Bergeson, Beverly, 1917-1998

Perzel, Edward Spaulding

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1979-10-23

1 audio file (15:24) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (10 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Beverly Bergeson was a 62-year-old woman at the time of interview. She was born in Jamestown, New York in 1917 and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1977. She was educated at the State University of New York at Albany and was employed as the director of the Council on Aging in Charlotte.

Beverly Bergeson discusses growing up in Jamestown, New York during the Great Depression and how the decades prior to World War II impacted her life. Topics discussed include her work with the elderly and the overall changing dynamic of families, her collegiate education in Albany, New York, and her memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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.

Audio file contains background noise that makes audio hard to hear at times.

Personnel departments--Employees
Executives

Bergeson, Beverly, 1917-1998

World War (1939-1945)
Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941)

Depressions
Older people--Care
Families
Leisure

New York (State)--Jamestown
New York (State)--Chautauqua Lake
North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1910-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

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OH-BE0016

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:1354