Wister, Emery, 1914-2007

Perzel, Edward Spaulding

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1979-05-23

1 audio file (42:45) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (24 pages)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Emery Wister was a 65-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place at an unknown location. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1914. He graduated from Central High School and was employed as a proofreader, a reporter, and an editor for the Charlotte News.

Emery Wister, a journalist and editor at the Charlotte News, recounts his life and experiences in Charlotte, North Carolina. He describes growing up on the edge of the Brooklyn neighborhood in Charlotte and discusses local race relations and the role of urban renewal in displacing members of the community. Mr. Wister discusses his long career in the news industry, focusing on his work as an entertainment reporter and as a business reporter. As an entertainment reporter and film critic, he covered the film industry, and he describes how changes made in Hollywood affected local movie venues. Mr. Wister recounts some of the important business stories he broke, including the mergers that created the North Carolina National Bank, the development of Lake Norman, and the growth of the airline industry in Charlotte. He also discusses the newspaper's associate editor, Wilbur J. Cash, whose developing war coverage from Europe predicted many World War II events before they occurred. Mr. Wister concludes by describing the rivalry between the Charlotte News and the Charlotte Observer, and by explaining how both newspapers' political leanings changed over time.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on reel to reel, duplicate audio analog cassette digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Editors
Journalists

Wister, Emery, 1914-2007
Cash, W. J. (Wilbur Joseph), 1900-1941

Journalism, Commercial
Journalism and motion pictures
Journalists
Newspaper editors
Reporters and reporting
Urban renewal--Social aspects

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Charlotte--Brooklyn

Interviews
Oral histories

Charlotte news (Charlotte, N.C. : 1928)
Charlotte observer (Charlotte, N.C. : 1916)

1910-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

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Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.

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OH-WI0181

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:270