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Chris Folk oral history interview 3, 1998 October 15
Title
Chris Folk oral history interview 3, 1998 October 15
Creator
Folk, Chris Evans, 1930-2010
Date Created
1998-10-15
Subjects--Topical
Education, Depressions, Mills and mill-work, Cities and towns, Poliomyelitis, Epidemics, Newspapers
Description
Dr. Chris Folk, former associate superintendent of Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, recounts his childhood growing up in the Charlotte area during World War II and his experiences attending Duke University in the 1940s and 1950s. The son of a textil...
Henrietta Wallace oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Title
Henrietta Wallace oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator
Wallace, Henrietta, 1910-1981
Date Created
1979-10-23
Subjects--Topical
Depressions, Jewish families, Herb industry
Description
Henrietta Wallace discusses her family's Jewish heritage and medicinal herb business, which dates back to the 1850s, and the growth of the Jewish community in North Carolina in the 1800s and 1900s. Other topics discussed include her career as a li...
Robert Eades oral history interview, 2002 October 20
Title
Robert Eades oral history interview, 2002 October 20
Creator
Eades, Robert (Robert O.)
Date Created
2002-10-20
Subjects--Topical
Land use, Rural, Mills and mill-work, Hunting, Fishing, Community development, Urban, Cotton growing, Ponds, Rivers, Camp meetings, County government, Zoning, Animals
Description
Robert Eades discusses the history of the land in Catawba County and Long Island, North Carolina, along with how the area has changed in recent years. Mr. Eades talks about cotton mills, which had closed by the time of interview; cotton farming, n...