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Aaron Newton oral history interview, 2019 March 29
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Creator
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Newton, Aaron
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Date Created
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2019-03-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Urban agriculture, Agricultural education, Organic farming, Family farms
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Description
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Aaron Newton is a food advocate and native of Concord, North Carolina. He works as the Lomax Farm Manager for the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, where he oversees new farmer training and coordinates other participants at the Elma C. Lomax ...
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Annie Diggs oral history interview, 2001 October 30
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Creator
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Diggs, Annie Mae, 1926-2008
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Date Created
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2001-10-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural families, Country life, African American families, Family farms, Chores, Gardening, Community gardens, Vegetable gardening, Cooking, American
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Description
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Annie Mae Diggs recalls growing up in the country in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, helping to found the Wilmore Community Garden in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, and her relationship with gardening. She discusses cho...
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Caldwell and Davidson Families Papers
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Creator
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Caldwell (Family : Mecklenburg County, N.C.)
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Date Created
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1833-03, 1990
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Subjects--Topical
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Plantations, Family farms
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Description
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This collection contains material about the Caldwell and Davidson families of the Rosedale plantation of Mecklenburg County, N.C. Digitized content in Goldmine represents a small portion of the collection. For a full description of the physical co...
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Caldwell family--correspondence
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Date Created
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1861, 1864
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Subjects--Topical
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Families, Plantations, Family farms
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Description
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Digitized content does not reflect all contents of the paper file for "Caldwell family--correspondence."
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Carrie Gaddy oral history interview, 2001 October 29
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Creator
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Gaddy, Carrie H., 1930-
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Date Created
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2001-10-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Rural families, African American families, Family farms, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Gardening--Social aspects, Cotton, Canning and preserving, Almanacs, American
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Description
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Carrie Gaddy recounts growing up in rural Union County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina beginning in 1970, and gardening throughout her life. She describes life growing up with her family, attending ...
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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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Connor M. Newman and Kimberly H. Schoch oral history interview, 2019 March 12
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Creator
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Newman, Connor Michael
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Date Created
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2019-03-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Family farms, Farm life, Agritourism, Organic farming, Climatic changes, Urbanization
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Description
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Connor Newman and Kim Hodges Schoch of Hodges Family Farm in Charlotte, North Carolina, discuss the past, current, and future operations of the farm. The interview, conducted in the bridal suite of the farm's 1932 barn, focuses on a variety o...
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Daisy Dunlap oral history interview, 2001 October 27
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Creator
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Dunlap, Daisy, 1934-
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Date Created
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2001-10-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Gardening, Community gardens, African Americans--Segregation, Country life, African American families, Family farms, Race relations, Vegetable gardening, Segregation in education
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Description
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Daisy Mae Dunlap discusses how gardening influenced her life while growing up in York, South Carolina and later, living in the Wilmore neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina. Ms. Dunlap describes how her family wasn't that negatively affected b...
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Dolon W. Corbett oral history interview, 2002 January 28
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Creator
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Corbett, Dolon W. (Dolon Wilson)
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Date Created
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2002-01-28
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Subjects--Topical
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Land Use, Rural, Rural families, Sawmills, Farm life, Family farms, Timber, Natural areas, Political participation, Political and social views, Rural development
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Description
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Dolon Wilson Corbett recalls his family's history in Ophir, Montgomery County, North Carolina, and how his family made their living by farming and working in a saw mill. Mr. Corbett discusses memories from growing up at the family home where he st...
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Doug Carrigan oral history interview, 2019 March 27
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Creator
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Carrigan, Doug W.
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Date Created
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2019-03-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Farms, Farm produce, Agritourism, Strawberries, Bees, Beekeepers, Family farms
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Description
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Doug Carrigan is the fourth generation owner of Carrigan Farms in Mooresville, North Carolina. His family has been farming the land in Mooresville since 1902. Doug discusses the evolution of his farm through the generations and the evolution of ge...
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Elbert Shands and "Flyaway," Louise H. Davidson's mare
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Date Created
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1928
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Subjects--Topical
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African American men, Horses, Plantations, Family farms
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Description
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Note on back: "Elbert was known as a "conjure man," extremely reliable and the only person with a key to Rosedale before Alexander Price. The theory was no one would touch anything Elbert had. When he died he had at least one bank president prayin...
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Esther Young oral history interview, 2003 March 1
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Creator
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Young, Esther B., 1923-2004
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Date Created
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2003-03-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Family farms, Rural families, Depressions, African Americans--Segregation, Education, Rural, Families--Social life and customs, Politics and government, Sharecropping, Amusements
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Description
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Esther Young recalls her childhood in rural Cabarrus County, North Carolina during the early 1930s and summarizes her family's experiences during the Great Depression. Ms. Young explains that her family farmed throughout the Great Depression and w...
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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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Hassie W. Ervin oral history interview, 2002 January 10
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Creator
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Ervin, Hassie W., 1924-2007
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Date Created
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2002-01-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural families, African American families, Family farms, Vegetable gardening, Gardening, African Americans--Segregation, Community gardens, Tomatoes, Almanacs, American
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Description
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Hassie Ervin recounts growing up on her family's farm in Greenwood, South Carolina during the 1920s-1930s, moving to Charlotte, North Carolina, and living in the Wilmore neighborhood in Charlotte as an older adult. She describes her childhood, how...
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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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Jessie Cherry oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Cherry, Jessie, 1915-
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Family farms, African American families
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Description
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Jessie Cherry shares details of her family life living and working on a farm before moving to Charlotte in the late 1930s. She discusses her first time trying to slaughter a chicken, her mother's garden, and variety stores in downtown Charlotte du...
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Katie Grier oral history interview, 2001 October 27
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Creator
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Grier, Katie, 1925-2010
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Date Created
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2001-10-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural families, African American families, Country life, Gardening, Vegetable gardening, Community gardens, Depressions, Canning and preserving, Race relations, African Americans--Segregation, Race discrimination, School integration, Family farms, Domestic animals
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Description
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Katie Grier shares information about growing up in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, living in the Wilmore neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina for over thirty years, and her involvement with gardening throughout her life. She describes her...