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Title: Fred Ashford oral history interview 2, 2021 July 29
Creator: Ashford, Fred
Date Created: 2021-07-29
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Community development, Mills and mill-work, Recreation
Description: Fred Ashford's first contact with the YMCA came in the summer of 1952, when he was invited to play baseball for the Johnston textile mill and run youth programs for the then-fledgling Johnston YMCA. He subsequently decided to make the Y a car...

Title: Fred Ashford oral history interview 1, 2021 July 1
Creator: Ashford, Fred
Date Created: 2021-07-01
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Sports, Mills and mill-work
Description: Fred Ashford's first contact with the YMCA came in the summer of 1952, when he was invited to play baseball for the Johnston textile mill and run youth programs for the then-fledgling Johnston YMCA. He subsequently decided to make the Y a car...

Title: Omega Autry oral history interview, 2021 May 25
Creator: Autry, Omega
Date Created: 2021-05-25
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, College students--Social life and customs, Discrimination in employment, Discrimination in public accommodations, African American schools
Description: Omega Autry came to Charlotte from Marshville, North Carolina, in 1969 to attend Johnson C. Smith University. She became involved with the McCrorey YMCA in the 1970s, encouraged by Willie Stratford, a well-known community activist and YMCA support...

Title: Jim Babb oral history interview 2, 2021 July 21
Creator: Babb, James G., 1932-
Date Created: 2021-07-21
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Exercise, Religion and social problems
Description: Jim Babb came to Charlotte, North Carolina from New York in the 1930s, when he was just a boy. He learned to swim at the Central YMCA when he was about 6 years old, and went regularly after that, traveling from his home in the Dilworth neighborhoo...

Title: Andy Calhoun oral history interview, 2021 April 6
Creator: Calhoun, Andy
Date Created: 2021-04-06
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Cities and towns--Growth, Equality, Social problems--Economic aspects
Description: Andy Calhoun spent his entire career at the Charlotte YMCA. He started as an assistant youth director in 1972 and retired as CEO in 2016. During that time, he helped manage an era of rapid growth of the Charlotte YMCA, which paralleled the tremend...

Title: Pamela Davies oral history interview, 2021 September 22
Creator: Davies, Pamela
Date Created: 2021-09-22
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Civic improvement, Social values, Equality
Description: As the first female board chair of the Charlotte YMCA, and as a recent board chair of the national YMCA, Pamela Davies brought a broad perspective to this interview. Unlike many other people interviewed, she did not grow up involved in YMCA activi...

Title: Harvey Gantt oral history interview, 2021 July 6
Creator: Gantt, Harvey B. (Harvey Bernard), 1943-
Date Created: 2021-07-06
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Social integration, Race discrimination
Description: Harvey Gantt settled in Charlotte, North Carolina in the early 1970s after becoming the first African American to attend Clemson University, where he studied architecture and urban planning. He became a key figure in Charlotte's business and ...

Title: Denny Hammack oral history interview, 2021 September 23
Creator: Hammack, Denny
Date Created: 2021-09-23
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Cities and towns--Growth, Gentrification
Description: Longtime YMCA board member Denny Hammack has been especially involved with the Johnston YMCA, which began as a project of the Johnston Mill in the early 1950s. The North Charlotte area, now known as North Davidson or NoDa, has undergone many chang...

Title: Carlenia Ivory oral history interview, 2021 July 22
Creator: Ivory, Carlenia
Date Created: 2021-07-22
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Civil rights, Fund raising
Description: Carlenia Ivory came to Charlotte in 1969 to attend Johnson C. Smith University. She met and married Titus Ivory, who was part of an activist family that participated in many civil rights endeavors in Charlotte and Rock Hill, South Carolina. Ms. Iv...

Title: Dean Jones oral history interview, 2021 April 7
Creator: Jones, Dean
Date Created: 2021-04-07
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Fund raising, Social integration, Equality, COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects
Description: Dean Jones, a graduate of Davidson College, was hired in 2000 to create a formalized fundraising department for the Charlotte YMCA. He began the interview with a discussion of the tutoring program Project Starfish, one of the Y's early effort...

Title: Dr. Luther Kelly Jr. oral history interview, 1993 June 29
Creator: Kelly, Luther, 1925-1995
Date Created: 1993-06-29
Subjects--Topical: Cities and towns--Growth, Neighborhoods, Basketball, Basketball players, Basketball stories
Description: Dr. Luther Kelly and his wife Susan discuss Dr. Kelly's grandfather, F.C. Abbott, and how he played in the very first basketball game in 1891 at Springfield College. The Kellys also talk about the history of basketball and its founder, Dr. James N...

Title: Pete Lash oral history interview, 2022 February 7
Creator: Lash, Pete
Date Created: 2022-02-07
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Voluntarism, Christianity and culture
Description: Pete Lash is an example of someone who came to Charlotte for work, joined the YMCA to use the exercise facilities, and deepened his involvement over time. The interview covered his different experiences at the Y, with a particular focus on the Y&a...

Title: Stan Law oral history interview, 2021 August 25
Creator: Law, Stan
Date Created: 2021-08-25
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, African American leadership, Discrimination in education, Career development
Description: Charlotte native Stan Law is one of the most active and successful African American leaders in the Charlotte YMCA. He became involved with the Y when his parents sent him to a YMCA summer camp, and he got his first job there soon after college. He...

Title: Constance Oliphant oral history interview, 2015 November 5
Creator: Oliphant, Constance C. (Constance Colston)
Date Created: 2015-11-05
Subjects--Topical: Physical education teachers, Swimming, Segregation, Civil rights movements
Description: Constance Oliphant, who moved to Druid Hills in Charlotte North Carolina with her family in the 1950s, describes her life and her experiences growing up in the neighborhood. Mrs. Oliphant reflects on the significance of her time spent as a swim in...

Title: Bailey Patrick oral history interview, 2021 November 18
Creator: Patrick, Bailey
Date Created: 2021-11-18
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Christianity and culture, Commercial real estate
Description: Charlotte native Bailey Patrick played a key role in assembling land for several Charlotte Y projects, most notably the Stratford Richardson branch. The interview covered those efforts as well as discussions of racial diversity within the YMCA and...

Title: Cedric Thomas oral history interview, 1993 March 12
Creator: Thomas, Cedric
Date Created: 1993-03-12
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Basketball, Youth league basketball, Sportsmanship, Basketball for children, Swimming, Problem youth, Problem youth--Services for, Values--Religious aspects--Christianity
Description: Cedric Thomas shares his experiences as the executive program director at the McCrorey YMCA in Charlotte, North Carolina beginning in 1990. He discusses how the YMCA implements Christian principles into their programs, provides activities for its ...

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...

Title: Tom Webb oral history interview, 2021 July 19
Creator: Webb, Tom
Date Created: 2021-07-19
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Sports, Cities and towns--Growth, Discrimination in public accommodations, Equality, Social Integration
Description: Tom Webb grew up in Albemarle, North Carolina, and settled in Charlotte in the 1970s. As a real estate developer, he played a particularly significant role in the YMCA's suburban expansion. He described his work with enthusiasm, going into co...