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Title: Anson Eaves oral history interview, 2019 March 28
Creator: Eaves, Anson E. (Anson Eugene), 1970-
Date Created: 2019-03-28
Subjects--Topical: Feed mills, Livestock, Farms
Description: Anson Eaves, owner and operator of Bethel Feed & Farm in Midland, North Carolina, discusses the past, current, and future operations of the feed mill, a third generation business originally owned by his grandfather. The interview covers a variety ...

Title: Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 2, 2002 April 2
Creator: Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
Date Created: 2002-04-02
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, Farms, Farm life, Police, Chain gangs, African Americans--Segregation, African Americans--Social conditions, Race relations, Alcohol trafficking, Prohibition, Bookkeeping
Description: Bobbie Nell Earnhardt was born on Graham St. in Charlotte, North Carolina; she discusses growing up in Charlotte in the 1930s and shares her family's stories. She tells about her mother working at the handkerchief factory, which turned into the Ol...

Title: Doug Carrigan oral history interview, 2019 March 27
Creator: Carrigan, Doug W.
Date Created: 2019-03-27
Subjects--Topical: Farms, Farm produce, Agritourism, Strawberries, Bees, Beekeepers, Family farms
Description: Doug Carrigan is the fourth generation owner of Carrigan Farms in Mooresville, North Carolina. His family has been farming the land in Mooresville since 1902. Doug discusses the evolution of his farm through the generations and the evolution of ge...

Title: Emma Hendel oral history interview, 2019 April 20
Creator: Hendel, Emma J. (Emma Joy)
Date Created: 2019-04-20
Subjects--Topical: Farms, Community-supported agriculture, Farmers, Organic farming--Certification, FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (United States), Social media
Description: Emma Hendel discusses her five years as a microgreens farmer and co-owner of Fair Share Farms, LLC in Pfafftown, North Carolina. Mrs. Hendel describes why and how she and her husband, Elliot Seldner, came to North Carolina and started their farm. ...

Title: John Miller, Jr. oral history interview 1, 2011 September 6
Creator: Miller, John S. (John Sutton), Jr., 1930-2021
Date Created: 2011-09-06
Subjects--Topical: Rest homes, Rest homes--Administration, Nursing home patients, Farms, Agriculture, African Americans--Segregation
Description: In this interview John Miller, Jr., Superintendent of Green Acres Rest Home in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1961 to 1982, describes what life was like at the Mecklenburg County Home (later Green Acres Rest Home) during his childhood years when ...

Title: John Miller, Jr. oral history interview 2, 2011 September 14
Creator: Miller, John S. (John Sutton), Jr., 1930-2021
Date Created: 2011-09-14
Subjects--Topical: Rest homes, Rest homes--Administration, Rest homes--Government policy, Nursing home patients, Farms, Agriculture, Dairy farming, Laundries, African Americans--Segregation
Description: In this interview John Miller, Jr., Superintendent of Green Acres Rest Home in Charlotte, North Carolina, from 1961 to 1982, continues to describe life at the rest home from his childhood through his time as superintendent. He shares memories of s...

Title: Zack Wyatt oral history interview, 2019 April 1
Creator: Wyatt, Zack, 1980-
Date Created: 2019-04-04
Subjects--Topical: Urban agriculture, Farms, Nonprofit organizations, Food security, African Americans--Social conditions
Description: Zack Wyatt is the executive director at Carolina Farm Trust, a non-profit organization founded in 2015 which seeks to support local farmers and to educate communities on the importance of local food. Mr. Wyatt provides insight into the challenges ...