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Title: Bob Morgan oral history interview, 2015 June 18
Creator: Morgan, Bob (Robert Glenn)
Date Created: 2015-06-18
Subjects--Topical: Boards of Trade, Universities and colleges--Research, Street-railroads
Description: Bob Morgan begins the interview discussing his life and how he became the CEO of the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in 2005. He talks about the work of the Chamber and its relevance to UNC Charlotte, which included helping the University as it grew...

Title: C.D. Spangler Jr. oral history interview, 2013 February 14
Creator: Spangler, C. D., Jr. (Clemmie Dixon), 1932-
Date Created: 2013-02-14
Subjects--Topical: Doctor of philosophy degree, Urban universities and colleges
Description: C.D. Spangler, President of the University of North Carolina System from 1986-1997 and CEO of Spangler Industries Incorporated, discusses his tenure as the President of the UNC System. He begins with an overview of how the UNC System and the Board...

Title: Dale F. Halton oral history interview 1, 2013 January 18
Creator: Halton, Dale F. (Dale Fowler), 1937-2023
Date Created: 2013-01-18
Subjects--Topical: College sports, College trustees, College benefactors, Urban universities and colleges
Description: Dale F. Halton, former CEO of Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte, discusses her involvement with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and in particular her close association with Chancellor James H. Woodward, and her support for bo...

Title: Dale F. Halton oral history interview 2, 2018 March 7
Creator: Halton, Dale F. (Dale Fowler), 1937-2023
Date Created: 2018-03-07
Subjects--Topical: Stepparents--Family relationships, Suicide, Family-owned business enterprises, Chief executive officers, Businesswomen, Corporation law, Philanthropists, Women philanthropists
Description: Ms. Dale F. Halton discusses the history of her family's ownership of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte, her eventual acquisition of the company, and her role as a female CEO and businesswoman in Charlotte, North Carolina in the 19...

Title: Dale F. Halton oral history interview 3, 2018 April 4
Creator: Halton, Dale F. (Dale Fowler), 1937-2023
Date Created: 2018-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Family-owned business enterprises, Chief executive officers, Businesswomen, Corporation law, Philanthropists, Women philanthropists, Sex discrimination against women
Description: Ms. Dale F. Halton discusses her acquisition of the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte and her experiences as a female CEO in the Charlotte business community in the 1980s. Topics discussed include Ms. Halton's work improving the compan...

Title: Dale F. Halton oral history interview 4, 2018 June 27
Creator: Halton, Dale F. (Dale Fowler), 1937-2023
Date Created: 2018-06-27
Subjects--Topical: Stepparents--Family relationships, Grandparents--Family relationships, Suicide, Family-owned business enterprises, Chief executive officers, Advertising, Businesswomen, Corporation law
Description: Ms. Dale F. Halton discusses the lives of her grandparents, Henry Barksdale Fowler and Sarah "Sadie" Caroline Clarkson, and their experiences managing the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte in the 1940s and 1950s. Topics discussed include Ms...

Title: Debbie Warren oral history interview 1, 2016 June 21
Creator: Warren, Debbie (Debbie Carol)
Date Created: 2016-06-21
Subjects--Topical: Faith, Baptists, Sex role, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Care, Gay activists, Gay men--Relations with lesbians, Lesbians, Sex discrimination against women, Lesbian clergy
Description: Prior to the 1992 founding of Regional AIDS Interfaith Network (RAIN) in Charlotte, North Carolina, Rev. Debbie Warren dedicated her life to service within the Baptist Church. In this first of three interviews, Rev. Warren discusses her early year...

Title: Debbie Warren oral history interview 2, 2016 July 13
Creator: Warren, Debbie (Debbie Carol)
Date Created: 2016-07-13
Subjects--Topical: Faith, AIDS (Disease)--Religious aspects--Christianity, AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Care, Gay activists, Gay men--Relations with lesbians, Lesbian clergy, LGBTQ+ religious people, Marginality, Social, Bingo
Description: In this second of three interviews, Rev. Debbie Warren begins by illustrating Charlotte in 1992--the year she founded the Regional Aids Interfaith Network (RAIN). Rev. Warren witnessed a great deal of social stratification between faith leaders an...

Title: Harvie C. Jordan oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator: Jordan, Harvie C., Sr., 1910-1992
Date Created: 1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical: Printing industry, Depressions, Newspaper publishing, Entrepreneurship
Description: Harvie C. Jordan recalls co-founding his paper company, the Dixie Tag and Envelope Manufacturing Company, describes contract work that it undertook for the U.S. government during World War II, and discusses its significance in Charlotte, North Car...

Title: Jane McIntyre oral history interview, 2017 October 31
Creator: McIntyre, Jane London
Date Created: 2017-10-31
Subjects--Topical: Plantations, Genealogy
Description: Jane McIntyre, the descendent of Archibald Frew who built Rosedale Plantation in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1815, describes her family history. [All times approximate] [00:00] Introductions and a brief description of Ms. McIntyre's family c...

Title: Michael J. Smith oral history interview, 2015 September 2
Creator: Smith, Michael J.
Date Created: 2015-09-02
Subjects--Topical: Street-railroads, Economic development
Description: Michael J Smith, President of Center City Partners since 2005, discusses his organization's relationship with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. He talks first about the University's Center City Building, and how academic ins...

Title: Patricia A. Rodgers oral history interview, 2013 February 1
Creator: Rodgers, Pat (Construction executive)
Date Created: 2013-02-01
Subjects--Topical: Architecture, College buildings, Urban universities and colleges, Rodgers Builders, Inc.
Description: Pat Rodgers, President and CEO of Rodgers Builders, Inc., discusses her connection to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, which began with the construction of the Bonnie E. Cone Center. During the interview she describes her company&apo...

Title: Quin Williams oral history interview 2021 June 28
Creator: Williams, Quin, 1983-
Date Created: 2021-06-28
Subjects--Topical: Same-sex partner abuse, Gay community, Gay pride celebrations, Nonprofit organizations--Management
Description: WARNING: This interview contains detailed examples of domestic abuse, listener discretion advised. In this interview, Quin Williams discusses her work as the founder, owner, and CEO of the LGBTQIA+ organization QuinKnows, a non-profit geared towar...

Title: Ronald J. Tober oral history interview, 2013 March 22
Creator: Tober, Ronald J.
Date Created: 2013-03-22
Subjects--Topical: Campus planning, Street-railroads, Urban universities and colleges
Description: Ronald J. Tober, former CEO of the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS), discusses the evolution of light rail and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte). Mr. Tober recalls conversations with Chancellor James H. Woodward abo...

Title: Todd Tibbits oral history interview, 2021 July 16
Creator: Tibbits, Todd
Date Created: 2021-07-16
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Social integration, Current events, Christianity and culture, Political and social views
Description: Todd Tibbits was CEO of the YMCA of Greater Charlotte from March of 2016 to August of 2021. He had previously worked for YMCAs in Toledo, Ohio and in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. As he noted, he headed the Charlotte Y at an especially challeng...