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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: George McCachren oral history interview, 1992 October 16
Creator: McCachren, George, 1919-2008
Date Created: 1992-10-16
Subjects--Topical: Street-railroads, Young Men's Christian associations, Basketball, Youth league basketball, Camps, Swimming, Volleyball, Amusements
Description: George McCachren shares his experiences with the YMCA in Charlotte, North Carolina during the early and mid twentieth century, and discusses his brother's role as director of physical activity at the Charlotte YMCA. He talks about YMCA affiliated ...

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: 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: Mary Dalton and Mildred McMillan oral history interview, 1992 December 7
Creator: Dalton, Mary Keesler, 1904-1999
Date Created: 1992-12-07
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Basketball for women, Young Men's Christian associations, Women basketball players, Basketball teams, Basketball uniforms, Sports--Social aspects, Amusements, High school students--Conduct of life, City and town life, Street-railroads, African Americans--Segregation
Description: Mary Dalton and Mildred McMillan discuss their experiences playing basketball and enjoying other recreational activities in Charlotte, North Carolina during the early 20th century. They describe learning how to play basketball at a local park, pla...

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: 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: 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: Patsy Bolin oral history interview, 1992 October 15
Creator: Bolin, Patsy N., 1941-2012
Date Created: 1992-10-15
Subjects--Topical: Young Men's Christian associations, Cities and towns--Growth, Clubs, African Americans--Segregation
Description: Patsy Bolin recounts working as a bookkeeper at the YMCA in Belmont, North Carolina beginning in 1960. Ms. Bolin describes how the YMCA during that time was only open to white men and how she and other female employees could not enter the health c...

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: Rankin Baker and Leon Bost oral history interview, 1993 October 22
Creator: Baker, Rankin, Sr., 1921-2013
Date Created: 1993-10-22
Subjects--Topical: Basketball, Young Men's Christian associations, Youth league basketball, Basketball for children, Basketball--Tournaments, Sports administration, Sports, Softball, Mills and mill-work, Concessions (Amusements, etc.), Youth--Societies and clubs
Description: Rankin Baker and Leon Bost discuss their careers and experiences with the YMCA. Mr. Baker worked for the Cannon Memorial YMCA in Kannapolis, North Carolina for over 40 years, and he describes sports programs at the YMCA for children and adults fro...

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...