Jane Kuykendall oral history interview, 1992 November 23

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Jane Bradley Kuykendall describes her early experience playing basketball in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Kuykendall discusses various aspects that have evolved in womens basketball including their uniforms, rules and regulations, and the community’s varying opinions on whether women should be permitted to play sports. Mrs. Kuykendall also recalls attending Queens College during the 1930s when it was an all women's institution, alongside the restrictions that entailed for the students.

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Basketball and Culture in the Southern Piedmont

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Title: Jane Kuykendall oral history interview, 1992 November 23
Interviewee: Kuykendall, Jane Bradley, 1913-2002
Interviewer: Felkner, Peter H.
Place of Publication: Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Date of Interview: 1992-11-23
Physical Description: 1 audio file (0:19:43) : digital, MP3
Object Type: sound recording-nonmusical
Genre: spoken word
Language: eng
Interviewee Biography: Jane Bradley Kuykendall was a 79-year-old woman at the time of the interview, which took place in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. She was born in Mocksville, North Carolina in 1913. She was educated at Queens College and Winthrop College where she obtained her Masters Degree in Library Science. She was employed as a librarian at Collinswood Elementary School.
Abstract: Jane Bradley Kuykendall describes her early experience playing basketball in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Kuykendall discusses various aspects that have evolved in womens basketball including their uniforms, rules and regulations, and the community’s varying opinions on whether women should be permitted to play sports. Mrs. Kuykendall also recalls attending Queens College during the 1930s when it was an all women's institution, alongside the restrictions that entailed for the students.
Digital Object Notes: MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.
Audio Condition Note: Loud mechanical sound throughout recording. The interviewer is easier to make out in the recording then the interviewee.
Interviewee Occupations: School librarians
Subjects--Names: Kuykendall, Jane Bradley, 1913-2002
Subjects--Organizations: Queens College (Charlotte, N.C.)
Subjects--Topics: Basketball
Basketball for women
Sex role
School sports
Basketball--Rules
Basketball uniforms
Women's colleges--Social aspects
Subjects--Geographic: North Carolina--Mecklenburg County
North Carolina--Charlotte
Subjects--Genre: Interviews
Oral histories
Coverage--Dates: 1920-2000
Digital Collection Title: Levine Museum of the New South
Digital Collection Series Title: Basketball and Culture in the Southern Piedmont
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This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Internet Media Type: audio/mpeg
Identifier: MU-KU0090
Handle URL: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:7848

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