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Alvin C. Jacobs oral history interview, 2019 December 13
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Creator
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Jacobs Jr., Alvin C.
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Date Created
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2019-12-13
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Subjects--Topical
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Photography, Artistic, Protest movements, Social justice, Racism, Police shootings
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Alvin C. Jacobs, Jr. is a professional photographer and image activist from Rockford, Illinois. In this interview, Mr. Jacobs discusses his life from childhood to adulthood and how particular events during his life influenced him. He details how h...
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Ann Williams and Jim Williams oral history interview, 2018, November 29
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Creator
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Williams, Ann, 1940-2020
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Date Created
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2018-11-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Plantations, Historical reenactments, History--Research, Slavery, Enslaved persons, Enslavement
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Ann and Jim Williams talk about their shared experiences as historical researchers, reenactors, and authors of local history books related to Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. Major themes of their discussion include slavery and the lives of ens...
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Ann Williams oral history interview, 2018, November 29
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Creator
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Williams, Ann, 1940-2020
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Date Created
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2018-11-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Relations with slaves, Plantations, Letters, Slavery, Hand weaving, Agricultural laborers, History--Research, Enslavement
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Description
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Ann Williams reflects on her path to becoming an antebellum historian. She describes how the growth of her interest, research, and immersion in her subject led to her publishing multiple books. [All times approximate] [0:00:45] Introduction to his...
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Bobbie Nell Earnhardt oral history interview 2, 2002 April 2
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Creator
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Earnhardt, Bobbie Nell, 1921-2003
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Date Created
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2002-04-02
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Subjects--Topical
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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
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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...
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Ed Finman oral history interview 1, 2018 January 25
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Creator
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Finman, Ed, 1944-
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Date Created
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2018-01-25
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Subjects--Topical
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Delicatessens, Delicatessens--Management, Emigration and immigration, Jewish cooking, Pogroms, Baking, Electrical engineering, Kosher food, Advertising, Sales management, Ashkenazim
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Ed Finman, the son of Leo Finman who owned locally renowned Leo's Delicatessen, which was located at 1503 Elizabeth Avenue in Charlotte North Carolina between 1950 and 1968, discusses his family history and the history of the business in this...
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Ed Finman oral history interview 2, 2018 March 1
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Creator
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Finman, Ed, 1944-
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Date Created
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2018-03-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Delicatessens, Delicatessens--Management, Jewish cooking, Kosher food, Passover, Passover--Customs and practices, Aleph Zadik Aleph, B'nai B'rith Girls
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In this second of two interviews Mr. Finman, the son of Leo Finman who owned locally renowned Leo's Delicatessen, which was located on Elizabeth Avenue in Charlotte North Carolina, recalls the ways in which Passover meals were prepared in the...
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Edwin Black oral history interview, 2004 March 26
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Creator
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Black, Edwin, 1924-
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Date Created
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2004-03-26
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Subjects--Topical
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War, Warships, Warships--Accidents, Military hospitals, Popular music radio stations, Veterans, Veterans--Medical care, Radio, Radio, Military
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Edwin Black discusses his time on the USS Rich during the invasion of Normandy and his life after World War II. Mr. Black joined the U.S. Navy in 1942 when he was eighteen as a radio technician with his cousin. The USS Rich was a convoy ship that ...
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Ellie Perzel oral history interview 1, 2023 March 8
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Creator
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Perzel, Ellie
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Date Created
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2023-03-08
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Subjects--Topical
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French language--Study and teaching, School integration, Radio broadcasting, Radio stations, Nonprofit organizations, AIDS (Disease)
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Ellie Perzel discusses her experiences working in the Charlotte area as a French and Spanish teacher, a news reporter at Charlotte's NPR station WFAE Radio, and a grant writer for the Regional HIV/AIDS Consortium. Topics discussed include the...
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Emma Peoples Smith oral history interview 1, 2019 May 23
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Creator
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Smith, Emma Peoples
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Date Created
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2019-05-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Genealogy, Slavery, Nannies, Country life, Race relations--Social aspects, Working mothers, Enslavement
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Description
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Emma Peoples Smith, the great granddaughter of Richard Peoples who was a prominent citizen in the Providence township of Mecklenburg County during the 19th century, describes her life and her family history. [All times approximate]. Overview of Mr...
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Emma Peoples Smith oral history interview 2, 2020 January 16
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Creator
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Smith, Emma Peoples
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Date Created
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2020-01-16
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Subjects--Topical
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Genealogy, Tenant farmers, Nannies, Farm life
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In this second of three interviews Emma Peoples Smith, the great granddaughter of Richard Peoples who was a prominent citizen in the Providence township of Mecklenburg County during the 19th century, gives detail about her family farm on Rea Peopl...
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Emma Peoples Smith oral history interview 3, 2020 March 10
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Creator
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Smith, Emma Peoples
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Date Created
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2020-03-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Archives, Slavery, Documentary films, Gold mines and mining, Enslaved persons, Enslavement
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In this third of three interviews Emma Peoples Smith, the great granddaughter of Richard Peoples who was a prominent citizen in the Providence township of Mecklenburg County during the 19th century discusses archiving her family papers, some of th...
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Esther Young oral history interview, 2003 March 1
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Creator
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Young, Esther B., 1923-2004
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Date Created
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2003-03-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Family farms, Rural families, Depressions, African Americans--Segregation, Education, Rural, Families--Social life and customs, Politics and government, Sharecropping, Amusements
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Esther Young recalls her childhood in rural Cabarrus County, North Carolina during the early 1930s and summarizes her family's experiences during the Great Depression. Ms. Young explains that her family farmed throughout the Great Depression and w...
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Evelyn Choate oral history interview, 2003 February 24
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Creator
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Choate, Evelyn B., 1911-2007
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Date Created
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2003-02-24
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, Teaching, Rural schools, Amusements, Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation, Religious gatherings, Christian life, Church history
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Evelyn Brown Choate, a retired teacher, recounts her experiences during the Great Depression as an orphan in North Carolina. Ms. Choate talks about her family's farm, attending Flora MacDonald College and teaching grade school in Fayetteville, Nor...
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Floyd Simmons oral history interview 1, 2004 March 18
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Creator
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Simmons, Floyd, 1923-2008
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Date Created
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2004-03-18
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Subjects--Topical
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Families, Rich people, Families--Economic aspects, Depressions, Businesspeople, Small business, Masculinity, War, Military education, Armed Forces
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In this first of three interviews, Floyd "Chunk" Simmons describes growing up during the Great Depression in Charlotte, North Carolina in a wealthy family that owned a construction company. Mr. Simmons talks about the consequences of the Great Dep...
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James William Kirk oral history interview 1, 2013 October 7
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Creator
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Kirk, James William, 1925-2014
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Date Created
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2013-10-07
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Subjects--Topical
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Dairy farms, Farm life, Education, Rural, Rural development, Volunteer fire departments, Grand jury
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In this first of two interviews, James Kirk begins by tracing the history of the Kirk family from their Scottish roots to their settling in the Newell community of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, and what would eventually become the University...
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Jeanne DeArmon Bates oral history interview 1, 2005 May 26
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Creator
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Bates, Jeanne DeArmon, 1912-2012
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Date Created
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2005-05-26
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Subjects--Topical
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Families, Genealogy, Education, Cities and towns, Cities and towns--Growth, Gold mines and mining
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Jeanne DeArmon Bates discusses life in Charlotte, North Carolina and her husband's family's role in the development of Charlotte. She talks about her early life moving from Pensacola, Florida to Columbus, Georgia; Birmingham, Alabama; and Baltimor...
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Jerald Melberg oral history interview, 2018 February 23
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Creator
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Melberg, Jerald L.
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Date Created
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2018-02-23
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Subjects--Topical
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Baptist, Entrepreneurship, Art museums--Acquisitions, Art galleries, Commercial, Art dealers, Poverty, Education
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Long time Charlotte art gallery entrepreneur and curator, Jerald Melberg, reflects on his life and his professional involvement with the art community in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he served as a curator at the Mint Museum of Art for several...
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Jim Williams oral history interview, 2018, November 29
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Creator
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Williams, Jim, 1939-2020
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Date Created
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2018-11-29
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Subjects--Topical
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Civil war, Electronics, Historical reenactments, Computer engineering
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Description
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Jim Williams reflects on his career, and his path to becoming an historical reenactor and antebellum historian in his retirement. He talks about his particular areas of interest in history and details major projects over the course of his career. ...
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John Archibald oral history interview, 2004 April 1
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Creator
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Archibald, John, 1925-2008
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Date Created
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2004-04-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Working class families, Working class, Mills and mill-work, Industrial housing, Vocational education, Shipyards, Labor unions, War, Americans--Public opinion, Bombings, Airplanes, Military, Poverty, Racism, Racism--Economic aspects, Work environment, Veterans
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John Archibald recounts growing up in the Leakesville-Spray area of Rockingham Country, North Carolina, his time as a soldier during World War II, and his life and career after the war. As Mr. Archibald grew older, he became aware that his educati...
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Lester Youngblood oral history interview, 2003 February 22
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Creator
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Youngblood, William Lester, 1915-2012
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Date Created
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2003-02-22
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Subjects--Topical
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Depressions, Family farms, Farm life, Dairy farming, Milk trade, Cotton trade, Wages, Country life, Amusements, War, Armed Forces
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William Lester Youngblood recounts his experiences living on a cotton and dairy farm in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina during the Great Depression. He talks about how rural communities were impacted differently than the cities and describes ho...