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Ben E. Douglas oral history interview 2, 1979 May 23
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Creator
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Douglas, Ben E. (Ben Elbert), 1894-1981
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Date Created
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1979-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Municipal government, Urban transportation, Airports--Planning, City planning
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Description
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Ben Douglas discusses his tenure as mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina from 1935 to 1941. He discusses the structure of city government in the 1920s and explains that he was the first Charlotte mayor to be directly elected by voters. He describes ...
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Earl Stafford oral history interview, 1979 May 22
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Creator
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Stafford, Earl, 1915-1982
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Date Created
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1979-05-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Floods, Voluntarism, City and town life
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Description
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Earl Stafford recounts memories of Charlotte, North Carolina after moving to Mecklenburg County in 1943. He discusses North Carolina's flood of 1916 and how it destroyed many communities in western North Carolina. Other topics include change in do...