Myrtle Hall oral history interview, 2002 September 22

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Myrtle Hall discusses her life in Ophir, North Carolina, a community in Montgomery County near Troy. She discusses working at the Fremont Hosiery Mill until knee problems forced her to retire at eighty years old. Her family owned a farm and grew all the food they needed except a little coffee and sugar. She talks about how younger residents in her community are moving away to bigger cities. Ms. Hall shares some stories from her life like catching stone toaders (crawfish) and fishing in a local stream when she was young. She also discusses her active involvement in the local Democratic Party and in her community.

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Title: Myrtle Hall oral history interview, 2002 September 22
Interviewee: Hall, Myrtle, 1910-2004
Interviewer: Cumming, Gabriel
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: 2002-09-22
Physical Description: 1 audio file (1:55:53) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (64 pages : PDF)
Object Type: sound recording-nonmusical
Genre: spoken word
Language: eng
Interviewee Biography: Myrtle Hall was a 91-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in her home in Ophir, Montgomery County, North Carolina. She was born in Troy, North Carolina in 1910. She was employed at Fremont Hosiery Mill until her retirement.
Abstract: Myrtle Hall discusses her life in Ophir, North Carolina, a community in Montgomery County near Troy. She discusses working at the Fremont Hosiery Mill until knee problems forced her to retire at eighty years old. Her family owned a farm and grew all the food they needed except a little coffee and sugar. She talks about how younger residents in her community are moving away to bigger cities. Ms. Hall shares some stories from her life like catching stone toaders (crawfish) and fishing in a local stream when she was young. She also discusses her active involvement in the local Democratic Party and in her community.
Digital Object Notes: MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on minidisc and reformatted using a Digidesign 003 rack.
Interviewee Occupations: Textile workers
Subjects--Names: Hall, Myrtle, 1910-2004
Subjects--Organizations: Democratic Party (N.C.)
Subjects--Topics: Mills and mill-work
Country life
Land use, Rural
Family farms
Political participation
Quilting
Voluntarism
Subjects--Geographic: North Carolina--Montgomery County
North Carolina--Ophir
Subjects--Genre: Interviews
Oral histories
Coverage--Dates: 1910-2010
Digital Collection Title: Catawba Lands Conservancy Perspectives on Land Project
Digital Collection Series Title: Uwharrie
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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: PL-HA0009

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