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Alfred Rhyne oral history interview, 2003 July 14
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Creator
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Rhyne, Alfred M. (Alfred Mason), 1919-2014
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Date Created
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2003-07-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Rural families, Genealogy, Sharecropping, Land use, Rural, Presbyterian Church, Endemic plants, Water--Pollution, Rural development
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Description
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Alfred Rhyne discusses his family's long history in Stanley, North Carolina and his relationship with the land. He talks about how one of his ancestors first obtained a land grant from England for property in the Stanley region, his grandparents' ...
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Beth Douglas oral history interview, 2003 July 1
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Creator
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Douglas, Beth (Counselor)
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Date Created
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2003-07-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Land use, Rural, Animals, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Trees, Rural development, Litter (Trash), Water--Pollution
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Beth Douglas describes what she likes about living in Gaston County, North Carolina, where she moved to in 2000. Mrs. Douglas discusses the importance of recycling, protecting the environment, local wildlife, and how she would like to see the coun...
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Brenda Beam oral history interview, 1979 October 23
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Creator
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Beam, Brenda, 1910-1998
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Date Created
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1979-10-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Refrigeration and refrigeration machinery, Ice industry, Delivery of goods
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Description
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Brenda Beam recounts her father-in-law's ice delivery business in the 1920s and her life in the Charlotte area. Topics discussed include the transition from ice delivery by horse-drawn wagon to electric refrigerators and her recollection of c...
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D Evans oral history interview, 2018 May 7
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Creator
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Evans, D
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Date Created
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2018-05-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Coming out (Sexual orientation), Closeted LGBTQ+ people, Homophobia--Religious aspects--Christianity, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for, Homophobia, Racism
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In this interview, D. Evans, a founding member of One Voice Chorus, an LGBTQ choir in Charlotte North Carolina, shares her experience being a gay, biracial woman in North Carolina. Ms. Evans discusses her difficult childhood and the move from Long...
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Earl Stafford oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Stafford, Earl, 1915-1982
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Floods, Voluntarism, City and town life
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Description
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Earl Stafford recounts memories of Charlotte, North Carolina after moving to Mecklenburg County in 1943. He discusses North Carolina's flood of 1916 and how it destroyed many communities in western North Carolina. Other topics include change in do...
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Ed Peeler oral history interview, 1993 May 7
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Creator
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Peeler, Ed
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Date Created
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1993-05-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, School sports--Coaching, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, College athletes--Scholarships, fellowships, etc., High school athletes, Race relations, Television broadcasting of sports, Academic achievement
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Ed Peeler describes his career as a high school basketball and football coach at Mooresboro High School and Crest High School in Cleveland County, North Carolina. Mr. Peeler discusses notable students he coached, including David Thompson, and thei...
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Gladys Worthy oral history interview, 1993 May 6
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Creator
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Worthy, Gladys, 1931-1994
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Date Created
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1993-05-06
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Subjects--Topical
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Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball players, Basketball stories, School sports, Basketball--Tournaments, Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation, High school student activities, Parenting
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Gladys Worthy, a former basketball player for Highland High School in Gastonia, North Carolina during the 1948-1950 seasons, recalls her sports career. She reflects on the many advantages high school basketball afforded her, including the chance t...
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Harold Pulley oral history interview 2, 2012 June 26
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Creator
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Pulley, Harold
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Date Created
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2012-06-26
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Subjects--Topical
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African Americans--Segregation, Race relations, College students, Universities and colleges--Faculty, United States. Air Force, Military participation--African American, Post-traumatic stress disorder, African American churches, Church controversies
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In this second of four interviews, Harold Pulley, UNC Charlotte alumnus, recounts his college and military careers, discussing his time at Livingstone College, Gaston Technical Institute, and UNC Charlotte, as well as in the Navy Reserve and the A...
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Harry W. Suddreth oral history interview, 2003 July 16
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Creator
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Suddreth, Harry W. (Harry Wilson), 1941-
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Date Created
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2003-07-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Family farms, Land use, Rural, Nurseries (Horticulture), Greenhouses, Ornamental trees, Animals, Feral cats, Urbanization
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Harry W. Suddreth recounts moving to Mount Holly, North Carolina in the 1960s, and what he likes about living in the community. Topics discussed include urbanization in the surrounding area, owning and running his businesses, Low Meadow Greenhouse...
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Helen Babington oral history interview, 1979 May 25
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Creator
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Babington, Helen, 1910-1996
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Date Created
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1979-05-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Historic preservation, Historical museums
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Description
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Helen Babington describes her involvement in Gaston County community efforts to preserve the county's history. She discusses her role as trustee and vice-president of the Gaston County Museum of Art & History, the restoration of historic buildings...
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Ida Hoover oral history interview, 2003 June 25
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Creator
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Hoover, Ida M. (Ida Mauney), 1908-2011
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Date Created
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2003-06-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Farm life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Field crops, Livestock, Turkeys, Animals, Sewage
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Description
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Ida Hoover discusses her family and their relationship to the land in Gaston County, North Carolina throughout the twentieth century. Mrs. Hoover talks about her in-laws' creamery business, the crops her family raised, the neighbors in the communi...
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James Forrester and Mary Frances Forrester oral history interview, 2003 August 7
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Creator
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Forrester, James S. (James Summers), 1937-2011
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Date Created
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2003-08-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Animals, Pollution, Local history, Medicine, Rural, Nature, Rural development
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James Forrester and Mary Frances Forrester recount their lives in Stanley, North Carolina, where they first moved so Dr. Forrester could work as a physician through a rural doctor program. Topics discussed include their appreciation for the land, ...
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Joyce Burt and Roger Burt oral history interview, 2003 February 1
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Creator
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Burt, Joyce W. (Joyce Wallace)
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Date Created
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2003-02-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Sewerage, Rural, Animals, Natural areas, Rural development, Hunting, Wildlife conservation, Deforestation, Livestock, Rivers, Trails
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Joyce Burt, Roger Burt, and Joyce's brother, Danny Wallace, recount the history of the land and the community in Gaston County, North Carolina. They broadly talk about the land and natural environment in their region, including wildlife within the...
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Mamie Allison Cole oral history interview, 2003 July 29
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Creator
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Cole, Mamie, 1922-
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Date Created
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2003-07-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Mills and mill-work, Rural families, Textile workers, Wetlands, Wild flowers, Field crops, Country life, Manners and customs, Dairy cattle, Protected areas, Farm life
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Mamie Allison Cole recounts her family’s history in Mount Holly, North Carolina and what life was like growing up in the area during the 1920s and 1930s. Mrs. Cole discusses the chores she had to do, her father’s farm, the parties her family would...
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Mickey Gilmore and Lynn Gilmore oral history interview, 2003 July 3
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Creator
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Gilmore, Tommy M. (Tommy Michael)
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Date Created
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2003-07-03
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Subjects--Topical
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Historic buildings, Country life, Land use, Rural, Animals, Coyote, Hunting, Endemic plants, Recycling (Waste, etc.), Natural areas, Trapping, Snakes
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Tommy Michael "Mickey" Gilmore and Lynn Gilmore discuss their home in Stanley, North Carolina and their relationship with the land and environment. The Gilmores describe their historic home, which was built by William Rankin in the late 1700s. The...
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Richard Rankin oral history interview, 2003 July 22
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Creator
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Rankin, Richard
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Date Created
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2003-07-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Land use, Rural, Trails, Hunting, Animals, Plants, Christian stewardship, Landscape protection, Farm life, Ponds, Christmas trees
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Richard Rankin discusses the history of the surrounding area in Stanley Creek and his experiences growing up in Stanley, Gaston County, North Carolina. He talks about the history between the Rankin and Rhyne family within the Stanley Creek area, t...
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Robert McCorkle and Margaret McCorkle oral history interview, 2003 July 18
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Creator
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McCorkle, Robert, 1922-2006
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Date Created
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2003-07-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Land use, Rural, Rural families, Hunting, Animals, Traditional medicine, Rural development, Farm life
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Married couple Robert McCorkle and Margaret McCorkle recall their family's history and changes to the land and environment in Gaston County, North Carolina. Topics discussed include home remedies, animals in the area such as doves, activities that...
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Stanley Creek
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Creator
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Cumming, Gabriel
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Date Created
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2002, 2004
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Subjects--Topical
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Land use, Rural
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Description
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Interviews and project recordings relating to the Stanley Creek region, located in Gaston County, North Carolina.
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Waitsell Ensley oral history interview, 2006 March 22
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Creator
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Ensley, Waitsell, 1936-
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Date Created
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2006-03-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Country life, Manners and customs, Education, Rural, Parents--Death, Drinking of alcoholic beverages, Social values
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Textiles industry manager Waitsell Ensley discusses his life and his family. He describes his unexpected birth and his childhood growing up in small mill towns in Gaston County, North Carolina. In particular, Mr. Ensley talks about rationing durin...