Walker, Mary Clegg, 1904-1984

Causby, Anna

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1979-05-25

1 audio file (18:24) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (7 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

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Mary Clegg Walker was a 74-year-old woman at the time of interview which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina in 1904. She was educated at Young Harris College and was employed as an elementary school teacher.

Mary Clegg Walker discusses her family and her seventeen years as a kindergarten teacher in Matthews, North Carolina. Topics discussed include her father's high school in Rutherford County and how it was established; an anecdote about how J. B. Ivey worked for her grandfather as a young man and used the money to open his first store in Belwood, North Carolina; and her father's sermons, which inspired her to move forward in her education.

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.

Teachers
Elementary school teachers

Walker, Mary Clegg, 1904-1984
Ivey, J. B. (Joseph Benjamin), 1864-1958

Elementary school teaching
Manners and customs
Christian life

North Carolina--Rutherford County
North Carolina--Matthews
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Belwood

Interviews
Oral histories

1900-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

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