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Black High School Principals
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: docsouth.unc.edu
Source: docsouth.unc.edu
This series contains interviews with African-American high school principals across the state of North Carolina. The interviews were conducted by Goldie F. Wells as part of a research project for her doctoral dissertation, A Comparison of the Role Perceptions of Black High School Principals. folder M-i contains in...
Sample
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: docsouth.unc.edu
Source: docsouth.unc.edu
Description
This series contains interviews with African-American high school principals across the state of North Carolina. The interviews were conducted by Goldie F. Wells as part of a research project for her doctoral dissertation, A Comparison of the Role Perceptions of Black High School Principals. folder M-i contains information on the research project.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program
Topic / Theme
Economics, Education
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Labor: Italo-American Community Project
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
The Italo-American Community Project interviews were done by Gary Ross Mormino for his dissertation, "The City Upon the Hill: An Italo- American Community, 1882-1955" (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977), about an Italian-American neighborhood in St. Louis, Mo. Many of these interviews are life hist...
Sample
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Description
The Italo-American Community Project interviews were done by Gary Ross Mormino for his dissertation, "The City Upon the Hill: An Italo- American Community, 1882-1955" (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1977), about an Italian-American neighborhood in St. Louis, Mo. Many of these interviews are life histories that include information about the interviewee's work. They also reveal a wide range of community interests and activities.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program
Topic / Theme
Communities, Economics, Ethnic groups, Labor force
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Southern Communities: Listening for a Change - History of Gay Men in Chapel Hill
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
These interviews, conducted by Chris McGinnis, an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for an independent study in the fall semester of 2000, give a perspective on gay life in Chapel Hill during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The interviews chronicle the development of the gay community...
Sample
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Description
These interviews, conducted by Chris McGinnis, an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for an independent study in the fall semester of 2000, give a perspective on gay life in Chapel Hill during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The interviews chronicle the development of the gay community in Chapel Hill and explore topics including early gay bars, social events and festivals of the gay community, gay organizations, and ar...
These interviews, conducted by Chris McGinnis, an undergraduate at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, for an independent study in the fall semester of 2000, give a perspective on gay life in Chapel Hill during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. The interviews chronicle the development of the gay community in Chapel Hill and explore topics including early gay bars, social events and festivals of the gay community, gay organizations, and areas where gay men met and engaged in public sex. Included is an interview with Chapel Hill town council member Joseph A. Herzenberg.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program
Topic / Theme
Sociology
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Southern Communities: Listening for a Change - Terra Ceia Community
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Interviews focusing on the life histories and experiences of residents in Terra Ceia, a Dutch community founded in Beaufort County, N.C., in the 1930s. The people of Terra Ceia have been successful farmers of flowers, soybeans, corn, and other crops, and have created and sustained several community institutions, i...
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(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Description
Interviews focusing on the life histories and experiences of residents in Terra Ceia, a Dutch community founded in Beaufort County, N.C., in the 1930s. The people of Terra Ceia have been successful farmers of flowers, soybeans, corn, and other crops, and have created and sustained several community institutions, including the Terra Ceia Christian Reformed Church, the Terra Ceia Christian School, and an annual Dutch festival.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program
Topic / Theme
Communities, Geography
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Southern Communities: Listening for a Change - Tobacco, History, and Memory: Storytelling and Cultural Grieving in Eastern North Carolina
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
This collection of interviews by historians Lu Ann Jones and Charlie Thompson explores the dramatic changes in eastern North Carolina tobacco farming and farm communities since World War II. In addition to tracing the history of growing, cultivating, harvesting, and selling tobacco, interviewees speculate about wh...
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(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Description
This collection of interviews by historians Lu Ann Jones and Charlie Thompson explores the dramatic changes in eastern North Carolina tobacco farming and farm communities since World War II. In addition to tracing the history of growing, cultivating, harvesting, and selling tobacco, interviewees speculate about what current developments in tobacco politics may mean for the future of tobacco farming.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program
Topic / Theme
Agriculture, Agrarian life
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Southern Communities: Listening for a Change - Tradition and Development in Madison County's I-26 Corridor
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
This collection of interviews by Rob Amberg documents the construction of a nine-mile section of Interstate 26. Amberg explored the history of daily life in the once isolated community of eastern Madison County and considered the consequences of highway development on community interaction and sense of place. Inte...
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(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Description
This collection of interviews by Rob Amberg documents the construction of a nine-mile section of Interstate 26. Amberg explored the history of daily life in the once isolated community of eastern Madison County and considered the consequences of highway development on community interaction and sense of place. Interviewees include the county sheriff
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program
Topic / Theme
Agrarian life, Transportation
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Special Research Projects: Middle Eastern Female Immigrants in North Carolina
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Interviews conducted in April-May 2002 by students in Sarah Shields's History 195 class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Women in the Middle East, with women from the Middle East who now live in North Carolina. Shields's students interviewed these immigrants about their life experiences both in...
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(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Description
Interviews conducted in April-May 2002 by students in Sarah Shields's History 195 class at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Women in the Middle East, with women from the Middle East who now live in North Carolina. Shields's students interviewed these immigrants about their life experiences both in the Middle East and in the United States. Interviews marked with an asterisk (*) are restricted.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program
Topic / Theme
Biographies
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Special Research Projects: The African American Working Class, 1930s-1950s
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
William Jones, graduate student in history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, conducted interviews that reveal the experiences of the African American working class during the shift from agriculture to industrialization in the 1930s to 1950s. Race relations within textile mills and the lumber indu...
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(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Description
William Jones, graduate student in history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, conducted interviews that reveal the experiences of the African American working class during the shift from agriculture to industrialization in the 1930s to 1950s. Race relations within textile mills and the lumber industry in Elizabethtown, N.C., Chapman, Ala., and Bogalusa, La., are explored, as are diversities, tensions, and leadership within labor...
William Jones, graduate student in history at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, conducted interviews that reveal the experiences of the African American working class during the shift from agriculture to industrialization in the 1930s to 1950s. Race relations within textile mills and the lumber industry in Elizabethtown, N.C., Chapman, Ala., and Bogalusa, La., are explored, as are diversities, tensions, and leadership within labor unions. African American leadership during the Elizabethtown, N.C., strike and several strikes in Chapman, Ala., are also discussed. Jones added to his research by interviewing the Green brothers, owners of the Green Brothers Lumber Company in Elizabethtown, N.C., and Mason McGowin, son of the McGowins who operated the W. T. Smith Company in Chapman, Ala. In Alabama and Louisiana, Jones also asked some interviewees about leisure time activities, including music and dancing.
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Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program
Topic / Theme
Economics, Ethnic groups, Labor force
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University of North Carolina
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
This series contains interviews relating to the history of the University of North Carolina. It was originally established as part of the celebration of the University's bicentennial. The bicentennial interviews, conducted by various interviewers before and during the University of North Carolina's Bicentennial Ce...
Sample
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Description
This series contains interviews relating to the history of the University of North Carolina. It was originally established as part of the celebration of the University's bicentennial. The bicentennial interviews, conducted by various interviewers before and during the University of North Carolina's Bicentennial Celebration, are chiefly concerned with the history of the University. Some interviews focus on specific aspects of University life
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program
Topic / Theme
Communities, Education, History
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Business History: Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Tapes and transcripts of 55 interviews with 49 individuals about Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company, the families in positions of leadership in the company, the furniture industry, and the region. In addition, there are two folders of interview highlights and two folders of research material on the company.
Sample
(North Carolina: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program),
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Source: dc.lib.unc.edu
Description
Tapes and transcripts of 55 interviews with 49 individuals about Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company, the families in positions of leadership in the company, the furniture industry, and the region. In addition, there are two folders of interview highlights and two folders of research material on the company.
Field of Study
Letters and Diaries
Content Type
Oral history, Interview
Publisher
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Wilson Library. Manuscript Collection. Southern Oral History Program
Topic / Theme
Economics, Labor force
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