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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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Dan Davis oral history interview, 1993 November 10
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Creator
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Davis, Dan S. (Daniel Shaw), 1905-2000
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Date Created
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1993-10-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women, Basketball stories, Transportation
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Description
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Dan Davis describes playing and coaching basketball in and around Union County, North Carolina. After his graduation from UNC Chapel Hill in 1928, he came back to Union County to teach and coach men's and women's basketball, as well as baseball. H...
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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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Mary Alice Wright oral history interview, 1993 October 31
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Creator
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Wright, Mary Alice, 1930-2003
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Date Created
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1993-10-31
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Parents--Death, Grief, Housing, Rural, Country life
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Description
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Mary Alice Wright discusses growing up in the mill village in Waxhaw, North Carolina. In particular, she describes how she worked in the mill village as a concession stand operator and actively participated in social activities, such as square dan...
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Mary Jane White oral history interview, 1979 May 24
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Creator
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White, Mary Jane, 1904-1987
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Date Created
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1979-05-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Farm life, Family farms, Education, Rural
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Description
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Mary Jane White discusses living on a family farm in Union County, North Carolina during the early twentieth century, then moving to Charlotte, North Carolina to work in a private household in 1927. Other topics include her education in a one-room...
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Monroe has had roll-out garbage for years--they need the larger containers.
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Creator
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Payne, Eugene G., 1919-2010
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Date Created
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1979-03-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Political cartoons, Politics and government--Caricatures and cartoons, Annexation (Municipal government), Cities and towns--Growth, Refuse collection, Municipal government, Cities and towns--Politics and government
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Description
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Topics include: Municipal annexation; Waste collection services; Monroe (North Carolina); Union County (North Carolina); North Carolina politics and government
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Some RAIN stuff, Giving social - WAD - Lenny - Union County school
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Creator (Corporate)
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RAIN (Charlotte N.C.)
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Date Created
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2000, 2006
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Subjects--Topical
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AIDS (Disease), AIDS (Disease)--Patients, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity, AIDS (Disease)--Prevention, Fund raising, Walk-a-thons
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Multiple recordings on one tape. Beginning: A Thanksgiving gathering with food and conversations. Trivia and a group prayer. (8:55) An event at a church where women speak at a podium about women and HIV/AIDS, interspersed with music and dance. (25...
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Union County Senior Center and interviews
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Creator
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Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
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Date Created
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1996-09-12
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Subjects--Topical
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Political campaigns, Politics and government, African Americans--Politics and government
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Description
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Event hosted by the Union County Democratic Party. Ruth Helms, Commissioner of Union County, introduces Gantt. At 1:23, recording abruptly changes to a one-on-one interview with Gantt. Gantt answers questions and primarily describes this election ...
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Wilma Conder oral history interview, 1993 September 22
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Creator
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Conder, Wilma H., 1923-2014
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Date Created
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1993-09-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Industrial relations, Automation, Foundries--Automation, Pipe mills, Plastics industry and trade, Plastics--Molding, Plastics workers, Shipment of goods, Teams in the workplace, Women blue collar workers, Work environment
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In her interview, Wilma Conder recounts her twenty-five years at the Charlotte Pipe and Foundry plastics plant. Mrs. Conder discusses her job as an operator of a large molding machine, noting her pioneering efforts in this position as few women da...