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Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 1, 1996 April 26
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Creator
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Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
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Date Created
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1996-04-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Manners and customs, Revivals, Religious gatherings, Presbyterian Church, Church history
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Description
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Bobbie Earnhardt discusses her memories of Billy Graham, whom she met when he was about nine years old, and the Graham family in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Earnhardt recalls attending Chalmers Memorial ARP Church alongside the Graham family, ...
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Bobby Jones oral history interview, 1993 March 8
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Creator
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Jones, Bobby, 1951-
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Date Created
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1993-03-08
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball--Coaching, Professional sports, Sports--Religious aspects--Christianity, Sportsmanship, Christian life, Basketball players--Professional ethics, College sports, College athletes, Basketball fans
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Bobby Jones, a former professional player in the NBA, discusses how his faith in Christanity is directly tied to his basketball career. Topics discussed include how his early career in basketball developed his moral and spiritual values and how hi...
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Catherine Graham McElroy oral history interview, 1996 June 6
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Creator
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McElroy, Catherine Graham, 1920-2006
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Date Created
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1996-06-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Families--Religious aspects--Christianity, Evangelicism, Evangelists, Religious gatherings, Revivals, Family farms, Farm life
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Description
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Catherine Graham McElroy, Billy Graham's sister, discusses their childhood in the 1920-1930s and Billy Graham's early years as a minister and evangelist. The Graham kids grew up on a farm on Park Road in Charlotte, North Carolina, which had corn, ...
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Dean Colvard oral history interview 3, 1996 May 31
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Creator
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Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007
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Date Created
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1996-05-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Religious gatherings, Revivals, Fund raising, Evangelicalism, Race relations--Religious aspects
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Description
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As the chairperson of the 1972 Billy Graham Crusade in Charlotte, North Carolina, Dr. Dean Colvard discusses his role in the planning and implementation of the religious event. He details the development of such a large crusade by thousands of vol...
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Dr. Robert McMullen oral history interview, 1996 May 19
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Creator
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McMullen, Robert J.
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Date Created
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1996-05-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Revivals, Religious gatherings, Evangelicalism
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Description
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Dr. Robert McMullen describes his viewpoint on Billy Graham and his crusades. While Dr. McMullen did not personally meet Rev. Graham on any occasion, he does have strong opinions about Rev. Graham's occupation and reputation. Dr. McMullen admires ...
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Ellen M. Little oral history interview, 1996 April 26
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Creator
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Little, Ellen M.
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Date Created
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1996-04-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Revivals, Religious gatherings, Christianity, Christian life, Amusements, Evangelicalism, Presbyterian Church, Sex role--Religious aspects--Christianity, Race relations
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Description
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Ellen Little discusses her experience of attending a Billy Graham crusade in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1972 and the impact it had on her spiritual development. A teenager at the time of the revival, Ms. Little describes the points of Dr. Graham...
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Emma Reid Echols oral history interview, 1996 April 3
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Creator
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Echols, Emma Reid
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Date Created
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1996-04-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Missionaries, Women in missionary work, Presbyterian Church, Aztecs
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Description
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In this brief interview, Emma Reid Echols reads excerpts from stories she has written about her experiences with Billy Graham and his family. She recounts a visit in Charlotte with Morrow Graham, Billy Graham's mother, with whom she shared the det...
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Evelyn Choate oral history interview, 2003 February 24
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Creator
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Choate, Evelyn B., 1911-2007
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Date Created
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2003-02-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, Teaching, Rural schools, Amusements, Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation, Religious gatherings, Christian life, Church history
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Description
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Evelyn Brown Choate, a retired teacher, recounts her experiences during the Great Depression as an orphan in North Carolina. Ms. Choate talks about her family's farm, attending Flora MacDonald College and teaching grade school in Fayetteville, Nor...
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Jean Graham Ford oral history interview, 1996 June 6
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Creator
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Ford, Jean Graham, 1932-
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Date Created
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1996-06-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Family farms, Christian life, Christianity, Families--Religious aspects--Christianity, Presbyterianism, Revivals, City and town life
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Description
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Jean Ford, sister of Reverend Billy Graham, describes her life growing up on the Graham Brothers Dairy Farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, including work and leisure activities. Ms. Ford talks about the important role religion played in her family'...
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Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick and H.D. Kirkpatrick oral history interview 1, 2017 October 6
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Creator
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Kirkpatrick, Jimmie Lee
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Date Created
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2017-10-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Racism, Slavery, Christian life, Football, Segregation in education, Segregation, Race relations, Civil rights movements, Shrine Bowl of the Carolinas (Football), Bombings
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In this first of four related interviews, Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick and H.D. Kirkpatrick discuss their disparate experiences growing up and attending school in segregated Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1950s and 1960s. Jimmie Lee Kirkpatrick ta...
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Lawrence E. Funderburk oral history interview, 1996 April 24
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Creator
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Funderburk, Lawrence E. (Lawrence Edward), 1920-2012
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Date Created
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1996-04-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Evangelicalism, Baptists, Christianity, Christian life, Revivals, Religious gatherings, Clergy, God (Christianity)
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Description
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Reverend Lawrence Funderburk, a local Charlotte minister, recounts his involvement with the Billy Graham Crusades in Charlotte, particularly the 1958 Crusade, and his role in the Southern Baptist Convention. He shares his thoughts about Reverend B...
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Lenora Crouch oral history interview, 1996 May 3
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Creator
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Crouch, Lenora
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Date Created
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1996-05-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Revivals, Religious gatherings, Christian life
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Description
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In this brief interview, Lenora Crouch recalls her experiences at the 1972 Billy Graham Crusade and her memories of Billy Graham. Ms. Crouch discusses her earliest memories of Dr. Graham, including her first recollections of him as an emerging you...
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Lourdes Aguirre oral history interview, 2002 October 27
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Creator
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Aguirre, Lourdes, 1964 or 1965-
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Date Created
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2002-10-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Latin Americans, Emigration and immigration, Immigrants--Social conditions, Illegal aliens, Baptists, Christian life, Conservation of natural resources, Landscape protection
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Description
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Lourdes Aguirre discusses her experiences in the United States after immigrating from Matamoros, Mexico. Lourdes Aguirre talks about her life in Mexico and how she and her family are fond of country life in North Carolina and feel welcomed. Ms. Ag...
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Maggie Massey Freeman oral history interview, 1996 June 4
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Creator
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Freeman, Maggie Massey, 1919-2004
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Date Created
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1996-06-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Family farms, Sharecropping, Segregation, Segregation in education, Christian life, Christianity, Families--Religious aspects--Christianity, Revivals, African Americans--Civil rights, Nursing, Political planning--Citizen participation, Race relations
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Maggie Freeman discusses her life in Charlotte, North Carolina, and her childhood as a sharecropper's daughter on the farmland of William Franklin Graham Sr., father of Reverend Billy Graham. She addresses family life and children's leisure activi...
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Mary Clegg Walker oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Walker, Mary Clegg, 1904-1984
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Elementary school teaching, Manners and customs, Christian life
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Mary Clegg Walker discusses her family and her seventeen years as a kindergarten teacher in Matthews, North Carolina. Topics discussed include her father's high school in Rutherford County and how it was established; an anecdote about how J. B. Iv...
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Mary Farr oral history interview, 1979 October 23
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Creator
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Farr, Mary, 1916-2007
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Date Created
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1979-10-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Christianity, Christian life
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Description
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Mary Farr discusses her Christian faith and her memories of life during World War II. Other topics include her first history course and her belief that Americans were turning away from religion at the time of interview.
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Mattie Creigton oral history interview, 2003 March 5
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Creator
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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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Melvin Graham oral history interview, 1996 May 21
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Creator
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Graham, Melvin, 1924-2003
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Date Created
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1996-05-21
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Subjects--Topical
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Christian life, Evangelicalism, Evangelists, Religious gatherings, Revivals, Family farms, Farm life
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Description
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Melvin Graham, the younger brother of Billy Graham, recounts their childhood in Charlotte, North Carolina and how Rev. Graham became involved in the church. Melvin Graham discusses life on the dairy farm growing up and how the family grew increasi...
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Peggy Held oral history interview, 1996 July 17
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Creator
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Held, Peggy, 1920-2006
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Date Created
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1996-07-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Choirs (Music), Revivals, Religious gatherings, Christian life
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Description
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Peggy Held recounts her time singing in the choir during Billy Graham's crusades in New York City and in Charlotte, North Carolina during the late 1950s. She discusses how her experience with the Graham crusades influenced her family's relocation ...
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Peggy Sue V. Henry oral history interview, 1996 May 7
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Creator
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Henry, Peggy Sue V., 1933-
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Date Created
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1996-05-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Family farms, Poliomyelitis, Revivals, Presbyterianism, Christian life, Manners and customs, City and town life
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Description
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Peggy Sue Henry discusses her memories of Reverend Billy Graham's family while growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a childhood friend of Reverend Graham's sister, Jean Graham, Ms. Henry recounts memories of the Graham family including Bill...