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Charles R. Collie oral history interview, 2004 November 11
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Creator
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Collie, Charles R., Sr., 1924-
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Date Created
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2004-11-11
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Subjects--Topical
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Cable cars (Streetcars), Livestock, Hunting, Household appliances, Electric, City and town life
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Description
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Charles Collie describes his boyhood memories of accompanying his father, supervisor Alexander G. Collie, on his job with the Charlotte streetcars during the 1920s and 1930s. He describes his father's work in particular and his own involvement as ...
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Ellen T. Ruff oral history interview 2, Date 2018, April 20
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Creator
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Ruff, Ellen, T.
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Date Created
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2018-04-20
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Subjects--Topical
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Job hunting, Contracts, Legal assistance to the poor, Nuclear power plants, Trade regulation, Women executives, Women lawyers
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Description
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In this second of two interviews, Ellen T. Ruff, successful lawyer and Charlotte Duke Energy executive, discusses how she met her husband in law school at UNC Chapel Hill, their relationship, and his background before they met. She also talks abou...
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Elver Barrios oral history interview 2019 November 1
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Creator
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Barrios, Elver
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Date Created
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2019-11-01
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Subjects--Topical
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Immigrants, Immigrants--Civil rights, Immigrants--Education (Higher), Latin Americans, Social justice, Hispanic Americans
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Description
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Elver Barrios, a former staff member at La Coalicion, the Latin American Coalition (LAC) in Charlotte, North Carolina, worked for the non-profit for three years, from 2010-2013. In this interview, Mr. Barrios describes his role as a grassroots com...
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Jeff Stevens oral history interview, 2019 March 10
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Creator
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Stevens, Jeff (Farmer)
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Date Created
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2019-03-10
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Subjects--Topical
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Agriculture, Family farms, Cattle, Agricultural machinery
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Description
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Jeff Stevens is the owner and operator of the Muddy Springs Farm in Lincoln County, North Carolina. In this interview, Mr. Stevens explains how he became a farmer and how he manages to run a farm while also working a full-time job at Duke Energy. ...
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Linda Lawyer oral history interview 3, 2019 April 9
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Creator
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Lawyer, Linda A. (Linda Ann), 1947-
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Date Created
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2019-04-09
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Subjects--Topical
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Gay Activists, Gay Community, Lesbians, Lesbians' writings, Marginality, Social
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In 1982, Linda Lawyer and her partner moved to Charlotte, North Carolina. In this third of several interviews, Mrs. Lawyer speaks in-depth about her LGBTQ community activism in Charlotte that began in the 1980s and continued in 2019. As a prominen...