Cherry, Jessie, 1915-

Perzel, Edward Spaulding

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1979-05-25

1 audio file (16:36) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (9 pages : PDF)

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Jessie Cherry was a 63-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in South Carolina in 1915. She was educated at McClintock Grade School and was employed as a salad assembler at Ruth's Salads in Charlotte.

Jessie Cherry shares details of her family life living and working on a farm before moving to Charlotte in the late 1930s. She discusses her first time trying to slaughter a chicken, her mother's garden, and variety stores in downtown Charlotte during the 1930s and 1940s, prior to sales tax.

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.

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Cherry, Jessie, 1915-

Country life
Family farms
African American families

South Carolina--Fort Mill
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County
North Carolina--Charlotte--Steele Creek

Interviews
Oral histories

1910-1980

Ed Perzel WSOC project on twentieth century Charlotte

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