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Title: Chris Folk oral history interview 3, 1998 October 15
Creator: Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
Date Created: 1998-10-15
Subjects--Topical: Education, Depressions, Mills and mill-work, Cities and towns, Poliomyelitis, Epidemics, Newspapers
Description: Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts his childhood growing up in the Charlotte area during World War II and his experiences attending Duke University in the 1940s and 1950s. The son of a textil...

Title: Greenville, North Carolina school
Creator: Sanders, Charles A., 1932-
Date Created: 1996-04-02
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, Primaries--U.S. states, Public schools, Education and state, School budgets, Computers, Medical care, Health insurance
Description: Charles Sanders has a conversation with teachers and employees a school in Greenville, North Carolina in relation to his campaign for U.S. senate. Toward the end, Sanders is interviewed by school reporters, then by someone else outside of the school.

Title: Henrietta Wallace oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Wallace, Henrietta, 1910-1981
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Depressions, Jewish families, Herb industry
Description: Henrietta Wallace discusses her family's Jewish heritage and medicinal herb business, which dates back to the 1850s, and the growth of the Jewish community in North Carolina in the 1800s and 1900s. Other topics discussed include her career as a li...

Title: Robert Eades oral history interview, 2002 October 20
Creator: Eades, Robert (Robert O.)
Date Created: 2002-10-20
Subjects--Topical: Land use, Rural, Mills and mill-work, Hunting, Fishing, Community development, Urban, Cotton growing, Ponds, Rivers, Camp meetings, County government, Zoning, Animals
Description: Robert Eades discusses the history of the land in Catawba County and Long Island, North Carolina, along with how the area has changed in recent years. Mr. Eades talks about cotton mills, which had closed by the time of interview; cotton farming, n...

Title: Sloan family. Julia Sloan. Letter
Creator: DeArmon, Julia Sloan, 1843-1909
Date Created: 1860-03-18
Subjects--Topical: Plantation life, Plantation owners, Slaveholders, Farm management, College students, Women's colleges, Enslavers
Description: Letter home from Julia Sloan while at Concord Female College in Statesville, NC. In it she references various family members, describes what her curriculum and work routine is like, and expresses her desire to hear and see her friends and family f...

Title: Statesville, IMPACT/ELETE, side a
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1995-12-17
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government, Political leadership
Description: Address to two youth groups, ELETE (Excellent Leadership for an Excellent Tomorrow) and IMPACT, held at a church.

Title: Statesville, IMPACT/ELETE, side b
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1995-12-17
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government, Political leadership
Description: Address to two youth groups, ELETE (Excellent Leadership for an Excellent Tomorrow) and IMPACT, held at a church.

Title: Statesville, Shiloh AME Zion Church
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 1996-03-30
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government, Primaries--U.S. states, Social values, Medical care, Health insurance, Education and state, Higher education and state, Early childhood education--Government policy, Student loans, Small business--Law and legislation, Environmental policy, Affirmative action programs, Budget deficits, Taxation--Law and legislation, Medicaid, Medicare, Minimum wage--Law and legislation--U.S. states, Crime prevention, Crime--Government policy, Abortion--Law and legislation
Description: Charlie Sanders delivers a campaign speech and participates in an event at Shiloh AME Zion Church in Statesville. Sanders introduces himself and discusses his background as a doctor, teacher, and businessman. Topics include Medicare, Medicaid, bal...

Title: Statesville, Shiloh AME Zion Church (Black church, pro-choice)
Creator: Sanders, Charles A., 1932-
Date Created: 1996-03-30
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, Primaries--U.S. states, Social values, Medical care, Health insurance, Education and state, Higher education and state, Early childhood education--Government policy, Student loans, Small business--Law and legislation, Environmental policy, Affirmative action programs, Budget deficits, Taxation--Law and legislation, Medicaid, Medicare, Minimum wage--Law and legislation--U.S. states, Crime prevention, Crime--Government policy, Abortion--Law and legislation
Description: Charles Sanders delivers a senatorial campaign speech at a black church (unnamed in recording). A panel asks him questions following the speech, as well as the audience. Near the end of the recording, Sanders explains his views on abortion.

Title: Statesville, Shiloh AME Zion Church, sound boosted
Creator: Sanders, Charles A., 1932-
Date Created: 1996-03-30
Subjects--Topical: Political campaigns, Politics and government, Primaries--U.S. states, Social values, Medical care, Health insurance, Budget deficits, Taxation--Law and legislation, Medicaid, Medicare, Minimum wage--Law and legislation--U.S. states, Crime prevention, Crime--Government policy
Description: Charles Sanders delivers a senatorial campaign speech at Shiloh AME Zion Church in Statesville. This is just a clip of a portion of the speech toward the end, which includes Sander's views on insurance portability and on abortion.