay man since his family moved to the city in the 1950s. Topics discussed include the different clients Mr. del Vecchio worked for including ...