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Terry Burris oral history interview 1, 2021 June 3
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Creator
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Burris, Terry
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Date Created
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2021-06-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Transgender people, Gay clubs, Gay bars, Drag queens, Drag shows, AIDS (Disease)--Psychological aspects
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Terry Burris, whose stage name is Tiffany Storm, discusses her life, and her career as a drag queen, nightclub manager and proprietor in Charlotte, North Carolina. [All times approximate]. Ms. Burris introduces herself as the third owner of Chaser...
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William Means Stewart, Jr., oral history interview 1, 2019 August 1
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Creator
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Stewart, William Means, Jr., 1917-
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Date Created
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2019-08-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Farm life, Baseball, College students, Soldiers, Veterans, Accounting
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In this interview, William "Bill" Stewart shares memories of his life growing up in the Newell community near Charlotte, North Carolina, of his college days at Elon College in the 1930s, and of his military service in World War II. He tells about ...
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Mike Smith oral history interview, 2019 April 17
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Creator
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Smith, Mike (Farmer)
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Date Created
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2019-04-17
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Subjects--Topical
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Agriculture, Beef cattle, Farm management, Droughts, Tillage
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Description
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Mike Smith is the owner and operator of Big Oak Farm in Kannapolis, North Carolina. Mr. Smith shares that the farm has been in his family for nearly two hundred years and has been used to raise cotton, corn, and now beef cattle. In this interview,...
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Kate Brun oral history interview, 2019 April 4
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Creator
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Brun, Kate Lachance
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Date Created
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2019-04-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Farmers' markets, Farmers, Women farmers, Greenhouse gardening
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Kate Brun, founder, owner, and operator of Lucky Leaf Gardens, (LLG), in Harrisburg, North Carolina, discusses the greenhouse farming of microgreens, and the past, current, and future operations of LLG, a business she started from her home in 2010...
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Jerry and Tanya Sumerel oral history interview, 2019 March 13
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Creator
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Sumerel, Jerry, 1943-
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Date Created
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2019-03-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Beekeepers, Beehives, Agriculture, Pollination by bees, Honey, Honey, Comb, Insecticide
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Jerry and Tanya Sumerel are the owners of Honeysuckle Hill Bee Farm in Concord, North Carolina. They share the story of how Mr. Sumerel discovered apiary and fell in love with beekeeping. Mr. Sumerel describes the day-to-day activities of beekeepi...
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Thomas E. Barbee oral history interview, 2019 March 05
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Creator
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Barbee, Thomas E.
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Date Created
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2019-03-05
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Subjects--Topical
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Farm life, Farm produce, Foreign workers, Farmers' markets, Family farms
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Tommy Barbee, fifth-generation owner of T.&A. Barbee Family Farm located in Concord, North Carolina, discusses the changes he has witnessed in farming over the course of his lifetime. He recounts assisting his grandparents and parents on the farm ...
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Bryant McMurray oral history interview 4, 2017 April 26
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Creator
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McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
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Date Created
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2017-04-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Photography of sports, Motorsports--Economic aspects, Motorsports--Marketing, Stock car drivers, Advertising campaigns, Sports--Public relations, Television--Production and direction, College teaching, Entrepreneurship
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In this fourth installment of a series of interviews, Bryant McMurray describes his work in public relations and marketing campaigns for companies heavily involved with the motorsports industry such as STP Corporation, Hardee’s, and R.J. Reynolds....
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Bryant McMurray oral history interview 3, 2017 January 18
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Creator
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McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
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Date Created
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2017-01-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Motorsports, Photography of sports, Stock car racing, Photojournalism, Stock car drivers, Women automobile racing drivers, African American automobile racing drivers
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In this third installment of a series of interviews, Bryant McMurray discusses the evolution of stock car racing from a hardscrabble, do-it-yourself sport to a multimillion dollar industry with highly paid celebrity drivers and lucrative corporate...
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Bryant McMurray oral history interview 2, 2016 December 14
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Creator
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McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
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Date Created
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2016-12-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Motorsports, Photography of sports, Cameras--Equipment and supplies, Stock car racing, Photojournalism, Photography—Marketing, Portrait photography, Photographic collections--Management
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In this second part of a series of interviews, Bryant McMurray discusses the photographic equipment, camera models, and film types he employed throughout his career as a successful sports photojournalist as well as the techniques he used to captur...
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Bryant McMurray oral history interview 1, 2016 August 10
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Creator
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McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
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Date Created
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2016-08-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Motorsports, Photography of sports, Stock car racing, Photojournalism, Photography—Marketing, Aircraft accidents, Visits of state
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Bryant McMurray describes his career as a photojournalist and sports photographer and his lifelong involvement with the motorsports industry. He recalls his upbringing in Rock Hill, South Carolina, and early interest in photography and stock car r...
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Bryant McMurray Oral History Interviews
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Creator
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McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
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Date Created
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2016
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Subjects--Topical
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Sports photographers, Motorsports, Photojournalists
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In this sequence of interviews, Bryant McMurray--photojournalist, sports photographer, skilled raconteur--discusses his lifelong involvement with the motorsports industry and his work as a photographer and entrepreneur. Topics covered include his ...
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Frances Flock oral history interview, 2008 January 30
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Creator
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Flock, Frances, 1928-
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Date Created
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2008-01-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Automobile racing, Motorsports, Stock car racing, Automobile racing drivers' spouses, Labor unions--Organizing, Distilling, Illicit
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Frances Flock, the wife of stock car driver Tim Flock, reminisces about her early life, Mr. Flock's career, and her involvement in the motorsports community. She talks about growing up in rural Atlanta, Georgia in the 1930s and 1940s, her cou...
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2007 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race Press Event
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Creator
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McMurray, Bryant, 1947-
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Date Created
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2007-05-15
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Subjects--Topical
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Stock car racing
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The images in this collection highlight some of the events from the 2007 NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race press event held at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina on Tuesday, May 15, 2007. Humpy Wheeler, former president and general mana...
