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Brenda Beam oral history interview, 1979 October 23
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Creator
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Beam, Brenda, 1910-1998
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Date Created
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1979-10-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Refrigeration and refrigeration machinery, Ice industry, Delivery of goods
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Description
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Brenda Beam recounts her father-in-law's ice delivery business in the 1920s and her life in the Charlotte area. Topics discussed include the transition from ice delivery by horse-drawn wagon to electric refrigerators and her recollection of c...
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D Evans oral history interview, 2018 May 7
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Creator
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Evans, D
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Date Created
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2018-05-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Coming out (Sexual orientation), Closeted LGBTQ+ people, Homophobia--Religious aspects--Christianity, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, Homophobia, Racism
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Description
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In this interview, D. Evans, a founding member of One Voice Chorus, an LGBTQ choir in Charlotte North Carolina, shares her experience being a gay, biracial woman in North Carolina. Ms. Evans discusses her difficult childhood and the move from Long...
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Earl Stafford oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Stafford, Earl, 1915-1982
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Floods, Voluntarism, City and town life
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Description
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Earl Stafford recounts memories of Charlotte, North Carolina after moving to Mecklenburg County in 1943. He discusses North Carolina's flood of 1916 and how it destroyed many communities in western North Carolina. Other topics include change in do...
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Harold Pulley oral history interview 2, 2012 June 26
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Creator
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Pulley, Harold
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Date Created
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2012-06-26
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, College students, Universities and colleges--Faculty, United States. Air Force, Military participation--African American, Post-traumatic stress disorder, African American churches, Church controversies
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Description
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In this second of four interviews, Harold Pulley, UNC Charlotte alumnus, recounts his college and military careers, discussing his time at Livingstone College, Gaston Technical Institute, and UNC Charlotte, as well as in the Navy Reserve and the A...
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James Forrester and Mary Frances Forrester oral history interview, 2003 August 7
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Creator
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Forrester, James S. (James Summers), 1937-2011
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Date Created
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2003-08-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Animals, Pollution, Local history, Medicine, Rural, Nature, Rural development
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Description
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James Forrester and Mary Frances Forrester recount their lives in Stanley, North Carolina, where they first moved so Dr. Forrester could work as a physician through a rural doctor program. Topics discussed include their appreciation for the land, ...
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Joyce Burt and Roger Burt oral history interview, 2003 February 1
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Creator
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Burt, Joyce W. (Joyce Wallace)
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Date Created
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2003-02-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Sewerage, Rural, Animals, Natural areas, Rural development, Hunting, Wildlife conservation, Deforestation, Livestock, Rivers, Trails
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Description
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Joyce Burt, Roger Burt, and Joyce's brother, Danny Wallace, recount the history of the land and the community in Gaston County, North Carolina. They broadly talk about the land and natural environment in their region, including wildlife within the...
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Mamie Allison Cole oral history interview, 2003 July 29
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Creator
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Cole, Mamie, 1922-
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Date Created
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2003-07-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Rural families, Textile workers, Wetlands, Wild flowers, Field crops, Country life, Manners and customs, Dairy cattle, Protected areas, Farm life
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Description
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Mamie Allison Cole recounts her family’s history in Mount Holly, North Carolina and what life was like growing up in the area during the 1920s and 1930s. Mrs. Cole discusses the chores she had to do, her father’s farm, the parties her family would...