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Anne Steele oral history interview, 2015 April 11
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Creator
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Steele, Anne, 1930-
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Date Created
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2015-04-11
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Subjects--Topical
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African American families, African American neighborhoods
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Anne Steele recalls initially moving to the Historic Washington Heights community in Charlotte North Carolina to provide assistance to her aging aunt in the 1990s. Thinking about the twenty years she has spent living in the neighborhood, she remem...
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Billy J. Reid oral history interview 1, 2012 September 13
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Creator
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Reid, Billy J. (Billy June), 1931-2022
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Date Created
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2012-09-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Education, College students, Veterans--Education (Higher), Women college presidents, African Americans--Segregation, Depressions
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In this interview, Bill J. Reid, one of "Bonnie's Boys" and a Charlotte College alumnus, reflects on growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina, during the Great Depression and on Bonnie Cone's influence in his life. He recalls his educatio...
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Dale F. Halton oral history interview 2, 2018 March 7
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Creator
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Halton, Dale F. (Dale Fowler), 1937-2023
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Date Created
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2018-03-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Stepparents--Family relationships, Suicide, Family-owned business enterprises, Chief executive officers, Businesswomen, Corporation law, Philanthropists, Women philanthropists
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Ms. Dale F. Halton discusses the history of her family's ownership of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte, her eventual acquisition of the company, and her role as a female CEO and businesswoman in Charlotte, North Carolina in the 19...
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Dale F. Halton oral history interview 3, 2018 April 4
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Creator
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Halton, Dale F. (Dale Fowler), 1937-2023
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Date Created
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2018-04-04
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Subjects--Topical
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Family-owned business enterprises, Chief executive officers, Businesswomen, Corporation law, Philanthropists, Women philanthropists, Sex discrimination against women
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Ms. Dale F. Halton discusses her acquisition of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte and her experiences as a female CEO in the Charlotte business community in the 1980s. Topics discussed include Ms. Halton's work improving the compan...
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Dale F. Halton oral history interview 4, 2018 June 27
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Halton, Dale F. (Dale Fowler), 1937-2023
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Date Created
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2018-06-27
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Subjects--Topical
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Stepparents--Family relationships, Grandparents--Family relationships, Suicide, Family-owned business enterprises, Chief executive officers, Advertising, Businesswomen, Corporation law
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Ms. Dale F. Halton discusses the lives of her grandparents, Henry Barksdale Fowler and Sarah "Sadie" Caroline Clarkson, and their experiences managing the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte in the 1940s and 1950s. Topics discussed include Ms...
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Dorlan D. Mork oral history interview 1, 2014 July 7
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Creator
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Mork, Dorlan, 1932-
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Date Created
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2014-07-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Public universities and colleges, Public universities and colleges--Administration, Public universities and colleges--Faculty, Women college presidents, Depressions
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In this first of two interviews, Dr. Dorlan D. Mork, long-time employee of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and close friend and neighbor of Bonnie Cone, reflects on his own career and on the life and legacy of Dr. Cone. He begins by ...
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Ed DePasquale oral history interview, 2016 October 19
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Creator
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DePasquale, Ed, 1933-2019
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Date Created
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2016-10-19
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Subjects--Topical
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Italian Americans, Stores, Retail--Management, Gay men, Gay men--Sexual behavior, Racism, Gay men--Family relationships, Sexual orientation--Religious aspects, Christianity, Gay relationships
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WARNING: This interview includes language that many may find offensive, including racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, and anti-Semitic statements. Ed DePasquale discusses his life as a gay man in Charlotte, North Carolina for the past sixty y...
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Emma Peoples Smith oral history interview 2, 2020 January 16
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Creator
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Smith, Emma Peoples
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Date Created
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2020-01-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Genealogy, Tenant farmers, Nannies, Farm life
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In this second of three interviews Emma Peoples Smith, the great granddaughter of Richard Peoples who was a prominent citizen in the Providence township of Mecklenburg County during the 19th century, gives detail about her family farm on Rea Peopl...
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Jim Williams oral history interview, 2018, November 29
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Creator
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Williams, Jim, 1939-2020
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Date Created
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2018-11-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil war, Electronics, Historical reenactments, Computer engineering
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Jim Williams reflects on his career, and his path to becoming an historical reenactor and antebellum historian in his retirement. He talks about his particular areas of interest in history and details major projects over the course of his career. ...
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John Miller, Jr. oral history interview 2, 2011 September 14
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Miller, John S. (John Sutton), Jr., 1930-2021
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Date Created
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2011-09-14
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Subjects--Topical
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Rest homes, Rest homes--Administration, Rest homes--Government policy, Nursing home patients, Farms, Agriculture, Dairy farming, Laundries, African Americans--Segregation
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In this interview John Miller, Jr., Superintendent of Green Acres Rest Home in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1961 to 1982, continues to describe life at the rest home from his childhood through his time as superintendent. He shares memories of s...
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Richard Suddreth oral history interview, 2017 October 30
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Creator
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Suddreth, Richard
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Date Created
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2017-10-30
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Subjects--Topical
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Plantations, Historic house museums
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Richard Suddreth, who grew up in North Charlotte (NoDa), a neighborhood of Charlotte, North Carolina, recalls his memories of the neighboring Rosedale plantation and his friendship with the historic home's last owners Alice Davidson Able and ...
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William C. Friday oral history interview, 2012 May 1
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Friday, William C. (William Clyde)
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Date Created
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2012-05-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Public universities and colleges--Administration, Women college presidents, Education, Higher, Education--Political aspects, Depressions
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In this interview, William "Bill" Friday, long-time president of the University of North Carolina System, shares his memories of Bonnie Cone, the founder of Charlotte College. He describes Ms. Cone's drive to establish a university in Charlot...