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Dabbs, Edith Mitchell
conducted by Elizabeth Jacoway Burns
Oral History Interview with Edith Mitchell Dabbs, October 4, 1975. Interview G-0022. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
South Carolinian Edith Mitchell Dabbs discusses her family history as well that of her husband's family, which owned the Rip Raps Plantation. In addition, she describes the work she and her husband, James McBride Dabbs, did in advocating for racial justice during the 1940s and 1950s, their evolving views about race and race relations, and her involvement with the United Church Women.
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Dabney, Robert Lewis, 1820-1898
True Courage: a Discourse Commemorative of Lieut. General Thomas J. Jackson
Richmond, Va.: Presbyterian Committee of Publication of the Confederate States, 1863. 32 p.
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Dabney, Virginius
conducted by Daniel Jordan and William H. Turpin
Oral History Interview with Virginius Dabney, July 31, 1975. Interview A-0311-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Virginius Dabney traces his involvement with the school desegregation crisis in post-1954 Virginia. Dabney's political and social beliefs about integration appeared in the newspaper he edited, the Richmond Times Dispatch. This interview spans the breadth of his career from the 1920s to the 1970s.
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Mountain, Joseph, 1758-1790
edited by David Daggett
Sketches of the Life of Joseph Mountain, a Negro, Who Was Executed at New-Haven, on the 20th Day of October, 1790, for a Rape, Committed on the 26th Day of May Last. [The Writer of This History Has Directed That the Money Arising From the Sales Thereof, After Deducting the Expence of Printing, &c. Be Given to the Unhappy Girl, Whose Life Is Rendered Wretched by the Crime of the Malefactor.]
New-Haven: T. and S. Green, 1790. 19, [1] p.
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Daniel, John
Plan of John Daniel's Donation of Land to the University, May 5, 1795
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Johnson, Junior
conducted by Pete Daniel
Oral History Interview with Junior Johnson, June 4, 1988. Interview C-0053. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Junior Johnson became a stock car racer during the early 1950s and participated in the exponential growth of that industry. He describes growing up in Wilkes County, North Carolina, his role in the evolution of NASCAR, and his business endeavors in poultry farming.
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Daniels, Jonathan Worth
conducted by Charles Eagles
Oral History Interview with Jonathan Worth Daniels, March 9-11, 1977. Interview A-0313. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
In this interview, Jonathan Daniels discusses his father's role as a newspaper editor and Secretary of the Navy, as well as his father's racial and religious views. Daniels also describes how race and the University of North Carolina shaped his own life.
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Lewis, Henry Clay, 1825-1850
illustrated by Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Odd Leaves from the Life of a Louisiana "Swamp Doctor." In "The Swamp Doctor's Adventures in the South-West. Containing the Whole of the Louisiana Swamp Doctor; Streaks of Squatter Life; and Far-Western Scenes; in a Series of Forty-Two Humorous Southern and Western Sketches, Descriptive of Incidents and Character. By "Madison Tensas," M.D., and "Solitaire," (John S. Robb, of St. Louis, Mo.) Author of "Swallowing Oysters Alive," etc."
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, [1858]. [14], 21-203 p.
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Hooper, Johnson Jones, 1815-1862
Illustrated by Felix Octavius Carr Darley
Some Adventures of Captain Simon Suggs, Late of the Tallapoosa Volunteers; Together with "Taking the Census," and Other Alabama Sketches. By a Country Editor with a Portrait from Life, and Other Illustrations, by Darley
Philadelphia: Carey and Hart, 1845. [i-iii], [1-6], 7-201, 1-3 p.
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Barentine, Richard
conducted by Joseph Mosnier and Dorothy Darr
Oral History Interview with Richard Barentine, January 28, 1999. Interview I-0068. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Richard Barentine, CEO of the International Home Furnishing Marketing Association, describes his leadership style and his contributions to Winston-Salem's furniture industry.
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Daughetry, James Henry, 1889-1974
The Ships Are Coming : United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation
Philadelphia: Issued by Publications Section, Emergency Fleet Corporation, [between 1914 and 1918].
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Davenport, W. H. (William Henry), b. 1868
The Anthology of Zion Methodism with an Appendix
Charlotte, N. C.: A. M. E. Zion Publishing House, 1925. 32 p.
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Davidson, Betty and
Davidson, Lloyd
conducted by Allen Tullos
Oral History Interview with Betty and Lloyd Davidson, 1979 February 2 and 15. Interview H-19. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Betty and Lloyd Davidson discuss their experiences working in textile mills before the second world war and reflect on how these mills changed over the decades.
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Maverick, Maury
conducted by Chandler Davidson
Oral History Interview with Maury Maverick, October 27, 1975. Interview A-0323. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Born into a long line of Texas politicians, Maury Maverick, Jr., served in the Texas House of Representatives for six years during the 1950s, and as a lawyer from the 1960s into the 1970s. Maverick speaks at length about his radical political leanings and the evolution of liberalism in Texas.
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Thomson, Alfred Grayson, 1838-1863,
Garrett, Franklin, b. 1840,
Ross, Jesse Goodwin, 1840-1862,
Taylor, Simon Henderson, 1840-1861,
Davidson, Thomas Benjamin, 1840-1864, and
Michie, William Cochran, b. 1840
Resolution, [January 1861]
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820,
Moore, Alfred, 1755-1810, and
Alves, Walter
Building Commissioners Minutes, June 28, 1801 [Containing Resolutions on the Discontinuance of Work on South Building on the Contracting of Work for the Grammar School]
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, August 20, 1797
7 pages, 8 page images.
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, February 7, 1810
7 pages, 8 page images.
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, February 9, 1797
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, July 22, 1795
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, June 9, 1805
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, March 7, 1796
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, November 6, 1795
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
Letter from William R. Davie to John Haywood, September 22, 1805
7 pages, 7 page images.
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Davie, William Richardson, 1756-1820
William R. Davie's Description of the Site of the University, September 25, 1793
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Alexander J. Davis's Bill, November 16, 1850
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Letter from Alexander J. Davis to David L. Swain, April 17, 1844
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Letter from Alexander J. Davis to David L. Swain, August 25, 1845
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Letter from Alexander J. Davis to David L. Swain, December 5, 1845
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Letter from Alexander J. Davis to David L. Swain, January 4, 1847
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Letter from Alexander J. Davis to David L. Swain, July 5, 1850
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Letter from Alexander J. Davis to David L. Swain, March 24, 1845
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Letter from Alexander J. Davis to David L. Swain, March 4, 1850
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Letter from Alexander J. Davis to David L. Swain, March 9, 1847
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Letter from Alexander J. Davis to David L. Swain, May 31, 1850
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
List of Building Specifications and Costs, Compiled by Alexander J. Davis for David L. Swain, [1844?]
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Davis, Ashley
conducted by Russell Rymer
Oral History Interview with Ashley Davis, April 12, 1974. Interview E-0062. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Ashley Davis was a member of the Black Student Movement (BSM) at the University of North Carolina during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In this interview, he describes how the BSM supported the striking food workers at UNC in 1969.
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Davis, M. E. M. (Mollie Evelyn Moore), 1852-1909
An Elephant's Track and Other Stories
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897, c1896. 276 p.
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Davis, Mary Elizabeth Moragne, b. 1815
The British Partizan: A Tale of the Olden Time. By a Lady of South Carolina
Macon, Ga.: Burke, Boykin & Company, 1864. 157 p.
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Davis, Mary
Letter from the ladies of New Bern to Joseph Caldwell, November 26, 1803
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Davis, Nate
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Nate Davis, February 6, 2001. Interview K-0538. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Segregation and integration caused difficulties in the life of this African American student.
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Davis, Noah, b. 1803 or 4-?
A Narrative of the Life of Rev. Noah Davis, a Colored Man. Written by Himself, at the Age of Fifty-Four
Baltimore: J. F. Weishampel, Jr., 1859. 90 p.
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Davis, Rebecca Harding, 1831-1910
Bits of Gossip
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1904. 233 p.
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Davis, Saundra
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Saundra Davis, May 12, 1998. Interview K-0278. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Enthusiasm for West Charlotte High School clashes with uncertainty about the efficacy of integration.
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Davis, Thomas F. (Thomas Frederick), 1804-1871
To the Clergy and Laity of the Diocese of South Carolina
Camden, So. Ca.: [s.n.], 1861. 1 p.
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Dawson, Raymond
conducted by William Link
Oral History Interview with Raymond Dawson, February 4, 1991. Interview L-0133. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Former Vice-President of Academic Affairs at the University of North Carolina, Raymond Dawson, discusses tensions surrounding federal desegregation orders in North Carolina during the 1970s. Because of North Carolina's comparatively large number of historically black colleges, the state became a testing ground for the federal government to explore ways to integrate public education while preserving historically black colleges.
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Dawson, Sarah Morgan, 1842-1909
A Confederate Girl's Diary
Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin Company; Cambridge, Mass.: The Riverside Press, 1913. xix, 439 p.
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Day, Thomas, ca. 1801-ca. 1861
Correspondence Between Thomas Day and David L. Swain, November 17, 1847 and November 24, 1847
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Day, Thomas, ca. 1801-ca. 1861
Letter from Thomas Day to [Benjamin S.] Guion, November 17, 1847
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Day, Thomas, ca. 1801-ca. 1861
Letter from Thomas Day to David L. Swain, December 6, 1847
1 pages, 2 page images.
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De Jarnette, Daniel Coleman, 1822-1881
The Monroe Doctrine. Speech of Hon. D. C. De Jarnette, of Virginia, in the Confederate House of Representatives, January 30th, 1865, Pending Negotiations for Peace
[Richmond: The Confederate House of Representatives, 1865]. 20 p.
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Chesnutt, Charles Waddell, 1858-1932
illustrated by Clyde O. De Land
The Wife of His Youth and Other Stories of the Color Line
Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1901. 323 p.
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De Saussure, N. B. (Nancy Bostick), 1837-1915
Old Plantation Days: Being Recollections of Southern Life Before the Civil War
New York: Duffield & Company, 1909. 123 p.
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DeLand, Eugenie
Before Sunset : Buy a U.S. Government Bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917
New York: Sackett & Wilhelms, [1917?].
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DeRosset, William Lord
Letter from William Lord DeRosset to his father, Armand John DeRosset, Jr., March 3, 1851
3 pages, 4 page images.
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DeRosset, William Lord
Letter from William Lord DeRosset to his mother, Eliza Jane Lord DeRosset, November 9, 1851 [Containing a Description of a Book Burning]
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Young, Andrew
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Andrew Young, January 31, 1974. Interview A-0080. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Andrew Young, the first African American congressman from Georgia since Reconstruction, describes his involvement in the early civil rights movements. After dedicating much time and energy to voter registration drives as a minister in Georgia, Young later entered politics and was first elected to Congress in 1972. Young cites the Voting Rights Act of 1965 as the decisive turning point in race relations and argues that it was this access to political power that allowed African Americans to bring to fruition other advances they had made in education, business, and social standing.
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Nettles, Bert
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Bert Nettles, July 13, 1974. Interview A-0015. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Bert Nettles discusses the state of politics and the Republican Party in Alabama in the 1970s. He discusses, among other things, desegregation, the need for honesty and ethics reform in the political system, and the effect of Watergate on the Republican Party.
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Pepper, Claude
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Claude Pepper, February 1, 1974. Interview A-0056. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Claude Pepper reflects on his political career and the rise of conservatism in Florida.
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Pryor, David
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with David Pryor, June 13, 1974. Interview A-0038. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
David Pryor discusses the new political order in Arkansas just months before he won the state's governorship.
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Guillory, Ferrel
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Ferrel Guillory, December 11, 1973. Interview A-0123. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Political journalist Ferrel Guillory describes the state of party politics in North Carolina.
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Farenthold, Frances
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Frances Farenthold, December 14, 1974. Interview A-0186. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A two-term member of the Texas state legislature, France Farenthold describes reform efforts in Texas politics during the late 1960s and early 1970s. In addition, Farenthold talks about what she perceives as a decline in overt racism during the post-World War II years, the role of women, and other demographic and sociocultural changes in Texas politics.
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Bumpers, Dale
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Gov. Dale Bumpers, June 17, 1974. Interview A-0026. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Former Arkansas Governor Dale Bumpers describes the accomplishments of his administration (1970-1975), the changing political conditions—along with the political strategy—that had allowed for his election, and his hopes for the future as he prepared to enter the United States Senate.
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Wallace, George
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Gov. George Wallace, July 15, 1974. Interview A-0024. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Longstanding Alabama governor and former presidential candidate George Wallace discusses Alabama politics and racial issues in the United States.
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Carter, Hodding
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Hodding Carter, April 1, 1974. Interview A-0100. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Journalist Hodding Carter describes the changes wrought in Mississippi by the civil rights movement.
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Heflin, Howell
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Howell Heflin, July 9, 1974. Interview A-0010. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Howell Heflin, who sat on the Alabama State Supreme Court in the 1970s before a two-decade tenure in the US Senate, discusses the post-segregation Alabama judiciary.
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Carter, Jimmy
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Jimmy Carter [exact date unavailable], 1974. Interview A-0066. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Jimmy Carter, the governor of Georgia, discusses the growing influence of the Democratic Party in southern states and links it to distinctly southern trends like increased voter participation and the impact of the civil rights movement.
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Lewis, John
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with John Lewis, November 20, 1973. Interview A-0073. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
John Lewis served as the chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) from 1963 to 1966. In this interview, rich with vivid detail, Lewis outlines his role within the civil rights movement through his participation in the sit-in movement of 1960 in Nashville, the Freedom Rides through Alabama and Mississippi in 1961, the Mississippi Freedom Summer of 1964, the voter registration drive (primarily in Selma, Alabama) in 1965, and the shift towards the politics of black power within SNCC by 1966. Throughout the interview, he situates the activities of SNCC within the civil rights movement more broadly, focusing on issues of leadership, religion, and politics.
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Boggs, Lindy
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Lindy Boggs, January 31, 1974. Interview A-0082. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Louisiana Congresswoman Lindy Boggs discusses changes in Louisiana politics dating back to the 1930s, when she participated in the People's League, and through the 1950s and 1960s, which saw the gradual elimination of the "race issue" in politics. Boggs offers her thoughts on the nature of the Louisiana congressional delegation, the role of the South in Congress, and the impact of the women's movement on Congress during the 1970s.
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Landrieu, Moon
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Moon Landrieu, January 11, 1974. Interview A-0089. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu describes the changing political landscape of the Crescent City following World War II through his tenure as mayor in the 1970s. Stressing the importance of voter registration and the appointment of African American public officials, Landrieu emphasizes the role of political leadership in effecting real change in New Orleans race relations during the long years of the civil rights movement.
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Palm, Nancy
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Nancy Palm, December 16, 1974. Interview A-0194. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Nancy Palm was the chairperson of the Republican Party in Harris County, Texas, during the 1960s and 1970s. She describes her own transition from liberal to conservative in the 1950s; the importance of political organization to the evolution of the Republican Party in Texas; her perception of women's liberation, and the role of such politicians as John G. Tower, John Connally, George Bush, and Richard Nixon in the rise of Southern conservatism
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Faubus, Orval
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Orval Faubus, June 14, 1974. Interview A-0031. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Orval Faubus defends his legacy.
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Askew, Reubin
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Reubin Askew, July 8, 1974. Interview A-0045. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Florida governor Reubin Askew describes his approach to politics and comments on the political character of Florida and the American South.
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Samuels, Rita Jackson
conducted by Jack Bass and Walter DeVries
Oral History Interview with Rita Jackson Samuels, April 30, 1974. Interview A-0077. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Rita Jackson Samuels, Coordinator of the Governor's Council on Human Relations in Atlanta, GA, describes her role in expanding the presence of African Americans in Georgia's state government.
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Sanford, Terry
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Terry Sanford, [date unknown]. Interview A-0140. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Terry Sanford recalls his political career as a Democratic governor of North Carolina. He explains the impact of race on Southern politics and the realignment of political parties in the late twentieth century. Sanford attempts to reject the image of Southern exceptionalism.
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Clinton, William J. (Bill Clinton)
conducted by Walter DeVries and Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with William J. (Bill) Clinton, June 15, 1974. Interview A-0027. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Bill Clinton discusses his victory in an Arkansas Democratic Congressional primary and his upcoming race against the incumbent Republican Congressman.
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Deal, Hoy
conducted by Patty Dilley
Oral History Interview with Hoy Deal, July 3 and 11, 1979. Interview H-0117. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Hoy Deal recalls his youth and young manhood in rural North Carolina, including stints at lumber mills and glove factories, two industries that, along with textiles, were a vital part of the state's economy in early 20th century.
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Everett, Kathrine Robinson
conducted by Pamela Dean
Oral History Interview with Kathrine Robinson Everett, April 30, 1985. Interview C-0005. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A pioneer in women's education and women in law, Kathrine Robinson Everett describes what it was like to attend law school in the early twentieth century. In the 1920s, Everett practiced law in Cumberland County and worked to register women to vote after the passage of the 19th Amendment. Following her marriage in 1928, Everett worked alongside her husband, supporting his legal and political career; became involved in local politics in Durham; and worked with various women's organizations.
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Everett, Kathrine Robinson
conducted by Pamela Dean
Oral History Interview with Kathrine Robinson Everett, January 21, 1986. Interview C-0006. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Kathrine Robinson Everett recalls a career as a trailblazing female lawyer and women’s rights activist.
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Deems, Charles F. (Charles Force), 1820-1893
"Christ in You"
[Raleigh, N.C.: s. n., between 1861 and 1865]. 8 p.
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Defreece, Loistine
conducted by Goldie F. Wells
Oral History Interview with Loistine Defreece, February 16, 1991. Interview M-0034. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Loistine Defreece, the first black female principal in Lumberton, NC, discusses her job and reflects briefly on some of the challenges race poses to modern educators.
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Slifkin, Miriam
conducted by Lynne Degitz
Oral History Interview with Miriam Slifkin, March 24, 1995. Interview G-0175. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Founder of the Orange County Rape Crisis Center Miriam Slifkin discusses the issue of rape within the context of the local women's movement in Orange County, North Carolina. The founding of the OCRCC was illustrative of growing tensions between feminism and anti-feminism in Orange County. The issue of rape is also situated more broadly within the context of the women's liberation movement in the 1970s, especially in relationship to legal changes, the formation of women's studies curriculum, and the relationship between local and national aspects of the movement.
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Delaney, Lucy A. (Lucy Ann), b. 1828?
From the Darkness Cometh the Light or Struggles for Freedom
St. Louis, MO.: J. T. Smith, [189-?]. viii, 9-64 p.
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Delany, Lemuel
conducted by Kimberly Hill
Oral History Interview with Lemuel Delany, July 15, 2005. Interview R-0346. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Lemuel Delany, Jr., grew up in segregated Raleigh, North Carolina, during the 1920s and 1930s before moving to Harlem in New York City. In this interview, Delany discusses race relations in the South and in the North, offers his reaction to his aunts' book Having Our Say , outlines his family's accomplishments, and explains his disapproval of some of the actions of the NAACP and his disappointment in the impact of desegregation on African American institutions.
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Democratic Party (N.C.). State Executive Committee
Comments by the State Democratic Committee on the Hand Book Issued by the Peoples [sic] Party State Executive Committee. A Discussion of the Contents of This Book, Showing That It Is Not Issued in the Interest of the Populist Party. It Does Not Contain Any Platform of the Populist Party, Nor Does It Discuss or Advocate Any of Its Well-Known Principles
[Raleigh?]: [s. n.], [1898?]. 24 p.
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Democratic Party (N.C.). State Executive Committee
The Democratic Hand Book. 1898. Prepared by the State Democratic Executive Committee of North Carolina
Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton, 1898. 200 p.
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Democratic Party (N.C.). State Executive Committee
North Carolina Democratic Hand-Book 1906. Prepared by the State Democratic Executive Committee of North Carolina
Raleigh: E. M. Uzzell, [1906]. 182 p.
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Democratic-Conservative Party. North Carolina Executive Committee
Address of the Central Executive Committee
[Raleigh?]: [Democratic-Conservative Party?, between 1870 and 1874]. 10 p.
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Gerringer, Carrie Lee and
Gerringer, Carrie Lee
conducted by Douglas Denatale and Douglas DeNatale
Oral History Interview with Carrie Lee Gerringer, August 11, 1979. Interview H-0077. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Carrie Lee Gerringer describes what it was like to work in the textile mills in Bynum, North Carolina, from the 1920s into the post-World War II years. She discusses growing up in a working class family, focusing especially on balancing family and work. Married at sixteen, Gerringer worked in the textile mills throughout her adult life, struggling to make ends meet while raising six children.
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Denison, Mary A. (Mary Andrews), 1826-1911
Angel Lilly. An Incident in the Life of the Child Angel
Raleigh, N.C.: s.n., between 1861 and 1865. 8 p.
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Murphy, William Patrick
conducted by Sean Devereux
Oral History Interview with William Patrick Murphy, January 17, 1978. Interview B-0043. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Lawyer William Patrick Murphy describes his 1950s battle against segregation and his struggle to keep his job after his beliefs became public in Oxford, Mississippi. Murphy, who taught constitutional law at the University of Mississippi, used journal articles and his classroom to speak out in favor of the Brown decision. He recalls this tumultuous time and downplays his accomplishments in this interview.
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Morris, Naomi Elizabeth
conducted by Pat Devine
Oral History Interview with Naomi Elizabeth Morris, November 11 and 16, 1982, and March 29, 1983. Interview B-0050. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Naomi Elizabeth Morris grew up in Wilson, North Carolina, during the 1920s and 1930s. After graduating with a degree in English from Atlantic Christian College in the early 1940s, she worked as a legal secretary before deciding to go to law school at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. One of the only women to graduate with her class in 1955, Morris practiced law for twelve years before becoming one of the original judges to serve on the North Carolina Court of Appeals.
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Dewey
Our Daddy Is Fighting at the Front for You--Back Him Up : Buy a United States Gov't Bond of the 2nd Liberty Loan of 1917
New York: T.F. Moore Co., [1917].
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Herzenberg, Joseph
conducted by Mary L. Dexter
Oral History Interview with Joe Herzenberg, November 18, 1985. Interview K-0008. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Joe Herzenberg, a Chapel Hill politico, voices his support for the Cane Creek reservoir project.
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Dillahunt, Florence
conducted by Leda Hartman
Oral History Interview with Florence Dillahunt, May 31, 2001. Interview K-0580. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Florence Dillahunt describes growing up on a small tobacco farm near Grifton, North Carolina, during the 1930s and 1940s. Dillahunt's family were victims of the extensive flooding that Hurricane Floyd brought to eastern North Carolina in 1999. She describes the devastating impact on their farm and their personal lives.
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Baker, Hill
conducted by Pat Dilley
Oral History Interview with Hill Baker, June 1977. Interview H-0109-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Hill Baker recalls his long working life as a railroad worker and a factory employee in Conover, NC.
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Meyers, Flake and
Meyers, Nellie
conducted by Patty Dilley
Oral History Interview with Flake and Nellie Meyers, August 11, 1979. Interview H-0133. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Flake and Nellie Meyers describe what it was like to live and work in and around Conover, North Carolina, during the early to mid-twentieth century. As a worker in various furniture companies and as the foreman at the Southern Desk Company, Flake Meyers describes in vivid detail the various kinds of skills involved in furniture making, the role of machinery in the industry, and workplace relationships. Nellie Meyers similarly describes the kinds of family labor systems and social customs that shaped their lives.
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Gilbert, Frank
conducted by Patty Dilley
Oral History Interview with Frank Gilbert, Summer 1977. Interview H-0121. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Frank Gilbert recalls his laboring life in and around Conover, NC.
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Harris, Gladys Florene
conducted by Patty Dilley
Oral History Interview with Gladys Florene Harris, August, 1979. Interview H-124. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Gladys Florene Harris discusses the difficulty of supporting herself and her husband for four decades.
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Sigmon, Murphy Yomen
conducted by Patty Dilley
Oral History Interview with Murphy Yomen Sigmon, July 27, 1979. Interview H-0142. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Murphy Yomen Sigmon reflects on a working life, most of which he spent in a cotton mill in Hickory, NC.
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Baker, Oscar Dearmont
conducted by Patty Dilley
Oral History Interview with Oscar Dearmont Baker, June 1977. Interview H-0110. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Oscar Dearmont Baker spent his childhood and most of his adult life in Conover, North Carolina. In this interview, he describes his experiences working in the furniture and hosiery industries, paying particular attention to his time spent at Conover Furniture. He also describes broader changes within the city of Conover.
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Ham, Roy
conducted by Patty Dilley
Oral History Interview with Roy Ham, 1977. Interview H-0123-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Roy Ham tells stories and sings his way through an interview that reveals more about Ham the character than it does about the industrializing South.
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Dimitry, Adelaide Stuart
War-Time Sketches: Historical and Otherwise
New Orleans, La.: Louisiana Printing Co. Press, [1911?]. v, 92 p.
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Dix, Dorothea Lynde, 1802-1887
Memorial Soliciting a State Hospital for the Protection and Cure of the Insane, Submitted to the General Assembly of North Carolina. November, 1848. [House of Commons Document, No. 2.]
Raleigh: Seaton Gales, Printer for the State, 1848. 48 p.
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performed by Dorsey Dixon
The Wreck on the Highway
1 p.
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Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946
illustrated by Arthur I. Keller
The Clansman: An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1905. 374 p.
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Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946
illustrated by C. D. Williams
The Leopard's Spots. A Romance of the White Man's Burden—1865-1900
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902. xiii, 469 p.
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Dixon, Thomas, 1864-1946
Illustrated by C. D. Williams
The Traitor: A Story of the Fall of the Invisible Empire
New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1907. [xvi], 331 p.
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Doak, Frances Renfrow
Why North Carolina Voted Dry
Raleigh: Capital Printing Co., 1934. 26 p.
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Dodson, Geddes Elam
conducted by Allen Tullos
Oral History Interview with Geddes Elam Dodson, May 26, 1980. Interview H-0240. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Geddes Dodson worked as a textile mill employee for sixty years. During that time, he progressed through the factory's employment hierarchy, seeing many different aspects of life within the mills. He often focuses on issues involving masculinity and unionism.
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Dodson, Ila Hartsell
conducted by Allen Tullos
Oral History Interview with Ila Hartsell Dodson, May 23, 1980. Interview H-0241. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Ila Hartsell Dodson talks about working in a South Carolina textile mill.
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Donaldson, James, 1802-1872 and
Davis, Alexander Jackson, 1803-1892
Bibliotheca [Architectural Plan for the Philanthropic Society Library in Old East. Attributed to James Donaldson, but Possibly the Work of Alexander J. Davis, Between 1845 and 1860]
1 pages, 2 page images.
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Donaldson, James, 1802-1872
Receipt for Marble Mantels Purchased in New York by James Donaldson, December 5, 1848
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Donaldson, Robert, 1800-1872
Letter from Robert Donaldson to David L. Swain, December 16, 1843
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Donaldson, Robert, 1800-1872
Letter from Robert Donaldson to David L. Swain, December 6, 1845
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Donaldson, Robert, 1800-1872
Letter from Robert Donaldson to David L. Swain, November 10, 1843
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Dortch, William Baskerville, 1828-1882
Letter from William B. Dortch to James Johnston Pettigrew, December 11, 1846
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Jones, William H.,
Mallett, Edward J.,
Scales, James P.,
Iredell, Samuel Tredwell, and
Dortch, William Baskerville, 1828-1882
Petition of a Committee of Students for the Erection of a Building, September 1, 1848
2 pages, 4 page images.
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Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938
Illustrated by Aaron Douglas and C. B. Falls
God's Trombones. Seven Negro Sermons in Verse
New York: The Viking Press, 1927. [vii], 56 p.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
The Heroic Slave. From Autographs for Freedom, Ed. Julia Griffiths
Boston: John P. Jewett and Company. Cleveland, Ohio: Jewett, Proctor, and Worthington. London: Low and Company., 1853. 174-239 p.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass, Written by Himself. His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time, Including His Connection with the Anti-slavery Movement; His Labors in Great Britain as Well as in His Own Country; His Experience in the Conduct of an Influential Newspaper; His Connection with the Underground Railroad; His Relations with John Brown and the Harpers Ferry Raid; His Recruiting the 54th and 55th Mass. Colored Regiments; His Interviews with Presidents Lincoln and Johnson; His Appointment by Gen. Grant to Accompany the Santo Domingo Commission—Also to a Seat in the Council of the District of Columbia; His Appointment as United States Marshal by President R. B. Hayes; Also His Appointment to Be Recorder of Deeds in Washington by President J. A. Garfield; with Many Other Interesting and Important Events of His Most Eventful Life; With an Introduction by Mr. George L. Ruffin, of Boston
Boston: De Wolfe & Fiske Co., 1892. 752 p.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Life and Times of Frederick Douglass: His Early Life as a Slave, His Escape from Bondage, and His Complete History to the Present Time
Hartford, Conn.: Park Publishing Co., 1881. 516 p.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
My Bondage and My Freedom. Part I. Life as a Slave. Part II. Life as a Freeman
New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855. xxxii, 33-464, [4] p.
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Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself
Boston: Anti-Slavery Office, 1845. xvi, 125 p.
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Edwards, John Passmore, 1823-1911 and
Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895
Uncle Tom's Companions: Or, Facts Stranger Than Fiction. A Supplement to Uncle Tom's Cabin: Being Startling Incidents in the Lives of Celebrated Fugitive Slaves.
London: Edwards and Co., 1852. xi, 222 p.
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Dowd, William Carey, 1835-1860
Class Composition of William C. Dowd, [1856]: "Eagles Don't Catch Flies"
5 pages, 5 page images.
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Dowd, William Carey, 1835-1860
Valedictory Oration of William C. Dowd, June 3, 1858
8 pages, 8 page images.
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Dreher, Daniel I.
A Sermon Delivered by Rev. Daniel I. Dreher, Pastor of St. James' Church, Concord, N.C., June 13, 1861. Day of Humiliation and Prayer, as per Appointment of the President of the Confederate States of America
Salisbury, N.C.: Printed at the Watchman Office, 1861. 16 p.
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Drew, Benjamin, 1812-1903
A North-Side View of Slavery. The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada. Related by Themselves, with an Account of the History and Condition of the Colored Population of Upper Canada
Boston: J. P. Jewett and Company, 1856. xii, 387, [4] p.
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Okun, Daniel
conducted by Laura Drey
Oral History Interview with Dr. Daniel Okun, October 22, 1985. Interview K-0021. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Daniel Okun, a professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel at the time of the interview, lays out the case for creating the Cane Creek reservoir.
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Dromgoole, Will Allen, 1860-1934
The Heart of Old Hickory and Other Stories of Tennessee
Boston: Estes and Lauriat, c1895. xii, 208 p.
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Drumgoold, Kate
A Slave Girl's Story. Being an Autobiography of Kate Drumgoold
Brooklyn: The Author, 1898. 62 p.
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Drummond, Albert Y.
Drummond's Pictorial Atlas of North Carolina
Charlotte: Albert Y. Drummond, Winston-Salem: Scoggin Printing Company, Inc., c1924. 148 p.
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Drye, Carlee
conducted by Rosemarie Hester and George Holt
Oral History Interview with Carlee Drye, April 2, 1980. Interview H-0005. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Carlee Drye was a founding member of the local union for aluminum workers in Badin, North Carolina, which later merged with the Steel Workers of America. Drye served as president of the local in the 1950s, during which time he worked actively to change policies of racial discrimination in the Alcoa aluminum plant. He retired from the plant and from the union in 1970s. He speculates about relations between the union, the community, and Alcoa following his retirement.
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edited by W. E. B. Du Bois
Economic Co-operation among Negro Americans. Report of a Study made by Atlanta University, under the Patronage of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C., together with the Proceedings of the 12th Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, on Tuesday, May the 28th, 1907
Atlanta, Ga.: The Atlanta University Press, 1907. 184 p.
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edited by W. E. B. Du Bois and Augustus Granville Dill
Morals and Manners among Negro Americans. Report of a Study Made by Atlanta University under the Patronage of the Trustees of the John F. Slater Fund; with the Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, on Monday, May 26th, 1913.
Atlanta: The Atlanta University Press, 1914. 140 p.
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edited by W. E. B. Du Bois
The Negro Church. Report of a Social Study Made under the Direction of Atlanta University; Together with the Proceedings of the Eighth Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, held at Atlanta University, May 26th, 1903
Atlanta: Atlanta University Press, 1903. viii, 212 p.
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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915 and
Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
The Negro in the South, His Economic Progress in Relation to His Moral and Religious Development; Being the William Levi Bull Lectures for the Year 1907.
Philadelphia: G. W. Jacobs, 1907. 222 p.
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edited by W. E. B. Du Bois
Some Efforts of American Negroes For their Own Social Betterment. Report of an Investigation under the Direction
of Atlanta University; Together with the Proceedings of the Third Conference for the Study of the Negro Problems, Held at Atlanta University, May 25-26, 1898
Atlanta: Atlanta University Press, 1898. 66 p.
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
The Souls of Black Folk; Essays and Sketches
Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co., 1903. x, 265 p.
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Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963
The Upbuilding of Black Durham. The Success of the Negroes and Their Value to a Tolerant and Helpful Southern City
From World's Work, vol. 23 (Jan. 1912). [S. l.: s. n., 1912]. [334-338] p.
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Dugger, George F.
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with George F. Dugger, Sr., August 9, 1979. Interview H-0312. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
George F. Dugger, Sr., describes his family history and experiences as the plant lawyer during the 1929 Elizabethton Rayon Plant Strike.
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Duke, Daniel
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Daniel Duke, August 22, 1990. Interview A-0366. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Daniel Duke was born in Palmetto, Georgia, in 1915 and became a lawyer during the 1930s. The solicitor general of Fulton County in the late 1930s and early 1940s, Duke presided over a case against the Ku Klux Klan and their use of flogging as a terror tactic against both African Americans and whites. In the mid-1940s, he became the assistant attorney general of Georgia.
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Dunbar, Leslie W.
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall and Helen Bresler
Oral History Interview with Leslie W. Dunbar, December 18, 1978. Interview G-0075. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Former executive director of the Southern Regional Council Leslie Dunbar (1961-1965) discusses his involvement in the civil rights movement, focusing on changes that occurred in the early 1960s. Dunbar describes the SRC as an organization dedicated to changing people's attitudes about race. He emphasizes the SRC's attempts to work with the federal government—particularly the Kennedy administration—and other civil rights organizations, especially in the Voters Education Program.
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Duncan, Sara J.
Progressive Missions in the South and Addresses with Illustrations and Sketches of Missionary Workers and Ministers and Bishops' Wives
Atlanta, Ga.: The Franklin Printing and Publishing Company, 1906. 299 p.
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Lake, I. Beverly
conducted by Charles Dunn
Oral History Interview with I. Beverly Lake, September 8, 1987. Interview C-0043. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
In this interview, I. Beverly Lake Sr. reflects on his long career as a teacher, attorney, and judge. He counsels white political unity as a means to stem racial integration.
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Dunn, Harvey, 1884-1952
Victory Is A Question of Stamina : Send--the Wheat, Meat, Fats, Sugar : the Fuel for Fighters
[United States]: United States Food Administration, 1917.
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Campbell, William A., 19th cent. and
Dunn, William R. J.
The Child's First Book
Richmond: Ayres & Wade, 1864. 48 p.
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Dupré, Louis J.
Fagots from the Campfire
Washington, D.C.: Emily Thornton Charles & Co., 1881. 199 p.
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Durham, Eula and
Durham, Venon
conducted by James L. Leloudis
Oral History Interview with Eula and Vernon Durham, November 29, 1978. Interview H-0064. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Eula Durham and her husband Vernon recall their experiences as mill workers in Bynum, NC.
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Durham, Eula and
Durham, Vernon
conducted by James L. Leloudis
Oral History Interview with Eula and Vernon Durham, November 29, 1978. Interview H-64. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Eula and Vernon Durham Eula and Vernon Durham talk about integration and attempts at unionization at the Bynum textile plant.
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Durham, Flossie Moore
conducted by Mary Frederickson and Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with Flossie Moore Durham, September 2, 1976. Interview H-0066. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Flossie Moore Durham fondly remembers mill work, the mill community, and her long life as a wife and mother in Bynum, NC.
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Durham, Flossie Moore
conducted by Mary Frederickson
Oral History Interview with Flossie Moore Durham, September 2, 1976. Interview H-66. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Flossie Moore Durham discusses her family's career in the Bynum textile mill.
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Durham, Frank Sidney and
Durham, Frank Sidney
conducted by Douglas Denatale and Douglas DeNatale
Oral History Interview with Frank Sidney Durham, September 10 and 17, 1979. Interview H-0067. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Frank Durham discusses how his family first came to work in the mills and describes other people they got to know there. He describes the inner workings of the mill, the ways management negotiated labor complaints with the employees, the social structure of the mill village, and the commonalities of mill town life.
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Durham, Walter
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Walter Durham, January 19 and 26, 2001. Interview K-0540. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Walter Durham discusses coming of age during the 1950s and 1960s in Orange County, North Carolina. Walter Durham focuses especially on the process of school integration as it occurred in the merging of the all black Lincoln High School and the newly integrated Chapel Hill High School. According to Durham, this was a tense process in which many of the school traditions he fondly remembers from his days at Lincoln were lost in the transition to integrated schools.
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Durham County (N.C.). Board of Commissioners
Important! Hookworm Disease Treated Free. Durham County Commissioners, co-operating with the State Board of Health, will conduct temporary Dispensaries ...
Raleigh: E.M. Uzzell & Co., printers, [1913?]. 1 p.
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Durr, Virginia
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with Virginia Durr, February 6, 1991. Interview A-0337. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Civil rights activist Virginia Foster Durr describes her involvement in the nascent civil rights movement of the 1940s and 1950s.
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Durr, Virginia Foster
conducted by Sue Thrasher and Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Virginia Foster Durr, March 13, 14, 15, 1975. Interview G-0023-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Virginia Foster Durr discusses her early life and how she became aware of the social justice problems plaguing twentieth-century America. In this part of a multi-part interview, Durr describes her life on the plantation when she was a child; race issues in Birmingham, where she grew up; and how her views began to change when she left Birmingham to attend Wellesley College.
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Durr, Virginia Foster
conducted by Sue Thrasher
Oral History Interview with Virginia Foster Durr, March 13, 14, 15, 1975. Interview G-0023-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
In this fast-paced 1975 interview, Virginia Foster Durr and her husband Clifford banter back and forth as Clifford reminds Virginia of stories, names and significant events throughout the conversation. The interview begins where the previous one had left off, with Virginia's growing awareness of social problems in the South, and continues through 1948. The couple recount their move to Washington, D.C., and Virginia's disaffection with social society and her transition to political action.
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Shute, John Raymond
conducted by Wayne Durrill
Oral History Interview with John Raymond Shute, Jr., June 25, 1982. Interview B-0054-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
John Raymond Shute, Jr. looks back on a century of growth in Union County, NC. For years active in politics there, he shares his considerable knowledge about the agricultural and industrial development in the area.
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Dusenberry, James Lawrence, b. 1821
Excerpts from the Diary of James L. Dusenbery, August 14, 1841, February 27 and June 1842
7 pages, 7 page images.
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Dusenbery, James Lawrence, b. 1821
Excerpts from the Diary of James Lawrence Dusenbery, [August 7, 1841]
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Duyckinck, Evert A. (Evert Augustus), 1816-1878 and
Duyckinck, George L. (George Long), 1823-1863
University of North Carolina. From Cyclopædia of American Literature; Embracing Personal and Critical Notices of Authors, and Selections from Their Writings. From the Earliest Period to the Present Day with Portraits, Autographs, and Other Illustrations. By Evert A. Duyckinck and George L. Duyckinck. In Two Volumes. Vol. II
New York: Charles Scribner, 1856. 2 p.
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Clinker, L. C. and
Dwyer, M. J.
Don't Waste Food While Others Starve!
[United States]: United States Food Administration, [between 1914 and 1918].
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Dyer, George and
Dyer, Tessie
conducted by Lu Ann Jones
Oral History Interview with George and Tessie Dyer, March 5, 1980. Interview H-0161. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
George and Tessie Dyer discuss their jobs in Charlotte cotton mills and their lives outside of work. They describe their childhood and the work their parents and grandparents did. They recall the parties and social events that their friends participated in after work. The interview ends with their observations about local union activity.