Morris, Claude E. (Claude Edward), 1902-2006

Cumming, Gabriel

Hull, Bobby

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

2002-02-30

1 audio file (1:33:34) : digital, MP3

sound recording-nonmusical

spoken word

eng

Claude Morris was a 99-year-old man at the time of interview, which took place in Montgomery County, North Carolina. He was born in Montgomery County. He was employed at a silk mill in Montgomery County and in mills in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and Marietta, Pennsylvania as well as North Carolina.

Montgomery County, North Carolina native Claude Morris recounts inheriting his home from his parents and local events and places over the course of his life. Mr. Morris discusses gold panning, fox hunting, cleaning out clogged water springs as a boy to provide fresh water to the community, textile mills, and sawmills.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on minidisc and reformatted using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Mills and mill work--Employees
Sales personnel

Morris, Claude E. (Claude Edward), 1902-2006

Mills and mill-work
Rural families
Hunting
Gold panning
Springs
Lumber
Sawmills
Storytelling

North Carolina--Montgomery County
North Carolina--Troy
Pennsylvania--Marietta
Pennsylvania--Lancaster

Interviews
Oral histories

1900-2010

Catawba Lands Conservancy Perspectives on Land Project

Uwharrie

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