Pickens, Marshall I. (Marshall Ivey), 1904-1991

Causby, Anna

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1979-03-23

1 audio file (11:51) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (5 pages)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

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Marshall I. Pickens was a 75-year-old man at the time of interview. He was born in 1904, in Pineville, North Carolina. He graduated from Duke University and was employed with the Duke Endowment as a trustee and in other capacities.

Marshall I. Pickens recounts his fifty-year tenure working for the Duke Endowment fund in Charlotte, North Carolina. He explains the endowment’s purpose and lists some of the local institutions it has supported over the years, including local colleges and universities, nonprofit hospitals, child caring institutes, and rural Methodist churches. Mr. Pickens also talks briefly about people and organizations that were significant in serving the Charlotte community. In particular, he discusses the Methodist Home, United Community Services, and the Greater Charlotte Foundation; and the role of the Belk family, Mayor Stan Brookshire, and UNC Charlotte founder Bonnie Cone.

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.

Nonprofit organizations--Employees
Executives

Pickens, Marshall I. (Marshall Ivey), 1904-1991
Belk family

Duke Endowment

Endowments
Community foundations
Charities--Management
Methodist Church

North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1920-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city

Marshall I. Pickens oral history interview 1, July 16, 1969. J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections. University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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