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Walker, William
edited by Thomas S. Gaines
Buried Alive (Behind Prison Walls) for a Quarter of a Century: Life of William Walker
Saginaw, Mich.: Friedman & Hynan, 1892. [5]-208 p.
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Gaines, W. J. (Wesley John), 1840-1912
African Methodism in the South; or, Twenty-Five Years of Freedom
Atlanta: Franklin Publishing House, 1890. xxii, 305 p.
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Gaines, W. J. (Wesley John), 1840-1912
The Negro and the White Man
Philadelphia: A. M. E. Publishing House, 1897. 218 p.
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Gallaudet, T. H. (Thomas Hopkins), 1787-1851
A Statement with Regard to the Moorish Prince, Abduhl Rahhahman
New York: D. Fanshaw, 1828. 8 p.
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Galliher, Christine and
Galliher, Dave
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Christine and Dave Galliher, August 8, 1979. Interview H-0314. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Though Christine and Dave Galliher are interviewed together, the focus is on Christine's memories of life and work in Elizabethton. She describes life and work in Elizabethton, Tennessee, during the late 1920s through the 1940s. She also discusses their participation in the 1929 walk-out strike at the Bermberg and Glantzstoff textile mills; Christine's attendance of the Southern Summer School for women workers; life during the Great Depression; and balancing work and family.
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Gantt, Harvey B.
conducted by Lynn Haessly
Oral History Interview with Harvey B. Gantt, January 6, 1986. Interview C-0008. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Architect and politician Harvey Gantt describes his ascent from a childhood in segregated Charleston, SC, to becoming the first black mayor of Charlotte, NC. As a southerner, he sees the accomplishments of the civil rights movement as dramatic; as a member of the black middle class, he leans toward negotiation rather than revolt.
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Garlick, Charles A., 1827-
Life, Including His Escape and Struggle for Liberty of Charles A. Garlick, Born a Slave in Old Virginia, Who Secured His Freedom by Running Away from His Master's Farm in 1843.
Jefferson, Ohio: J.A. Howells & Co., Printers, 1902. 23 p.
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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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Garrett, Thomas Miles, 1830-1864
Excerpts from the Diary of Thomas M. Garrett, July 4 and August 31, 1849
4 pages, 4 page images.
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edited by William Francis Allen, Charles Pickard Ware, and Lucy McKim Garrison
Slave Songs of the United States
New York: A. Simpson & Co., 1867. xliv, 115 p.
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Gaston, William, 1778-1844
Address Delivered Before the Philanthropic and Dialectic Societies at Chapel-Hill, June 20, 1832
Raleigh: Jos. Gales & Son, 1832. 16 p.
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Gaston, William, 1778-1844 and
Badger, George Edmund
Report of William Gaston and George E. Badger, [June 25, 1833]
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Genthe, Arnold, 1869-1942
The Roll Call : a Masque of the Red Cross : by Percy Mac Kaye
[United States]: [Red Cross], [between 1914 and 1918].
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Gentleman of Mississippi
Secession: Considered as a Right in the States Composing the Late American Union of States, and as to the Grounds of Justification of the Southern States in Exercising the Right
Jackson, Miss.: South-Western Confederate Printing House, 1863. 45 p.
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Georgia
Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Passed in Milledgeville, at an Annual Session in November and December, 1861
Milledgeville: Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, State Printers, 1862. 159 p.
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Georgia
Laws of Georgia. Acts of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia Passed in Milledgeville at an Annual Session in November and December, 1863; also, Extra Session of 1864
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes, & Moore, State Printers, 1864. 174 p.
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A Georgia Negro Peon
The New Slavery in the South--An Autobiography
From The Independent, 56 (Feb. 25, 1904): 409-414. New York: Published for the proprietors, 1904. 409-414 p.
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Georgia. Convention of the People (1861: Milledgeville and Savannah, Ga.)
Journal of the Public and Secret Proceedings of the Convention of the People of Georgia: Held in Milledgeville and Savannah in 1861, Together with the Ordinances Adopted
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton Nisbet & Barnes, state Printers, 1861. 416 p.
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Georgia. General Assembly
Bill No. 59. A Bill to Authorize the Planters Insurance, Trust and Loan Company of the State of Georgia to Establish Branches in this State, and to Confer Certain Powers and Privileges thereon
[Milledgeville? Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes & Moore?], 1865. 7 p.
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Georgia. General Assembly
Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia, Authorizing the Governor to Organize Two Regiments of State Troops to Be Employed in the Military Service of the State for the Protection of her People against the Invading Forces of the Enemy, and for Internal Police Duty
[Georgia: The Assembly, 1862]. 1 p.
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Georgia. General Assembly
Resolutions Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia, on the 19th Day of March, 1864, Declaring the Late Act of Congress for the Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus Unconstitutional; also, Resolutions, passed on the Same Day, Setting Forth the Principles Involved in the Contest with the Lincoln Government, and the Terms upon which Peace Should be Sought
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, State Printers, 1864. 8 p.
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Georgia. General Assembly. Senate
Journal of the Senate at an Extra Session of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Convened Under the Proclamation of the Governor, March 10th, 1864
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes & Moore, 1864. 112 p.
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Georgia. General Assembly. Senate
Journal of the Senate at an Extra Session of the General Assembly of the State of Georgia, Convened Under the Proclamation of the Governor, March 25th, 1863
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, 1863. 221 p.
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Georgia. General Assembly. Senate
Journal of the Senate of the Extra Session of the General Assembly, of the State of Georgia, Convened by Proclamation of the Governor, at Macon, February 15th, 1865
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes & Moore,, 1865. 182 p.
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Georgia. General Assembly. Senate
Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia, at the Annual Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in Milledgeville, the Seat of Government, in 1861
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, 1861. 351 p.
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Georgia. General Assembly. Senate
Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia, at the Annual Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in Milledgeville, the Seatof [sic] Government, in 1862
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, 1862. 336 p.
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Georgia. General Assembly. Senate
Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia, at the Annual Session of the General Assembly, Begun and Held in Milledgeville, the Seat of Government, in 1863
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes & Moore, 1863. 271 p.
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Georgia. General Assembly. Senate
Journal of the Senate of the State of Georgia, at the Annual Session of the General Assembly, Commenced at Milledgeville, November 3, 1864
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet & Barnes, State Printers, 1864. 104 p.
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Georgia. Governor (1857-1865: Brown)
Correspondence between Governor Brown and President Davis, on the Constitutionality of the Conscription Act
Atlanta, Ga.: Atlanta Intelligencer Print, 1862. 52 p.
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Georgia. Governor (1857-1865: Brown)
Correspondence Between Governor Brown and the Secretary of War, upon the Right of the Georgia Volunteers, in Confederate Service, to Elect Their Own Officers
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes & Moore, state printers, 1863. 16 p.
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Georgia. Governor (1857-1865: Brown)
Message of His Excellency Joseph E. Brown, to the Extra Session of the Legislature, Convened March [10th], 1864, upon the Currency Act; Secret Sessions of Congress; The Late Conscription Act; The Unconstitutionality of the Act Suspending the Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus, in Cases of Illegal Arrests Made by the President; The Causes of the War and Manner of Conducting It; And the Terms upon Which Peace Should Be Sought, &c.
Milledgeville, Ga.: Boughton, Nisbet, Barnes & Moore, State Printer, 1864. 48 p.
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Gerber, Ellen W.
conducted by Kristen L. Gislason
Oral History Interview with Ellen W. Gerber, February 18 and March 24, 1992. Interview C-0092. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Originally from Brooklyn, New York, Ellen Gerber received her doctorate in physical education and taught in northern colleges before attending law school at the University of North Carolina during the mid-1970s. After her graduation, she accepted a job with Legal Aid. She describes her careers in physical education and law and discusses in detail her advocacy of women's issues.
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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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Gerry, Martin
conducted by William Link
Oral History Interview with Martin Gerry, August 28, 1991. Interview L-0157. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Martin Gerry recalls his efforts, as the director of the Office of Civil Rights, to accelerate desegregation in North Carolina.
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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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Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883 and
Gilbert, Olive
Narrative of Sojourner Truth, a Northern Slave, Emancipated from Bodily Servitude by the State of New York, in 1828
Boston: The Author, 1850. xii, 13-144 p.
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Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883,
Gilbert, Olive, and
Titus, Frances W.
Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence, Drawn from Her "Book of Life"
Boston: For the Author, 1875. 324 p.
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Truth, Sojourner, d. 1883,
Gilbert, Olive, and
Titus, Frances W.
Narrative of Sojourner Truth; a Bondswoman of Olden Time, Emancipated by the New York Legislature in the Early Part of the Present Century; with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her "Book of Life;" Also, a Memorial Chapter, Giving the Particulars of Her Last Sickness and Death.
Battle Creek, Mich.: Review and Herald Office, 1884. xii, 13-320, 32 p.
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Giles, John B., 1788-1846
Letter from John B. Giles to Adlai Osborne, July 29, 1806
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Battle, Alice
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Alice Battle, February 20, 2001. Interview K-0523. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Racism and segregation return to declining integrated schools.
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Hackney, Burnice
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Burnice Hackney, February 5, 2001. Interview K-0547. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
One of the first African American students to attend Chapel Hill High School discusses his continuing ambivalence about integration and its effect on the black community.
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Battle, Fred
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Fred Battle, January 3, 2001. Interview K-0525. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
African American reflects on race and protest in segregated Chapel Hill, NC.
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Jeter, Gloria Register
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Gloria Register Jeter, December 23, 2000. Interview K-0549. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Integration was incomplete and did little to rid schools of racism, maintains Gloria Register Jeter in this interview. The close ties between school and community that existed in segregated black Chapel Hill evaporated when black schools were absorbed into a system that Jeter believed had little interest in black students' success.
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Peerman, Joanne
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Joanne Peerman, February 24, 2001. Interview K-0557. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Joanne Peerman describes the efforts of black students to thoroughly integrate Chapel Hill High School and discusses her relationship with her father, a beloved coach at Lincoln High School and a powerful figure in the black high school community.
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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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Norwood, Raney
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Raney Norwood, January 9, 2001. Interview K-0556. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A former student at Lincoln and Chapel Hill High School recalls the frustrations of integration.
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Clark, Rebecca
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Rebecca Clark, June 21, 2000. Interview K-0536. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Rebecca Clark describes the economic impact of Jim Crow: denying African Americans desirable jobs, forcing them into low-paying jobs, and humiliating African American consumers.
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Florence, Sheila
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Sheila Florence, January 20, 2001. Interview K-0544. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Sheila Florence, among the first African Americans to desegregate Chapel Hill High School in Chapel Hill, NC, remembers growing up in the segregated South and working to end desegregation.
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Nickerson, Stella
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Stella Nickerson, January 20, 2001. Interview K-0554. 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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Couch, Thurman
conducted by Bob Gilgor
Oral History Interview with Thurman Couch, February 12, 2001. Interview K-0537. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Thurman Couch describes social, cultural, and economic splintering in African American networks in Chapel Hill following integration.
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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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Gillaspie, James Smiley
Letter from James S. Gillaspie to Gavin Alves, February 19, 1800
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Barnes, W. D.,
Burton, T. B.,
Gilliam, T. H.,
Siler, L. F.,
Slade, J. J., and
Smith, A. R.
North Carolina University Magazine, Volume 1 Number 1, February 1852
Raleigh: Office of the "Weekly Post", 1852. [ii], 32 p.
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Gillings, Dennis
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Dennis Gillings, June 10, 1999. Interview I-0072. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Chairman and CEO of Quintiles Transnational Corporation describes his company's success and his business philosophy.
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Gilman, Caroline Howard, 1794-1888
Recollections of a Southern Matron
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1838. 272 p.
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Gilmer, John H. (John Harmer), b. 1812
Letter Addressed to Hon. Wm. C. Rives, by John H. Gilmer, on the Existing Status of the Revolution, &c.
[Richmond: s. n., 1864]. 16 p.
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Gilmer, John H. (John Harmer), b. 1812
Opinion of John H. Gilmer on the Conscription Act
[Richmond: The Author, 1862]. 8 p.
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Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945
illustrated by W. F. Baer and W. Granville Smith
The Battle-Ground
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1902. viii, 512 p.
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Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945
illustrated by Frank Earle Schoonover
The Deliverance: A Romance of the Virginia Tobacco Fields
New York: Doubleday, Page, & Co., 1904. xi, 543 p.
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Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945
Virginia
Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page and Company, 1913. viii, 526 p.
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Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson, 1873-1945
The Voice of the People
New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1900. 444 p.
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Furman, Alester G.
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with Alester G. Furman, Jr., January 6, 1976. Interview B-0019. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Alester G. Furman, Jr., was born and raised in South Carolina, where his family had lived for generations. He describes his family's involvement in the founding of Furman University in the early 1800s, his father's role in the establishment of the textile industry in Greenville, and the evolution of the textile industry over the course of the early twentieth century.
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Hall, Dock E.
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with Dock E. Hall, January 7, 1976. Interview H-0271. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Dock Hall recalls his laboring life, focusing on his years as a miner.
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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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Elmore, George R.
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with George R. Elmore, March 11, 1976. Interview H-0266. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
George Elmore discusses a life that took him from farm labor to mill management in rural North Carolina.
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Snipes, John W.
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with John W. Snipes, September 20, 1976. Interview H-0098-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
John Wesley Snipes recalls his childhood in rural Chatham County, NC, in the early twentieth century.
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Snipes, John Wesley
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with John Wesley Snipes, 1976 September 20 and November 20. Interview H-98. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
John Wesley Snipes recounts his career in lumber during and following his 17 years as a worker in the Bynum textile mill.
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Jones, Johnnie
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with Johnnie Jones, August 27, 1976. Interview H-0273. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Johnnie Jones remembers his fifty-year career at the Pomona Terra Cotta Factory in Greensboro, N.C.
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Shuping, Orlin P.
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with Orlin P. Shuping, June 15, 1975. Interview H-0290. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Orlin P. Shuping describes running a mill in Rowan County, NC.
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Sanford, Terry
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with Terry Sanford, August 20 and 21, 1976. Interview A-0328-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Terry Sanford was a North Carolina governor and Democratic U.S. Senator. This interview describes his political career since 1960, including his unsuccessful presidential run and his term as president of Duke University.
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Sanford, Terry
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with Terry Sanford, December 16 and 18, 1986. Interview C-0038. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Terry Sanford, a Democratic politician who served as a state senator, governor, and US Senator in North Carolina and held the presidency at Duke University, reflects on his political career.
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Murray, Zelma Montgomery
conducted by Brent Glass
Oral History Interview with Zelma Montgomery Murray, March 4, 1976. Interview H-0034. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A couple recalls living and working in the difficult conditions of North Carolina's cotton mill towns.
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Glasson, William Henry, 1874-1946
Some Economic Effects of the World War
From Proceedings of the nineteenth annual session of the State Literary and Historical Association of North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C.: Edwards & Broughton Printing Co., 1920. 96-104 p.
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Gleitsmann, William, 1840-1914
Mountain Sanitarium for Pulmonary Diseases, Asheville, N. C.
[Asheville, N.C]: [s.n.], [187-?]. 1 p.
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Glenn, Josephine
conducted by Cliff Kuhn and Cliff Kuhn
Oral History Interview with Josephine Glenn, June 27, 1977. Interview H-0022. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
During the course of her career, Josephine Glenn worked in several mills around Burlington, NC, allowing her to compare the textile factories in Burlington and their various working environments. She covers many topics, including war-time production, the end of segregation, and the changing roles of women in the factories.
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Glenn, Josephine K.
conducted by Cliff Kuhn
Oral History Interview with Mrs. Howard K. Glenn, June 27, 1977. Interview H-22. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
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Stone, Olive
conducted by Sherna Gluck
Oral History Interview with Olive Stone, August 13, 1975. Interview G-0059-4. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Sociologist Olive Stone describes her work as the dean of Huntingdon College (1929-1934), her doctoral work at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1934-1936), and her work in radical politics and for social justice during the 1930s. In addition, Stone speaks at length about her life as a single woman, both professionally and socially.
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Williams, Isaac D., b. 1821?- and
Goldie, William Ferguson
Sunshine and Shadow of Slave Life. Reminiscences as told by Isaac D. Williams to "Tege"
East Saginaw, Mich.: Evening News Printing and Binding House, 1885. 91 p.
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Goodloe, Daniel R. (Daniel Reaves), 1814-1902
Inquiry into the Causes Which Have Retarded the Accumulation of Wealth and Increase of Population in the Southern States: in Which the Question of Slavery is Considered in a Politico-Economical Point of View. By a Carolinian
Washington, D.C.: W. Blanchard, Printer, 1846. 27 p.
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Goodnight, Jim
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Jim Goodnight, July 22, 1999. Interview I-0073. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Jim Goodnight describes the founding and growth of his corporation, SAS.
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Goodwin, Margaret Kennedy
conducted by Angela Hornsby
Oral History Interview with Margaret Kennedy Goodwin, September 26, 1997. Interview R-0113. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Margaret Kennedy Goodwin grew up in Durham, North Carolina, during the 1920s and 1930s. In this interview, she describes a thriving African American community in Durham, one that she views as having suffered at the hands of urban renewal during the 1970s and 1980s. In addition, she describes her educational aspirations and her career as a technician in the radiology laboratory at Durham's Lincoln Hospital.
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Gordon, George Anderson
Speech of Hon. George A. Gordon, of Chatham, on the Constitutionality of the Conscription Laws, Passed by the Congress of the Confederate States, Delivered in the Senate of Georgia, on Tuesday, 9th of December, 1862
Atlanta, Ga.: Printed at the Office of the Daily Intelligencer, 1862. 14 p.
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Gordon, John Brown, 1832-1904
Reminiscences of the Civil War
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons; Atlanta: Martin & Hoyt Co., 1904, c1903. xxxi, 474 p.
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Gordon, William
conducted by John Egerton
Oral History Interview with William Gordon, January 19, 1991. Interview A-0364. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
African American journalist William Gordon describes growing up in the rural South in the 1920s and 1930s. Following his education at LeMoyne College in Memphis, Tennessee, and his service in the army during World War II, Gordon attended graduate school and became a journalist. He explains his relationship with civil rights advocates such as Ralph McGill and Herman Talmadge, and describes his perspective on changing race relations and the fall of Jim Crow segregation.
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Gore, Albert
conducted by Dewey W. Grantham and James B. Gardner
Oral History Interview with Albert Gore, Sr., March 13, 1976. Interview A-0321-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Albert Gore, Sr., reviews the history leading up to his Senatorial career, concentrating on his rural upbringing and his early political experiences. He also reflects on his impressions of other important politicians he knew, including Franklin D. Roosevelt, Sam Rayburn, Estes Kefauver, Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Gore, Albert
conducted by Dewey W. Grantham and James B. Gardner
Oral History Interview with Albert Gore, Sr., October 24, 1976. Interview A-0321-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Albert Gore, Sr.—a politician from Tennessee noted for being one of two Southern senators to refuse to sign the Southern Manifesto, a 1956 document decrying the desegregation of public spaces in America—summarizes his senatorial career. He discusses his opposition to the Korean and Vietnam wars, as well as his activities on a variety of Senate committees.
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Grady, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin), b. 1831
An Agricultural Catechism; Or, The Chemistry of Farming Made Easy. A Textbook for the Common Schools in North Carolina. By a Teacher
Wilmington, N.C.: Engelhard & Price, Printers, 1867. 40 p.
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Graffenried, Christoph von, 1661-1743
edited by Vincent H. Todd and Julius Goebel
Christoph von Graffenried's Account of the Founding of New Bern. Edited with an Historical Introduction and an English Translation by Vincent H. Todd, Ph.D. University of Illinois in Cooperation with Julius Goebel, Ph.D., Professor of Germanic Languages University of Illinois
Raleigh: Edwards & Broughton Printing, 1920. 434; map p.
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Graham, George W.
Senior Oration of George W. Graham for the Dialectic Society, February 22, 1868: "Envy"
5 pages, 6 page images.
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Graham, J. R.
Tar-Heel War Record (In the Great World War)
Charlotte, N.C.: World War Publishing Co., [1921]. [224] p.
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Graham, Terry
conducted by Amanda Covington
Oral History Interview with Terry Graham, March 22, 1999. Interview K-0434. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Terry Graham, Mooresville, NC, resident and taxi service operator, describes his changing town and its relationship to Charlotte. He also discusses the desegregation of the local schools.
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Graham, William A. (William Alexander), 1804-1875
Governor William A. Graham's Drawing Explanatory of his Verbal Report from the Committee on Buildings, January 4, 1858
1 pages, 2 page images.
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Graham, William A. (William Alexander), 1804-1875
Speech of Hon. William A. Graham, of Orange: In the Convention of North-Carolina, Dec. 7th, 1861, on the Ordinance Concerning Test Oaths and Sedition
Raleigh, [N.C.]: W. W. Holden, Printer, 1862. 31 p.
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Grandy, Moses, b. 1786?
Narrative of the Life of Moses Grandy, Late a Slave in the United States of America
London: Gilpin, 1843. 72 p.
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Grandy, William S.
Letter from William S. Grandy to his uncle, Haywood S. Bell, July 31, 1842
3 pages, 4 page images.
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University of North Carolina (1793-1962)
Edited by Daniel Lindsey Grant
Alumni History of the University of North Carolina
[Chapel Hill, NC] and [Durham, NC]: [General Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina] and [Christian & King Print. Co.], 1924. xvi, 950, [951-961] p.
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Grant, Gordon, 1875-1962
Jobs for Fighters : If You Need a Job, If You Need a Man, Inform the Official Central Agency : the Service Is Free : the United States Employment Service Bureau for Returning Soldiers and Sailors.
[United States]: United States Department of Labor ; United States Employment Service, [1918?].
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Percival, William and
Grant, John, ca. 1817-?
Letter from William Percival and John Grant to the Building Committee, January 8, 1858
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Grantham, Virginia and
Grantham, Virginia
conducted by Dallas Blanchard and Dallas Blanchard
Oral History Interview with Virginia Grantham, March 6, 1985. Interview F-0017. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Virginia Grantham discusses her thoughts on the Fellowship of Southern Churchman and her participation in it, primarily during the 1950s. In the interview, she focuses on such topics as leadership, socialism, and connections to the civil rights movement.
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Green, A. R. (Augustus R.)
The Life of the Rev. Dandridge F. Davis, of the African M. E. Church. With a Brief Account of His Conversion and Ministerial Labors, from August 1834, till March 1847. Also, a Brief Sketch of the Life of the Rev. David Conyou, of the A. M. E. C. and His Ministerial Labors. To Which Is Annexed the Funeral Discourse Delivered at the Ohio Conference, in Zanesville, on the Decease of the Rev. D. F. Davis, by the Author
Pittsburgh, PA: Ohio A. M. E. Conference, 1850. 130 p.
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Green, Duff, 1791-1875
Facts and Suggestions on the Subjects of Currency and Direct Trade, Addressed to the Chamber of Commerce of Macon, Ga.
Macon, Ga.: Printed for the Chamber of Commerce, 1861. 28 p.
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Green, Duff, 1791-1875
Facts and Suggestions Relative to Finance & Currency Addressed to the President of the Confederate States
Augusta, Ga.: J. T. Paterson, 1864. 80 p.
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Green, Duff, 1791-1875
Finance and Currency. Number Three: to Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States
S. l.: s. n., 1864. 1 p.
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Green, Elisha Winfield
Life of the Rev. Elisha W. Green, One of the Founders of the Kentucky Normal and Theological Institute--Now the State University at Louisville; Eleven Years Moderator of the Mt. Zion Baptist Association; Five Years Moderator of the Consolidated Baptist Educational Association and Over Thirty Years Pastor of the Colored Baptist Churches of Maysville and Paris. Written by Himself.
Maysville, KY: The Republican Printing Office, 1888. i-iii, 60 p.
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Green, Frances H. (Frances Harriet), 1805-1878 and
Eldridge, Elleanor, 1784-1845?
Memoirs of Elleanor Eldridge
Providence, R. I.: B.T. Albro, 1838. 128 p.
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Green, J. D. (Jacob D.), b. 1813
Narrative of the Life of J. D. Green, a Runaway Slave, from Kentucky, Containing an Account of His Three Escapes, in 1839, 1846, and 1848
Huddersfield, [Eng.]: Printed by Henry Fielding, Pack Horse Yard, 1864. 43 p.
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Green, John Patterson, b. 1845
Fact Stranger Than Fiction. Seventy-Five Years of a Busy Life with Reminiscences of Many Great and Good Men and Women
Cleveland: Riehl Printing Company, 1920. [i], xv, 368 p.
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Green, John Patterson, b. 1845
Recollections of the Inhabitants, Localities, Superstitions, and KuKlux Outrages of the Carolinas. By a "Carpet-Bagger" Who Was Born and Lived There
[Cleveland?]: [s.n.], 1880. 205 p.
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Green, Paul Eliot, 1894-1981
Paul Eliot Green Papers (#3693). Selected letters, 1917-1919
Transcript of the manuscript, UNC-Chapel Hill, Southern Historical Collection, 111 p.
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Green, Wharton J. (Wharton Jackson), 1831-1910
Recollections and Reflections: An Auto of Half a Century and More
[Raleigh, N.C.]: Edwards and Broughton Printing Company, 1906. 349 p.
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Mitchell, Elisha,
Green, William Mercer, 1798-1887, and
Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889
Account for Improvement of College Grounds, 1848
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Green, William former slave
Narrative of Events in the Life of William Green, (Formerly a Slave.) Written by Himself.
Springfield, MA: L. M. Guernsey, 1853. 23 p.
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Green, William Mercer, 1798-1887
Professor's Grade Book, 1848-1849
5 pages, 5 page images.
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Greenhow, Rose O'Neal, 1814-1864
My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington
London: Richard Bentley, 1863. x, 352 p.
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Gregory, James M. (James Monroe), 1849-1915
Frederick Douglass The Orator. Containing an Account of His Life; His Eminent Public Services; His Brilliant Career as Orator; Selections from His Speeches and Writings
Springfield, MA: Willey & Co., 1893. 215 p.
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Griest, Ellwood, 1824-1900
John and Mary; or, The Fugitive Slaves, a Tale of South-Eastern Pennsylvania
Lancaster, PA: Inquirer, 1873. 226 p.
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Griffin, Arthur
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Arthur Griffin, May 7, 1999. Interview K-0168. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Arthur Griffin reminisces about Second Ward High School in Charlotte, NC, and reflects on the legacies of desegregation.
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Griffith, Paul and
Griffith, Pauline
conducted by Allen Tullos
Oral History Interview with Paul and Pauline Griffith, May 30, 1980. Interview H-0247. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Paul and Pauline Griffith spent their working careers in the Judson Mill in Greenville, South Carolina. They offer an overview on conditions in the mill and how the work changed from the 1920s into the 1970s.
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Grimball, Margaret Ann Meta Morris, 1810-1881
Journal of Meta Morris Grimball: South Carolina, December 1860-February 1866
Transcript of the manuscript, UNC-Chapel Hill, Southern Historical Collection, 118 p.
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Grimes, Bryan, 1828-1880
Extracts of Letters of Major-Gen'l Bryan Grimes to His Wife: Written While in Active Service in the Army of Northern Virginia: Together with Some Personal Recollections of the War, Written by Him After its Close, etc.
Raleigh, NC: Edwards, Broughton & Co., Steam Printers and Binders, 1883. 137 p.
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Grimes, William, 1784-1865
Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave, Brought Down to the Present Time.
New Haven: Published by the Author, 1855. 93 p.
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Grimes, William, 1784-1865
Life of William Grimes, the Runaway Slave. Written by Himself
New York: [W. Grimes], 1825. iv, [5]-68 p.
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Grimké, Archibald Henry, 1849-1930
Right on the Scaffold, or The Martyrs of 1822
Washington, D. C.: The American Negro Academy, 1901. 23 p.
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Wilson-Allen, Tawana Belinda
conducted by Elizabeth Gritter
Oral History Interview with Tawana Belinda Wilson-Allen, May 11, 2006. Interview U-0098. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Tawana Belinda Wilson-Allen recalls her community activist work and her service as a congressional liaison for Congressman Mel Watt. She assesses the tensions between lower-income and wealthier residents in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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Groesbeck, Dan Sayre
"Shall We Be More Tender with Our Dollars Than with the Lives of Our Sons"
Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., [1917].
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Gronniosaw, James Albert Ukawsaw
edited by Walter Shirley
A Narrative of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of James Albert Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince, as Related by Himself
Bath: Printed by W. Gye, 1770. v, 39 p.
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Grosse, J. L.
Help Crush the Menace of the Seas : Buy Liberty Bonds : Buy Quickly, Buy Freely
[New York?]: Rainbow Division, Special Liberty Loan Committee, ; Poster contributed by Cloak, Suit and Skirt Industry Committee, [between 1914 and 1918].
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Enloe, Alma
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Alma Enloe, May 18, 1998. Interview K-0167. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Alma Enloe remembers West Charlotte High School as an extension of the pre-integration African American community in Charlotte.
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Abramson, Carrie
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Carrie Abramson, February 21, 1999. Interview K-0275. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A white student's experience with racial division at West Charlotte convinces her of the importance of integrated education.
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Love, Harriet
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Harriet Gentry Love, June 17, 1998. Interview K-0171. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Harriet Love shares memories of and fondness for West Charlotte, a truly unique school.
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Black, Jeff
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Jeff Black, March 29, 1999. Interview K-0276. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Jeff Black reflects on the legacies of desegregation at West Charlotte High School, a school hailed as an exemplar of successful desegregation.
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Love, John
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with John Love, February 17, 1999. Interview K-0172. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Former student remembers West Charlotte High as a place where diversity created both opportunity and conflict.
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McAllister, Latrelle
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Latrelle McAllister, June 25, 1998. Interview K-0173. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Latrelle McAllister remembers a nurturing, vibrant environment at West Charlotte High School and worries that this ethos may be at risk.
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Miller, Leroy
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Leroy Miller, June 8, 1998. Interview K-0174. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A black administrator describes the intricacies of administrative changes during desegregation and how he brought his passion for discipline to Charlotte-area schools, including West Charlotte High School.
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Hopkins, Madge
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Madge Hopkins, October 17, 2000. Interview K-0481. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Madge Hopkins, a graduate of West Charlotte High School and the vice-principal of the school at the time of the interview, describes her experiences with segregation and school desegregation in Charlotte, NC.
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Ray, Maggie W.
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Maggie W. Ray, November 9, 2000. Interview K-0825. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Maggie Ray, teacher at West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, North Carolina, reflects on the legacies of desegregation.
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Irons, Ned
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Ned Irons, March 16, 1999. Interview K-0170. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
White student reflects on race and racism at West Charlotte High School.
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Yost, Robert
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with Robert Yost, November 22, 2000. Interview K-0487. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Robert Yost discusses coaching chess and teaching English at West Charlotte High School in Charlotte, N.C.
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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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Culp, William
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with William Culp, February 19, 1999. Interview K-0277. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A white teacher recalls a harmonious racial atmosphere at West Charlotte High School during his short stint there in the 1970s.
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Hamlin, William
conducted by Pamela Grundy
Oral History Interview with William Hamlin, May 29, 1998. Interview K-0169. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Former West Charlotte student muses about the school and the uncertain legacies of integration.
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Gryskiewicz, Stan
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Stan Gryskiewicz, January 15, 1999. Interview S-0017. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Stan Gryskiewicz worked as a psychologist for the Center for Creative Leadership beginning with its inception in 1970. In this interview (the second of two), Gryskiewicz describes the Center's development in creativity leadership programs and marketing, its evolution and gradual globalization from the 1970s into the 1990s, and the role of various leaders of the organization.
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Gryskiewicz, Stan
conducted by Joseph Mosnier
Oral History Interview with Stan Gryskiewicz, November 5, 1998. Interview S-0016. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Stan Gryskiewicz worked as a psychologist for the Center for Creative Leadership from its inception in 1970. In this interview (the first of two), Gryskiewicz describes his background in psychology, his initial duties with the Center during the 1970s, the Center's 1973 managerial reorganization, his perception of various leaders within the Center, and his research in creative leadership development.
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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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Guion, John Osborne
Letter from John Osborne Guion to his cousin, Theodore Kingsbury, March 13, 1846 (Includes Description of the Boarding House)
6 pages, 6 page images.
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Gurley, Ralph Randolph
Sketch of the Life of the Rev. Lott Cary in "Life of Jehudi Ashmun, Late Colonial Agent in Liberia. With An Appendix, Containing Extracts from his Journal and Other Writings; With a Brief Sketch of the Life of the Rev. Lott Cary"
Washington: James C. Dunn, 1835. 15 p.