DeCamp, Kate B. (Kate Bingham), 1916-1993

Causby, Anna

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1979-05-24

1 audio file (4:33) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (4 pages : PDF)

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Kate DeCamp was a 63-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Hamilton County, Ohio in 1916. She was educated at Bryn Mawr and was employed as a homemaker. She served in a volunteer capacity in North Carolina organizations, including most notably as president of Mecklenburg County Medical Auxiliary, on the N.C. State Board of Medical Auxiliary, and as president of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Republican Women's Club.

Kate DeCamp briefly discusses her thirty-four years of living in Charlotte, North Carolina, and describes Charlotte as a very lively community and a nice place to live. She characterizes Charlotte as a progressive community and discusses leisure activities including reading and participating in an organization called the Senior Citizens with her husband.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master file. Interview originally recorded on reel to reel, duplicate audio analog cassette digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Homemakers
Volunteers

DeCamp, Kate B. (Kate Bingham), 1916-1993

Manners and customs
Social values
Voluntarism

North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1940-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

Allen Ledyard Decamp oral history interview, May 24, 1979, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte (http://goldmine.uncc.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A454)

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