Beam, Brenda, 1910-1998

Sides, Beth

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1979-10-23

1 audio file (9:23) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (9 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Brenda Beam was a 69-year-old woman at the time of interview. She was born in Cherryville, North Carolina in 1910. She was educated at King's Business College and was employed by Southern Bell as a stenographer.

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 considering herself a "modern girl" who left home to attend college.

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.

Telecommunication equipment industry--Employees
Stenographers

Beam, Brenda, 1910-1998

Refrigeration and refrigeration machinery
Ice industry
Delivery of goods

North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Gaston County

Interviews
Oral histories

1910-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

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