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Anna L. Heafner, Eunice "Dolly" Hickman, and Maude Pratt oral history interview, 1993 June 1
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Creator
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Heafner, Anna Lou, 1920-2011
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Date Created
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1993-06-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball players, School sports, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Basketball--Social aspects, Country life
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Description
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Anna L. Heafner, Eunice "Dolly" Hickman, and Maude Pratt describe their experiences playing basketball in the Steele Creek area of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina (now part of Charlotte) during the 1930s. They talk about how many of the girls w...
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Elizabeth Callaway oral history interview, 1993 March 11
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Creator
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Callaway, Elizabeth McCall, 1919-2004
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Date Created
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1993-03-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Country life
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Description
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Elizabeth McCall Callaway talks about learning to play basketball and her memories of playing on school teams in Catawba County and Charlotte, North Carolina. She played basketball starting in the seventh grade in Catawba County and played for fou...
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Frances Blanton oral history interview, 1992 November 24
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Creator
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Blanton, Frances B.
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Date Created
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1992-11-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Social values, Country life, Manners and customs, Dating (Social customs), Homemakers
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Description
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Longtime Charlotte resident Frances Blanton discusses her family, and her childhood and adolescence. She describes visiting her grandparents on their farm in Cabarrus County, where they made their own butter, cream, and sausage. Mrs. Blanton began...
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Herman Cunningham oral history interview, 1993 September 7
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Creator
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Cunningham, Herman, 1928-2018
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Date Created
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1993-09-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, School sports, Basketball teams, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports--Social aspects, Segregation in education, Sports for women, Country life, School discipline
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Description
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Herman Cunningham recounts playing on the basketball team during the 1940s at Winchester High School, a segregated school for African Americans in Monroe, North Carolina. Mr. Cunningham describes how the school partially burned down in the 1930s a...
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Newell Gymnasium group oral history interview, 1993 January 16
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Creator
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Austin, Ernest B., 1926-2014
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Date Created
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1993-01-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, Basketball--Social aspects, Rural schools, Country life, Gymnasiums, School sports, Depressions
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Description
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A group of former Newell High School students, including Ernest B. Austin, Lloyd Cochran, Russell G. Faulk, Francis Freeman, Vera Kimbrell, and several unnamed speakers, discuss the role basketball played in Newell, an unincorporated farming commu...
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Virginia Case oral history interview, 1996 September 10
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Creator
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Case, Virginia, 1918-
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Date Created
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1996-09-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Country life, War--Economic aspects, Women in war, Race relations, Urban renewal
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Description
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Virginia Case discusses her family and life in Gastonia, North Carolina. Originally from Pickens County, South Carolina, she and her husband moved to Gastonia in the mid-1930s. Mrs. Case describes how difficult life was during the Great Depression...