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Title: Baxter Wilson oral history interview, 1993 March 9
Creator: Wilson, Baxter, 1917-2002
Date Created: 1993-03-09
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, School sports, Young Men's Christian associations, Basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball coaches, Basketball stories, Gymnasiums
Description: Baxter Wilson discusses playing basketball at Berryhill High School and in youth leagues in Charlotte, North Carolina during the 1930s. He talks about the director of the YMCA, Carl Link, who organized youth basketball leagues in Charlotte and dro...

Title: Bill E. Bost oral history interview, 1993 March 15
Creator: Bost, Bill E. (Billy Earl), 1932-1995
Date Created: 1993-03-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, School sports, Basketball coaches, Teamwork (Sports), Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women--Coaching, Basketball teams, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Basketball--Social aspects, Basketball teams, Basketball stories
Description: Former player, coach, and educator Bill Bost discusses his personal experiences around the game of basketball. Living and coaching in Catawba County, North Carolina, Mr. Bost explains the pivotal role basketball serves in a small town, where playe...

Title: Burrell Brown oral history interview, 1993 March 31
Creator: Brown, Burrell P. (Burrell Peterson), Jr., 1917-2001
Date Created: 1993-03-31
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, School sports, African American schools, African Americans--Segregation, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball coaches, Basketball for children, Discipline of children, School sports--Social aspects, Sports uniforms, Basketball players, Basketball for girls, Basketball stories, Basketball--Training
Description: Burrell Brown shares his memories of coaching basketball at Ridgeview High School, a segregated school for African American students in Hickory, North Carolina, beginning in 1948. He discusses how he improved his coaching by reading books by notab...

Title: Dan Davis oral history interview, 1993 November 10
Creator: Davis, Dan S. (Daniel Shaw), 1905-2000
Date Created: 1993-10-12
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball--Tournaments, School sports, Basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball for women, Basketball stories, Transportation
Description: Dan Davis describes playing and coaching basketball in and around Union County, North Carolina. After his graduation from UNC Chapel Hill in 1928, he came back to Union County to teach and coach men's and women's basketball, as well as baseball. H...

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: Elizabeth Callaway oral history interview, 1993 March 11
Creator: Callaway, Elizabeth McCall, 1919-2004
Date Created: 1993-03-11
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Country life
Description: Elizabeth McCall Callaway talks about learning to play basketball and her memories of playing on school teams in Catawba County and Charlotte, North Carolina. She played basketball starting in the seventh grade in Catawba County and played for fou...

Title: Elizabeth Stratford Newitt oral history interview 1, 1992 December 7
Creator: Newitt, Elizabeth S. (Elizabeth Stratford), 1905-1999
Date Created: 1992-12-07
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball for girls, School sports--Management, Basketball stories, Basketball--Social aspects, School sports, Basketball uniforms
Description: Elizabeth Stratford Newitt recounts her experiences playing basketball at Alexander Graham High School in Charlotte, North Carolina during the early 1920s. She discusses playing on the girls' high school basketball team and her role as the team’s ...

Title: Gladys Worthy oral history interview, 1993 May 6
Creator: Worthy, Gladys, 1931-1994
Date Created: 1993-05-06
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball players, Basketball stories, School sports, Basketball--Tournaments, Segregation in education, African Americans--Segregation, High school student activities, Parenting
Description: Gladys Worthy, a former basketball player for Highland High School in Gastonia, North Carolina during the 1948-1950 seasons, recalls her sports career. She reflects on the many advantages high school basketball afforded her, including the chance t...

Title: Hanes Hosiery Women's Basketball panel discussion, 1996 March 3
Creator: Bauguess, Mildred Little, 1932-2013
Date Created: 1996-03-30
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Hosiery workers, Softball
Description: Historian Pamela Grundy leads a panel discussion at the Levine Museum of the New South with four former members of the Hanes Hosiery women's basketball team, Mildred "Milly" Baugess, Evelyn "Eckie" Jordan, Eunies Futch, and Hazel Phillips, who pla...

Title: Jeff Brafford oral history interview, 1993 May 12
Creator: Brafford, Jeff
Date Created: 1993-05-12
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Wheelchair basketball, Wheelchair basketball players, Basketball--Tournaments, Fund raising, Basketball--Rules, Wheelchair sports, Wheelchairs, Athletes with disabilities, Sports for people with disabilities, Basketball stories, Exhibition games
Description: Jeff Brafford, a wheelchair basketball player with a mobility impairment, shares his experiences playing wheelchair basketball with the Charlotte Cyclones in Charlotte, North Carolina. He talks about the history of wheelchair basketball which star...

Title: Kathlee Hicks oral history interview, 1993 October 24
Creator: Hicks, Kathlee Cox, 1917-2002
Date Created: 1993-10-24
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Basketball uniforms, High school student activities, Swimming--Training
Description: Native Charlottean Kathlee Hicks discusses her time as a basketball player and drum majorette for Central High School in the 1930s. She describes the uniforms she wore in both activities and discusses how gender conventions of the day shaped their...

Title: Maurice Peabody oral history interview, 1993 April 30
Creator: Peabody, Maurice E., 1913-2000
Date Created: 1993-04-30
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, Basketball stories, College sports, Basketball teams, School sports
Description: Maurice Peabody discusses his experiences playing basketball for Central High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, the Charlotte YMCA, and Davidson College during the 1930s. Mr. Peabody recounts some of the most memorable games he played over his ...

Title: Mildred Bauguess oral history interview, 1993 May 14
Creator: Bauguess, Mildred Little, 1932-2013
Date Created: 1993-05-14
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, Basketball players, Women athletes, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Hosiery workers
Description: Mildred Little Bauguess discusses her basketball career at Claremont High School in Claremont, North Carolina and playing semi-professionally on the Hanes Hosiery Women's Basketball team during the 1940s and 1950s. She recalls the accolades, tourn...

Title: Otis Skipper oral history interview, 1993 June 6
Creator: Skipper, Otis S. (Otis Sanford), 1917-2002
Date Created: 1993-01-06
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball teams, Young Men's Christian associations, Basketball--Tournaments, Basketball players, Sports--Social aspects, School sports, Basketball coaches, Basketball--Rules, Basketball stories, Depressions, Discrimination in sports
Description: Otis Skipper recounts his experiences playing basketball in Charlotte, North Carolina from the 1930s-1950s. He describes starting to play at the age of twelve at the YMCA, and discusses how the athletic director, Carl Link, was instrumental in org...

Title: Paul Grier and Calvin Miller oral history interview, 1993 July 2
Creator: Grier, Paul
Date Created: 1993-07-02
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, African American athletes, African Americans--Segregation, School sports, Basketball stories, Basketball teams, Football, Basketball coaches, Discrimination in sports, Youth league basketball, Youth league basketball--Coaching
Description: In this interview, Paul Grier and Calvin Miller talk informally about their memories of basketball in Charlotte, North Carolina starting around the 1950s. Mr. Grier and Mr. Miller, both African Americans, attended segregated schools and mostly pla...