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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: Lincolnton High School players oral history interview, 1993 September 28
Creator: Carter, Betty Langley
Date Created: 1993-09-28
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Sex role, School sports, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Tournaments, Travel
Description: Betty Carter, Ramona Hinkle, Billie Martin, and Nancy Boulware describe their experiences playing for the Lincolnton High School women's basketball team during the 1950s. They talk about playing basketball throughout elementary and middle school, ...

Title: Lib Rotan and George Powell oral history interview, 1993 March 8
Creator: Rotan, Elizabeth, 1928-2013
Date Created: 1993-03-08
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Basketball--Coaching, Basketball--Rules, School sports, School sports--Coaching, School sports for girls, High school athletes, African American high school students, African American athletes
Description: Elizabeth "Lib" Rotan and George Powell describe their experiences in high school athletics as basketball coaches and physical education teachers. Mrs. Rotan coached high school basketball from 1946-1965 at Cramerton High School and Myers Park Hig...

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: Vada Hewins and John Shayle Edwards oral history interview, 1993 March 15
Creator: Hewins, Vada
Date Created: 1993-03-15
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Women basketball players, School sports, Basketball--Tournaments, Farm life, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Basketball--Coaching
Description: Vada Hewins and her son, John Shayle Edwards, describe their early experiences playing basketball in Catawba County, North Carolina. Vada Hewins goes into detail about how the rules and regulations pertaining to women's basketball had evolved from...

Title: Jane Kuykendall oral history interview, 1992 November 23
Creator: Kuykendall, Jane Bradley, 1913-2002
Date Created: 1992-11-23
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Sex role, School sports, Basketball--Rules, Basketball uniforms, Women's colleges--Social aspects
Description: Jane Bradley Kuykendall describes her early experience playing basketball in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mrs. Kuykendall discusses various aspects that have evolved in womens basketball including their uniforms, rules and regulations, and the commu...