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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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compiled by T. M. Haddock
Haddock's Wilmington, N.C., Directory, and General Advertiser, Containing a General and Business Directory of the City, Historical Sketch, State, County, City Government &c., &c., Compiled by T. M. Haddock
Wilmington, N.C.: P. Heinsberger, Publisher; J. A. Engelhard, Steam Power Press Print, 1871. 263 p.
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Cone, Bonnie E.
conducted by Lynn Haessly
Oral History Interview with Bonnie E. Cone, January 7, 1986. Interview C-0048. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Bonnie Cone describes her career as an educator in South Carolina and North Carolina during the first half of the twentieth century. After teaching at Duke University during World War II, she moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, and became one of the primary personages behind the successful establishment of a university in that city.
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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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Kreps, Juanita
conducted by Lynn Haessly
Oral History Interview with Juanita Kreps, January 17, 1986. Interview C-0011. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Academic and Carter cabinet member Juanita Kreps describes her career as an economist and as an early proponent of women's rights.
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Hairston, Peter Wilson, 1819-1886
Letter from Peter W. Hairston to Ruth S. Hairston, February 3, 1835
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Moore, Vennie
conducted by Brian Campbell and Laura Hajar
Oral History Interview with Vennie Moore, February 24, 1999. Interview K-0439. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Vennie Moore recalls her childhood in segregated Davidson, NC.
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Haley, James T.
Afro-American Encyclopaedia; Or, the Thoughts, Doings, and Sayings of the Race, Embracing Lectures, Biographical Sketches, Sermons, Poems, Names of Universities, Colleges, Seminaries, Newspapers, Books, and a History of the Denominations, Giving the Numerical Strength of Each. In Fact, it Teaches Every Subject of Interest to the Colored People, as Discussed by More Than One Hundred of Their Wisest and Best Men and Women.
Nashville, Tenn.: Haley & Florida, 1895. xiv, 639 p.
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Hall, Billy Ray
conducted by Charles Thompson and Charles Thompson
Oral History Interview with Billy Ray Hall, January 20, 2000. Interview K-0509. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Billy Ray Hall, president of the Rural Economic Development Center, discusses the scope, environment and financial, of the flood damage in eastern North Carolina.
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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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Hall, Eli West, 1827-1865
"The Influence of Climate on the Mental and Physical Constitution of Man," Composition of Eli W. Hall, June 1, 1846
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Hall, Eli West, 1827-1865
Senior Speech of Eli. W. Hall, March 1847: "Rise and Destiny of the Union"
10 pages, 11 page images.
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Little, Arthur
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Arthur Little, December 14, 1979. Interview H-0132. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Arthur Little describes glove-making from his perspective as the owner of a glove mill in Newton, NC.
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Raper, Arthur
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Arthur Raper, January 30, 1974. Interview B-0009-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Southern sociologist and civil rights activist Arthur Raper discusses his interactions with Jessie Daniel Ames and the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching during his tenure as the research director of the Commission on Interracial Cooperation (1926-1939). Raper describes Ames as both an effective and contentious leader.
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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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Foreman, Clark
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall and Bill Finger
Oral History Interview with Clark Foreman, November 16, 1974. Interview B-0003. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Clark Foreman worked in the Atlanta Commission on Interracial Cooperation, the Roosevelt Administration, and the Southern Conference for Human Welfare from the 1920s through the 1940s. This interview traces his efforts to provide equal social services and political rights for African Americans through these organizations and explains how he developed these goals. He also discusses his travels in Europe, his work with Black Mountain College and organized labor, and his criticism of the communist scare. His wife, Mairi Foreman, explains how his views sometimes offended his associates but inspired his children to lifelong political awareness.
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Burgess, David
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall and Bill Finger
Oral History Interview with David Burgess, September 25, 1974. Interview E-0001. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
David Burgess discusses how his religious faith fused into his life work of social activism. In particular, he explains his involvement in labor organizing in the South.
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Machlachlan, Emily S.
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Emily S. Machlachlan, July 16, 1974. Interview G-0038. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Emily S. MacLachlan grew up in the early 20th century in Jackson, Mississippi, in a family that advocated relatively progressive ideas about race. MacLachlan describes her mother's efforts to balance family life with social activism (specifically with the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching), her own academic endeavors, and her advocacy of civil rights and radical politics during the 1930s.
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McGill, Eula
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Eula McGill, February 3, 1976. Interview G-0040-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Eula McGill grew up in Sugar Valley, Georgia, during the early twentieth century. Raised in a working class family, McGill had to leave school because of her family's economic hardships and began to work in a textile mill as a spinner at the age of 14. By the late 1920s, McGill had moved to Alabama, where she became a leader in the labor movement in Selma. Throughout the Great Depression, McGill primarily worked as a labor organizer, first for the Women's Trade Union League and later for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Union.
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McGill, Eula
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Eula McGill, September 5, 1976. Interview G-0040-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Southern labor organizer Eula McGill explains her views on leadership in the labor movement and the role of workers' education. After rising through the ranks of the labor movement during the Great Depression, McGill continued to work actively to organize workers from the 1940s to the 1970s. She describes in detail various labor campaigns and strikes in the South, as well as her work with the Amalgamated Clothing Workers Union and other labor organizations.
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Austin, Eunice
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, 1980 July 2. Interview H-107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Eunice Austen recalls the changes that took place in North Carolina mills over the years.
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Austin, Eunice
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Eunice Austin, July 2, 1980. Interview H-0107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Eunice Austin remembers her life in Catawba County, NC, focusing on her many years working in the textile and furniture industries.
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Pauley, Frances
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Frances Pauley, July 18, 1974. Interview G-0046. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Frances Pauley was born and raised in Decatur, Georgia, during the early twentieth century. An advocate of poor people and of racial integration, Pauley served as president of the Georgia League of Women Voters in the 1940s and 1950s, where she focused specifically on integration of public schools. In 1960, she became director of the Georgia Council on Human Relations and worked within the civil rights movement to promote African American leadership and interracial organizations.
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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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Tillet, Gladys Avery
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall, Jacquelyn Hall, and Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Gladys Avery Tillet, March 20, 1974. Interview G-0061. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Gladys Avery Tillett was an advocate for women's suffrage during the early twentieth century and a participant in both state and national politics from the 1920s into the 1950s. In this interview, she describes her education, her work with the League of Women Voters, and her experiences as a leader in the National Democratic Party.
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Johnson, Guion Griffis, 1900-1989
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall and Mary Frederickson
Oral History Interview with Guion Griffis Johnson, August 19, 1974. Interview G-0029-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Guion Griffis Johnson was among the first generation of female professional historians and a pioneer of social history. For this interview, she discusses the work she did for Dr. Howard Odum of the University of North Carolina Department of Sociology from 1923 until 1934. She also describes the research she did for projects on St. Helena's Island and on antebellum North Carolina while working toward her Ph.D. She explains how she lost her job at the University of North Carolina in 1930 but continued to work until she and her husband transferred to Baylor College in 1934.
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Johnson, Guy B.
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Guy B. Johnson, December 16, 1974. Interview B-0006. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Dr. Guy B. Johnson was a UNC sociology professor and author. This interview focuses on his work as the first executive director of the Southern Regional Council (SRC) and as a member of the North Carolina Committee for Interracial Cooperation. Johnson discusses the role that women and church groups played in the Interracial Commission, and he describes the debate over issues such as segregation among SRC members. He also describes the conflict between SRC leaders and the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. The interview ends with Johnson's analysis of post-war economic issues and foreign politics in relation to the Southern Conference and SRC.
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Kester, Howard
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall and William Finger
Oral History Interview with Howard Kester, July 22, 1974. Interview B-0007-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Howard Kester was a pacifist and social reformer in the South from the early 1920s through the 1960s. In this interview, he focuses on his adherence to pacifism, Christianity and the Social Gospel, and Socialism. He describes his work to end injustices associated with race and labor, and assesses the work of prominent social justice leaders in the South during the 1920s and 1930s.
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Rodenko, Igal
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall and Jerry Wingate
Oral History Interview with Igal Rodenko, April 11, 1974. Interview B-0010. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Igal Rodenko came of age during the 1930s and became increasingly involved in leftist politics during those years. During World War II he embraced philosophies of non-violence and pacifism and worked in a camp for conscientious objectors during the conflict. He became a member of CORE during its formative years and participated in the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation, an interracial endeavor to test segregation policies on buses in the South.
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Wilkins, Josephine
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Josephine Wilkins, 1972. Interview G-0063. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Josephine Wilkins was born and raised in Athens, Georgia, in 1893. In the 1920s, she became increasingly interested in issues of social justice. In the 1930s, she became the president of the Georgia chapter of the League of Women's Voters and helped to found the Citizen's Fact Finding Movement. In addition she describes her involvement and perception of such organizations as the Southern Conference for Human Welfare, the Commission of Interracial Cooperation, and the Southern Regional Council.
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Aaron, Junie Edna Kaylor
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Junie Edna Kaylor Aaron, 1979 December 12. Interview H-106. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
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Aaron, Junie Edna Kaylor
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Junie Edna Kaylor Aaron, December 12, 1979. Interview H-0106. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Junie Edna Kaylor Aaron remembers her long working life in the clothing industry in North Carolina.
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Lumpkin, Katharine Du Pre
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin, August 4, 1974. Interview G-0034. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Southern writer, academic, and social activist Katharine Du Pre Lumpkin describes growing up in a family where the "Lost Cause" was heralded and her subsequent work towards promoting causes of social justice. In so doing, Lumpkin describes her work with the YWCA, her education, her career in academe, and her books The Making of a Southerner and South in Progress.
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Killian, Kathryn and
Bolick, Blanche
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Kathryn Killian and Blanche Bolick, December 12, 1979. Interview H-0131. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Kathryn Killian and her sister Blanche Bolick recall their upbringing near Conover, NC, and their careers making gloves.
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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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Young, Louise
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Louise Young, February 14, 1972. Interview G-0066. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Louise Young was an educated Southern woman from Tennessee who spent most of her adult life working to promote better race relations in the South. Young describes her years teaching at African American institutions of higher education—Paine College and the Hampton Institute—during the 1910s and 1920s; her job as the director of the Department of Home Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church, where she trained students at Scarritt College in race relations; her support of women's organizations, particularly the Association of Southern Women for the Prevention of Lynching; and labor activism, as exemplified by the Highlander Folk School in Tennessee.
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Wright, Marion
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Marion Wright, March 8, 1978. Interview B-0034. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Marion Wright was one of a group of white southerners who sought to tackle the entrenched racism of the 20th-century South. As a member of the Southern Regional Council (SRC), he sought to do so without direct action. This interview is a portrait of a civil rights leader in the era before the movement was defined by public protest
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Robertson, Mary
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Mary Robertson, August 13, 1979. Interview H-0288. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Mary Robertson offers an insider's view of the organized labor movement in western North Carolina.
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Simkins, Modjeska
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Modjeska Simkins, July 28, 1976. Interview G-0056-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
African American civil rights activist Modjeska Simkins describes her upbringing in a prosperous family during the early twentieth century. She charts her work with the Tuberculosis Association, the NAACP, and the Richland County Citizens' Committee. Throughout the interview, Simkins offers telling anecdotes about racial tensions in South Carolina, the inner workings of civil rights organizations, and relationships between leaders of the movement.
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Simkins, Modjeska
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Modjeska Simkins, November 15, 1974. Interview G-0056-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Modjeska Simkins describes growing up in a prosperous African American family, going to school, and her thoughts on "color consciousness" during her childhood in Columbia, South Carolina. In addition, she discusses her involvement in the South Carolina Interracial Commission and other race organizations beginning in the 1920s, her thoughts on women's unique capabilities as leaders of social justice movements, and the nature of racial tension in the South.
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Cole, Robert
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Robert Cole, May 10, 1981. Interview H-0311. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Robert Cole recalls a violent strike in a textile mill located near the Tennessee-North Carolina border.
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Auton, Roy Lee and
Auton, Mary Ruth
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Roy Lee and Mary Ruth Auton, February 28, 1980. Interview H-0108. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Roy Lee Auton reflects on a string of jobs and a string of wives in this engaging interview.
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Vick, Ruth
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall and Bob Hall
Oral History Interview with Ruth Vick, 1973. Interview B-0057. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
In this lengthy interview, Ruth Vick describes her tenure at the Southern Regional Council (SRC), an interracial organization committed to racial justice in the South. The SRC supported the direct action civil rights movement that emerged in force in the 1950s and 1960s, but chose study over sit-ins as a means of change. This interview addresses this decision as well as decades of internal disputes.
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Clark, Septima Poinsette
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Septima Poinsette Clark, July 25, 1976. Interview G-0016. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Septima Clark served as a board member and education director for the Highlander Folk School and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in the 1950s and 1960s. She links her activism to the memory of her parents' struggles with poverty and racism. She also describes how community relations functioned within the NAACP and SCLC. Her plans for increasing community involvement, protecting the labor rights of black teachers, and educating black voters were often ignored because she was female. She discusses why these types of gender roles persisted in the SCLC and the role of leaders in the black community.
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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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Hall, James Davidson, 1806-1892
On an Old-Field School, Composition of James D. Hall for the Dialectic Society, April 23, 1828
7 pages, 8 page images.
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Hall, Newman, 1816-1902
Come to Jesus
Petersburg, Va.: Evangelical Tract Society, [1863?]. 36 p.
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Hall, Robert Troy, b. 1823
"Elegy on a Sore Toe," Poem by [Robert T. Hall], November 15, 1842
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Hall, Samuel, b. 1818 and
Elder, Orville, b. 1866
Samuel Hall, 47 Years a Slave; A Brief Story of His Life Before and After Freedom Came to Him
Washington, Ia.: Journal Print, 1912. [45] p.
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Hall, William A.
The Historic Significance of the Southern Revolution. A Lecture Delivered by Invitation in Petersburg, Va., March 14th and April 29th, 1864, and in Richmond, Va., April 7th and April 21st, 1864
Petersburg: Printed by A.F. Crutchfield, 1864. 45 p.
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Halliburton, John Wesley, b. 1840
Letter from John Halliburton to Juliet Halliburton, April 22, 1861
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Halliburton, John Wesley, b. 1840
Letter from John W. Halliburton, March 6, [1861]
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Halliburton, John Wesley, b. 1840
Letter from John Wesley Halliburton to his second cousin and fiancée, Juliet Halliburton, March 11, 1861
4 pages, 4 page images.
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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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Hamill, H. M. (Howard Melancthon), 1847-1915
The Old South, a Monograph
Dallas, Texas; Nashville, Tenn.: Smith & Lamar, Agents, Publishing House of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, [1904]. 79 p.
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Hamilton, F. M. (Fayette Montgomery), 1858-1912
A Plain Account of the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church in America. Being an Outline of Her History and Polity; Also, Her Prospective Work.
Nashville: Southern Methodist Publishing House, 1887. 136 p.
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Hamilton, Grace Towns
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Grace Towns Hamilton, July 19, 1974. Interview G-0026. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Grace Towns Hamilton was raised in Atlanta, where both of her parents were involved in community service and issues of social justice. Following family tradition, Hamilton was an active participant in the YWCA during the 1920s, and during the 1940s and 1950s she was the director for Atlanta's Urban League. She describes her work with these organizations, focusing on issues of segregation, education, voter registration, and housing.
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Hamilton, James, 1786-1857
Negro Plot: An Account of the Late Intended Insurrection among a Portion of the Blacks of the City of Charleston, South Carolina
Boston: Printed and Published by Joseph W. Ingraham, 1822. 50 p.
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Edited by Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac Hamilton
Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick
Chapel Hill, N.C.: University of North Carolina, 1910. 42 p.
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Hamilton, Joseph Gregoire de Roulhac, 1878-1961
Party Politics in North Carolina, 1835-1860
Durham, N.C.: Seeman Printery, 1916. 212 p.
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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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Hammon, Briton
A Narrative of the Uncommon Sufferings, and Surprizing Deliverance of Briton Hammon, a Negro Man,--Servant to General Winslow, of Marshfield, in New-England; Who Returned to Boston, After Having Been Absent Almost Thirteen Years. Containing an Account of the Many Hardships He Underwent from the Time He Left His Master's House, in the Year 1747, to the Time of His Return to Boston.--How He Was Cast Away in the Capes of Florida;---The Horrid Cruelty and Inhuman Barbarity of the Indians in Murdering the Whole Ship's Crew;---The Manner of His Being Carry'd by Them Into Captivity. Also, an Account of His Being Confined Four Years and Seven Months in a Close Dungeon,---and the Remarkable Manner in Which He Met with His Good Old Master in London; Who Returned to New-England, a Passenger in the Same Ship
Boston: Printed and Sold by Green & Russell, 1760. 14 p.
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Melbourn, Julius, b. 1790
edited by Jabez D. Hammond
Life and Opinions of Julius Melbourn; with Sketches of the Lives and Characters of Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, John Randolph, and Several Other Eminent American Statesmen
Syracuse: Hall & Dickson, 1847. 239 p.
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Hampton, John S.
The North Carolina Guide and Business Office Companion Containing a List of All the Post Offices in the State, with Distances from Principal Commercial Towns; Also the Population of All Incorporated Towns, Divided Between the Two Races, Together with the Names and Post Offices of the Leading Lawyers in the State
Raleigh: News Steam Book and Job Office and Bindery, 1877. 42 p.
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Handy, James A., 1826-1911
Scraps of African Methodist Episcopal History
Philadelphia: A. M. E. Book Concern, 1902. xiv, 421 p.
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Hanes, Robert March, 1890-1959
Robert March Hanes Papers (#4534). Diary, 30 April-2 December 1918
Transcript of the manuscript, UNC-Chapel Hill, Southern Historical Collection, 19 p.
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Hanes, Robert March, 1890-1959
Robert March Hanes papers (#4534). Selected letters, 1917-1918
Transcript of the manuscript, UNC-Chapel Hill, Southern Historical Collection, 137 p.
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Hanks, Barbara
conducted by Patrick Huber
Oral History Interview with Barbara Hanks, August 10, 1994. Interview K-0098. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Barbara Hanks remembers her career at the White Furniture Company and the effects of the company's closing on her community in Mebane, NC.
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Harben, Will N. (Will Nathaniel), 1858-1919
Northern Georgia Sketches
Chicago: A.C. McClurg & Co., 1900. 305 p.
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Hardin, Alice Grogan
conducted by Allen Tullos
Oral History Interview with Alice Grogan Hardin, May 2, 1980. Interview H-0248. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Alice Grogan Hardin remembers her early years in the rural Greenville County, SC, on the farm and at the mill.
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Hardin, Paul
conducted by Donald Mathews
Oral History Interview with Paul Hardin, Jr., December 8, 1989. Interview C-0071. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Bishop Paul Hardin helped bring about racial integration of the United Methodist denomination in the 1960s. He recalls several points in his long ministry career when white and black pastors opposed his efforts to move ministers to other districts, accept church members of other races, and dissolve the Black Methodist district. Supportive church members helped him withstand criticism of his personal stance, even when he faced pressure from conservative ministers on one side and Martin Luther King on the other.
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Hargett, Edna Y.
conducted by Jim Leloudis
Oral History Interview with Edna Y. Hargett, July 19, 1979. Interview H-0163. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Edna Yandell Hargett describes life and work in North Charlotte, a mill village in Charlotte, North Carolina. Focusing primarily on the 1920s through the 1940s, Hargett discusses her work as a weaver in North Charlotte textile mills. In addition, she explains in detail how textile mill workers functioned like "one big family" both at work and in the community.
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Hariot, Thomas, 1560-1621
illustrated by John White and translated by Richard Hakluyt
A Briefe and True Report of the New Found Land of Virginia: of the Commodities and of the Nature and Manners of the Naturall Inhabitants : Discouered bÿ the English Colonÿ There Seated by Sir Richard Greinuile Knight In the ÿeere 1585 : Which Remained Vnder the Gouerenment of Twelue Monethes, At the Speciall Charge and Direction of the Honourable Sir Walter Raleigh Knight Lord Warden of the Stanneries Who therein Hath Beene Fauoured and Authorised bÿ Her Maiestie and Her Letters Patents / This Fore Booke Is Made in English by Thomas Hariot seruant to the Aboue-Named Sir Walter, a Member of the Colonÿ, and There Imploÿed in Discouering
[New York]: [J. Sabin & Sons], [1871]. [82] p.
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Harland, Marion, 1830-1922
Marion Harland's Autobiography: The Story of a Long Life
New York; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, 1910. x, 497 p.
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Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins, 1825-1911
Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted
Boston: James H. Earle, [1892]. [iv], 282 p.
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African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and
Harris, C. R. (Cicero Richardson), 1844-1917
Historical Catechism of the A. M. E. Zion Church. For Use in Families and Sunday Schools.
Charlotte, N. C.: A. M. E. Zion Publication House, 1922. 34 p.
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Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804
Edited by Henry McGilbert Wagstaff
The Harris Letters
[Chapel Hill, N.C.]: University of North Carolina, [1916]. 91 p.
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Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804
Letter from Charles Harris to Dr. Charles Harris, April 10, 1795
7 pages, 8 page images.
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Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804
Letter from Charles Harris to Dr. Charles Harris, August 13, 1795
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804
Letter from Charles Harris to Dr. Charles Harris, July 21, 1795
5 pages, 6 page images.
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Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804
Letter from Charles Harris to Dr. Charles Harris, June 1, 1795
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804
Letter from Charles Harris to James Hogg, September 1, 1796
5 pages, 6 page images.
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Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804
Letter from Charles W. Harris to Dr. Charles Harris, November 12, 1795
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804
Letter from Charles Wilson Harris to John C. Otto, June 1, 1796
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804
Letter from Charles Wilson Harris to Joseph Caldwell, July 24, 1796
9 pages, 10 page images.
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Harris, Charles Wilson, 1771-1804
Letter from Charles Wilson Harris to Joseph Caldwell, September 5, 1796
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Harris, George Washington, 1814-1869
Sut Lovingood. Yarns Spun by a "Nat'ral Born Durn'd Fool." Warped and Wove for Public Wear
New York: Dick & Fitzgerald, c1867. xv, 299 p.
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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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Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
Free Joe and Other Georgian Sketches
New York: Charles Scribner's sons, 1887. 236 p.
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Harris, Joel Chandler, 1848-1908
illustrated by Frederick S. Church and James Henry Moser
Uncle Remus, His Songs and His Sayings: The Folk-Lore of the Old Plantation. By Joel Chandler Harris. With Illustrations by Frederick S. Church and James H. Moser
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1881. 231, [viii] p.
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Harris, John
conducted by Kieran Taylor
Oral History Interview with John Harris, September 5, 2002. Interview R-0185. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
John Harris, longtime cab driver and businessman in Greensboro, NC, describes his community in the context of race and redevelopment.
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Harris, L. Worth
conducted by Allen Tullos
Oral History Interview with L. Worth Harris, June 11, 1980. Interview H-0164. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
L. Worth Harris discusses the trucking company he started in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the early 1930s.
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Harris, Lawrence S.
"Good Bye, Dad, I'm Off to Fight for Old Glory, You Buy U.S. Gov't Bonds" : Third Liberty Loan.
New York: Sackett & Wilhelms, [1917?].
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Harrison, Burton N.
Letter, February 11, 1865 (In Which Burton N. Harrison, Personal Secretary to Jefferson Davis, Encloses Davis' Autograph)
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Harrison, Burton, 1843-1920
Recollections Grave and Gay
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911. 386 p.
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Harrison, Frederick William
Letter from F. W. Harrison to Thomas Jones, April 10, 1824
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Harrison, Lloyd
Corn : the Food of the Nation : Serve Some Way Every Meal : Appetizing, Nourishing, Economical
[United States]: United States Food Administration, [between 1914 and 1918].
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Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910
Henry Harrisse's Memorial to the Trustees, September 29, 1856
16 pages, 17 page images.
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Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910
Key and Appendix to Henry Harrisse's Memorial of September 29 and Another Postscript, October 15, 1856
19 pages, 22 page images.
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Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910
Letter from Henry Harrisse to Governor Thomas Bragg, October 15, 1856
1 pages, 2 page images.
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Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910
Letter from Henry Harrisse to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, October 9, 1856 [Containing a Postscript to the Memorial of September 29, 1856]
9 pages, 10 page images.
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Harrisse, Henry, 1829-1910
Letter from Henry Harrisse to the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, September 27, 1856
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Hart, Robert D.
Letter from Robert. D. Hart to Charles Manly, December 10, 1860
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Coward, Clyda and
Coward, Debra
conducted by Leda Hartman
Oral History Interview with Clyda Coward and Debra Coward, May 30, 2001. Interview K-0833. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Clyda Coward, joined by her sister Debra and other family members, reflects on her childhood in rural North Carolina and the state of the small community of Tick Bite in the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd.
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Warren, Edith
conducted by Leda Hartman
Oral History Interview with Edith Warren, August 28, 2002. Interview K-0601. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
State congresswoman Edith Warren describes the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd in Pitt County, NC.
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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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Thorbs, Leslie
conducted by Leda Hartman
Oral History Interview with Leslie Thorbs, May 30, 2001. Interview K-0589. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Leslie Thorbs describes growing up in a tenant farming family in DuPont, North Carolina, during the 1920s and 1930s. Thorbs describes his experiences with poverty, farming, factory work, race relations, and family life. He concludes the interview by discussing the devastating impact of Hurricane Floyd's flooding on his family and his community.
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Moore, Richard
conducted by Leda Hartman
Oral History Interview with Richard H. Moore, August 2, 2002. Interview K-0598. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
North Carolina State Treasurer and former Secretary of Crime Control and Public Safety Richard Moore describes the impact of Hurricane Floyd (1999) and the state government's response to the crisis. Moore describes the evolution of the Division of Emergency Management during his term and what he sees as its increasing effectiveness in responding to natural disasters.
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Clement, Ralph A. and
Hartwell, Charles P.
Letter from R. A. Clement and Charles P. Hartwell to Edmund T. Wilkins, February 20, 1839
1 pages, 2 page images.
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Hartzell, Joseph C. (Joseph Crane), 1842-1929
Methodism and the Negro in the United States. From The Journal of Negro History 8, no. 3 (July 1923), 301-315.
Lancaster, Pa.; Washington, D. C.: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc., 1923. 301-315 p.
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Harvell, Evelyn Gosnell
conducted by Allen Tullos
Oral History Interview with Evelyn Gosnell Harvell, May 27, 1980. Interview H-0250. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Evelyn Gosnell Harvell recalls growing up on a South Carolina farm and the more than three decades she spent as a weaver in a textile mill.
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Hassan, Adetola
conducted by Barbara Copeland
Oral History Interview with Adetola Hassan, December 16, 2001. Interview R-0160. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Adetola Hassan, a British citizen of Nigerian descent, was a freshman student at Duke University at the time of this interview in 2001. In the interview, she discusses her Mormon faith, focusing on tensions surrounding Mormonism in the South as well as issues related to gender and race within the Church.
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Hassell, C. B.
Letter from Cushings B. Hassell to Charles Manly, June 12, 1867
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Hassell, C. B.
Letter from Cushings B. Hassell to the Board of Trustees, December 4, 1860
8 pages, 8 page images.
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Hatcher, Jean Cole
conducted by Allen Tullos
Oral History Interview with Jean Cole Hatcher, June 13, 1980. Interview H-0165. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Jean Cole Hatcher became president of Cole Manufacturing Company, her family's business, in 1953. Hatcher describes her family's history in the Piedmont, the establishment and evolution of the Cole Manufacturing Company in the industry of agricultural technology, and she illuminates life in Charlotte, North Carolina—both for workers and as an economic center of industry.
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Hatcher, William E. (William Eldridge), 1834-1912
John Jasper: The Unmatched Negro Philosopher and Preacher
New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, c1908. 183 p.
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Haw, M. J. (Mary Jane)
The Rivals: A Chickahominy Story
Richmond [Va.]: Ayres & Wade, 1864. 61 p.
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Hawke, Jack
conducted by Jonathan Houghton
Oral History Interview with Jack Hawke, June 7, 1990. Interview C-0087. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
North Carolina Republican Chairman Jack Hawke outlines the evolution of the party from the 1960s through the 1980s. Hawke especially focuses on divisions, various leaders, and organization limits and successes within the Republican Party.
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Hawkins, Philemon B.
Letter from Philemon B. Hawkins to his father, John D. Hawkins, February 26, 1841 (Regarding Student Drunkenness)
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Hawkins, William G. (William George), 1823-1909
Lunsford Lane; or, Another Helper from North Carolina
Boston: Crosby & Nichols, 1863. xii, 13-305 p.
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Hayden, William, b. 1785
Narrative of William Hayden, Containing a Faithful Account of His Travels for a Number of Years, Whilst a Slave, in the South. Written by Himself
Cincinnati: W. Hayden, 1846. 154 p.
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Haygood, Atticus G. (Atticus Greene), 1839-1896
Our Brother in Black: His Freedom and His Future
New York: Phillips & Hunt, 1881. 252 p.
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Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886
Poems of Paul Hamilton Hayne
Boston: D. Lothrop and Company, 1882. xvi, 386 p.
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Hays, Benjamin K., fl. 1887-1918
Natural Selection and the Race Problem
Charlotte, N.C.: Charlotte Medical Journal, 1905. 21 p.
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Haywood, John, 1755-1827
Letter from John Haywood to Joseph Caldwell, April 25, 1811
7 pages, 8 page images.
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Haywood, John, 1755-1827
Receipt to Stephen Haywood for Hire of Carpenters for Old West, May 26, 1823
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Headen, William Joseph, 1837-1865
Commencement Address of William J. Headen, June 7, 1860: "The Sentiment of Honor"
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Heard, William H. (William Henry), 1850-1937
From Slavery to the Bishopric in the A.M.E. Church. An Autobiography
Philadelphia: The A.M.E. Book Concern, 1928. 104 p.
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Mebane, James and
Heartt, Dennis, 1783-1870
Rail-road Meeting
Hillsborough: D. Heartt, printer, 1828. 8 p.
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Hedrick, Benjamin Sherwood, 1827-1886
Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to Charles Manly, October 14, 1856
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Hedrick, Benjamin Sherwood, 1827-1886
Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to Charles Manly, October 28, 1856
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Hedrick, Benjamin Sherwood, 1827-1886
Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to H. R. Helper, October 27, 1856
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Hedrick, Benjamin Sherwood, 1827-1886
Letter from Benjamin S. Hedrick to his wife Mary Ellen Hedrick, October, 22 1856
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Hedrick, Benjamin Sherwood, 1827-1886
Letter from Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick to David L. Swain, September 15, 1853
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Hedrick, Benjamin Sherwood, 1827-1886
Letter from Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick to Governor Thomas Bragg, October 6, 1856
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Phillips, Charles, 1822-1889 and
Hedrick, Benjamin Sherwood, 1827-1886
Letter from Charles Phillips and Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick to David L. Swain, October 13, 1853
4 pages, 4 page images.
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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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Heide, R. E.
Report of Vice-Consul R.E. Heide, on the Resources, Trade and Commerce of North Carolina
Wilmington: North Carolina Presbyterian Publishing House, 1875. 25 p.
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Helms, Jesse
conducted by Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Jesse Helms, March 8, 1974. Interview A-0124. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Senator Jesse Helms describes some of his political positions, and reflects on the state of the Republican Party.
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Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909
The Impending Crisis of the South: How to Meet It
New York: Burdick Brothers, 1857. x, [11]-420 p.
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Helper, Hinton Rowan, 1829-1909
Letter from Hinton R. Helper to Benjamin S. Hedrick, October 15, 1856
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Henderson, Archibald, 1877-1963
North Carolina Women in the World War
[Raleigh, N.C.?: North Carolina Literary and Historical Association], 1920. 11 p.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his father, Archibald Henderson, from Fort Branch, [February 1865]
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his father, Archibald Henderson, September 4, 1862 (In Which He Describes a Student Rebellion)
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his Mother, February 14, 1863
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, April 20, 1862
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, April 24, 1862 (Regarding Civil War News)
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, August 23, 1862 (In Which He Discusses Problem of Conscription)
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, May 15, 1864 (In Which He Discusses His Brother, Leonard, Who was Killed a Few Weeks Later at Cold Harbor)
4 pages, 5 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, May 21, 1862
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, November 11, 1864
5 pages, 5 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, November 7, 1864 (In Which the Board of Trustees is Protesting Against the Conscription of the Seniors)
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, September 22, 1862 (In Which He Gives Various Reasons Why He Should Join the Army)
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, September 26, 1864
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Henderson, John, fl. 1863
Letter from John Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, September 8, 1863
2 pages, 4 page images.
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Henderson, Leonard
Letter from Leonard Henderson to his father, Archibald Henderson, February 1860
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Henderson, Leonard
Letter from Leonard Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, July 26, 1859
3 pages, 3 page images.
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Henderson, Leonard
Letter from Leonard Henderson to his mother, Mary Ferrand Henderson, October 16, 1859
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Henderson, Madison,
Warrick, Alfred Amos,
Seward, James W., and
Brown, Charles
edited by A. B. Chambers
Trials and Confessions of Madison Henderson, Alias Blanchard, Alfred Amos Warrick, James W. Seward, and Charles Brown, Murderers of Jesse Baker and Jacob Weaver, as Given by Themselves; and a Likeness of Each, Taken in Jail Shortly after Their Arrest
Saint Louis: Chambers & Knapp, 1841. [iv], 76 p.
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Henderson, Pleasant, 1756-1840
Letter from Major Henderson to Walter Alves, September 3, 1805
3 pages, 4 page images.
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Henderson, Pleasant, 1756-1840
Letter from Pleasant Henderson to Walter Alves, July 14, 1799
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Henderson, Pleasant, 1756-1840
Statement of Pleasant Henderson about Completion of Doors and Window Frames for South Building, June 1801
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Henderson, Pleasant, 1756-1840
Statement of Pleasant Henderson Regarding the Number of Bricks Laid for South Building, June 1801
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Henderson, Thomas
conducted by Charles Thompson and Charles Thompson
Oral History Interview with Thomas Henderson, October 28, 1999. Interview K-0228. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Thomas Henderson was born in Brookneil, Virginia, a small, tobacco farming community. He later became a tobacco buyer in Greenville, North Carolina. Focusing on the tobacco industry in the 1930s and 1940s, Henderson explains the establishment of gradation policies for the tobacco industry as a New Deal reform measure; the process of buying and selling tobacco at auction; and changes in tobacco farming.
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Henry, Aaron
conducted by Jack Bass
Oral History Interview with Aaron Henry, April 2, 1974. Interview A-0107. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Aaron Henry describes the role of race and racism in Mississippi politics.
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Henry, George, b. 1819
Life of George Henry. Together with a Brief History of the Colored People in America
Providence: The Author; H. I. Gould, 1894. 123 p.
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Henry, O., 1862-1910
Cabbages and Kings
New York: McClure, Phillips & Co., 1904. [vi], 344 p.
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Henry, Thomas W., 1794-1877
Autobiography of Rev. Thomas W. Henry, of the A. M. E. Church
[Baltimore]: [The Author], [1872]. 56 p.
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Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883
preface by Harriet Beecher Stowe and edited by John Lobb
An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson ("Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1881. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and Introductory Notes by George Sturge, S. Morley, Esq., M. P., Wendell Phillips, and John G. Whittier. Edited by John Lobb, F.R.G.S. Revised and Enlarged
London, Ontario: Schuyler, Smith, & Co., 1881. [iii], 15, 12-256 p.
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Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883
The Life of Josiah Henson, Formerly a Slave, Now an Inhabitant of Canada, as Narrated by Himself
Boston: A. D. Phelps, 1849. iv, 76 p.
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Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883
Truth Stranger Than Fiction. Father Henson's Story of His Own Life
Boston: John P. Jewett, 1858. xii, 212 p.
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Henson, Josiah, 1789-1883
edited by John Lobb and preface by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom's Story of His Life. An Autobiography of the Rev. Josiah Henson (Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom"). From 1789 to 1876. With a Preface by Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, and an Introductory Note by George Sturge, and S. Morley, Esq., M. P.
London: Christian Age Office, 1876. 224 p.
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Hentz, Caroline Lee, 1800-1856
The Planter's Northern Bride
Philadelphia: T. B. Peterson, c1854. xi, 579 p.
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Hepburn, Andrew D.
Letter from Andrew D. Hepburn to David L. Swain, [1866-1867] (In Which He Describes the Condition of the University)
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Herring, Harriet
conducted by Mary Frederickson and Nevin Brown
Oral History Interview with Harriet Herring, February 5, 1976. Interview G-0027. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Harriet Herring, University of North Carolina sociologist, recalls her efforts to study labor at North Carolina mill towns in the first half of the 20th Century.
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Herring, Kate M.
How the Southern Negro is Supporting the Government
From The Outlook, Vol. 120 (Nov. 20, 1918). New York: Outlook Company, 1918. 452-453 p.
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Herring, Kate M.
The Negro and War Savings in North Carolina
From South Atlantic Quarterly. Vol. 18, no. 1 (Jan. 1919. Durham, N. C.: [Duke University Press], 1919. 36-40 p.
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Herring, William Dallas
conducted by Jay Jenkins
Oral History Interview with William Dallas Herring, February 14, 1987. Interview C-0034. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
William Dallas Herring discusses his rise to membership and tenure on the North Carolina State Board of Education and the struggle to create a community college system.
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Herring, William Dallas
conducted by Jay Jenkins
Oral History Interview with William Dallas Herring, May 16, 1987. Interview C-0035. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
William Dallas Herring, longtime chairman of the North Carolina State Board of Education, discusses the ins and outs of education in his state.
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Queen, Anne
conducted by Joseph Herzenberg
Oral History Interview with Anne Queen, April 30, 1976. Interview G-0049-1. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Anne Queen spent ten years working for the Champion Paper and Fibre Company in North Carolina before continuing her education at Berea College and Yale Divinity School during the 1940s. In this interview, she describes her life as a worker; her advocacy of social justice causes; her experiences in higher education; and her work at University of Georgia, with the Friends Service Committee, and the YWCA-YMCA at University of North Carolina.
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Queen, Anne
conducted by Joseph Herzenberg
Oral History Interview with Anne Queen, November 22, 1976. Interview G-0049-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Anne Queen (director of the YWCA-YMCA at University of North Carolina) discusses leftist student political groups at Chapel Hill during the 1950s and 1960s and the evolution of student activism into the 1970s. Additionally, she speaks more broadly about the role of radical politics in the South and offers her thoughts on the state of national politics at the time of the interview.
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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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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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Allen, Cary J.
conducted by Rosemarie Hester
Oral History Interview with Cary Joseph Allen, Jr., April 3, 1980. Interview H-0001. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Cary Joseph Allen, Jr., an aluminum worker for Alcoa in Badin, North Carolina, describes the establishment of a local branch of the Aluminum Workers of America in the mid-1930s. Initial efforts at organization were hampered by the strong paternalistic influence Alco exerted over the community, yet efforts to unionize had succeeded by 1937.
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Cook, Clyde
conducted by Rosemarie Hester
Oral History Interview with Clyde Cook, July 10, 1977. Interview H-0003. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Clyde Cook describes life and work for African Americans in Badin, North Carolina. Discussing such topics as school segregation, racial hierarchies in the workplace, and the lack of job opportunities, Cook offers insight into social and economic inequalities in a Southern working community.
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Hettman, W. F.
Wanted: Husky Young Americans, College or University Training Desirable, Though Not Essential to Tour to Berlin Via France and No Man's Land ... : Join the Tanks
[Washington, D.C.]: [Tank Corps Recruiting Office], [between 1914 and 1918].
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Hewitt, John Hill, 1801-1890
War: A Poem, with Copious Notes, Founded on the Revolution of 1861-62, (up to the Battles before Richmond, Inclusive)
Richmond, Va.: West & Johnston, 1862. 85 p.
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Hicks, Richard
conducted by Goldie F. Wells
Oral History Interview with Richard Hicks, February 1, 1991. Interview M-0023. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Richard Hicks, who in 1991 was the principal of the all-black Hillside High School in Orange County, NC, describes his job and offers some brief thoughts on the minimal impact of desegregation on his career in education.
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Hicks, William, 1869-1954
History of Louisiana Negro Baptists from 1804 to 1914
Nashville, Tenn.: National Baptist Publishing Board, [1915]. 251 p.
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Higgins, Bennie
conducted by Goldie F. Wells
Oral History Interview with Bennie Higgins, December 28, 1990. Interview M-0003. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Longtime North Carolina high school principal Bennie Higgins describes the details of the position and reflects on race in the post-desegregation classroom.
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Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865
The Slave: or Memoirs of Archy Moore. Vol. I
Boston: John H. Eastburn, Printer, 1836. [i], 170 p.
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Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865
The Slave: or Memoirs of Archy Moore. Vol. II
Boston: John H. Eastburn, Printer, 1836. 163 p.
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Hildreth, Richard, 1807-1865
The White Slave; or, Memoirs of a Fugitive
Boston: Tappan and Whittemore, 1852. 408 p.
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Hill, George Watts
conducted by James Leutze
Oral History Interview with George Watts Hill, January 30, 1986. Interview C-0047. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
George Watts Hill was a prominent business leader in the Durham area during the twentieth century. He offers his perspective on the changing nature of business and its impact on the community. In particular, he describes his business endeavors in such areas as banking, insurance, land development, dairy farming, and public service.
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Brown, Elizabeth
conducted by Kimberly Hill
Oral History Interview with Elizabeth Brown, June 17, 2005. Interview U-0019. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Elizabeth Brown, a white teacher who taught at John Carroll High School in Birmingham, Alabama, describes desegregation and its legacies in her city.
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Threatt, Glennon
conducted by Kimberly Hill
Oral History Interview with Glennon Threatt, June 16, 2005. Interview U-0023. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
A Birmingham lawyer shares his reflections on segregation in Birmingham, Alabama, and racism in the U.S.
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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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Crews, Willie Mae Lee
conducted by Kimberly Hill
Oral History Interview with Willie Mae Lee Crews, June 16, 2005. Interview U-0020. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Willie Mae Crews, the daughter of a sharecropper, was a teacher at Hayes High School, an African American school in Birmingham, Alabama, during the 1960s and 1970s. Crews describes Hayes as an excellent segregated school that did not benefit from the desegregation that began during the 1970-1971 school year.
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McKelway, Alexander Jeffrey, 1866-1918,
Seddon, A. E.,
Ulm, A. H., and
Hine, Lewis Wickes, 1874-1940
Child Labor in the Carolinas: [A]ccount of Investigations Made in the Cotton Mills of North and South Carolina, by Rev. A. E. Seddon, A. H. Ulm and Lewis W. Hine, under the Direction of the Southern Office of the National Child Labor Committee
[New York]: [National Child Labor Committee], [1909]. [20] p.
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Burt, Thomas
conducted by Glenn Hinson
Oral History Interview with Thomas Burt, February 6, 1979. Interview H-0194-2. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Thomas Burt, a journeyman worker, recalls a variety of jobs he took in and around Durham, NC, with a focus on his employment in a tobacco factory.
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Hobby, Wilbur
conducted by Bill Finger
Oral History Interview with Wilbur Hobby, March 13, 1975. Interview E-0006. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Wilbur Hobby describes growing up impoverished in Durham, North Carolina, during the Great Depression and his eventual involvement in the labor movement. Employed by the American Tobacco Company after World War II, he became an active member of the union and eventually became a leader in such organizations as the Voters for Better Government and the Committee for Public Education.
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Hoff, Cay
Buy Him a Memory Kit Book Before He Goes
[United States]: [s.n.], [between 1914 and 1918].
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Hoffman, Richard Lee
conducted by Rob Amberg
Oral History Interview with Richard Lee Hoffman Jr., November 8, 2000. Interview K-0505. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
In this interview, Richard Lee Hoffman Jr., a real estate broker in Mars Hill, N.C., describes his response to the growth ushered in by the construction of the I-26 corridor.
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Hogan, Frances
conducted by Mary Jo Festle
Oral History Interview with Frances Hogan, May 23, 1991, and June 3, 1991. Interview L-0044. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Frances Hogan was in charge of finding facilities, equipment, and competitions for the women's athletics program at the University of North Carolina from 1946 to the 1970s. She discusses how students and coaches worked around the limitations to plan their own tournaments and occasionally succeeded on the national level. She describes the change from club sports to NCAA division sports and the introduction of Title IX in the 1970s. The interview ends with her summary of why the program is successful.
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Holden, W. W. (William Woods), 1818-1892
Memoirs of W. W. Holden
Durham, NC: The Seeman Printery, 1911. viii, 199 p.
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Holland, Frederic May, 1836-1908
Frederick Douglass The Colored Orator
New York: Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1895. vi, 431 p.
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Holland, Steve
conducted by Charles Thompson and Charles Thompson
Oral History Interview with Steve Holland, December 16, 1999. Interview K-0510. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Steve Holland, a Republican county commissioner and businessman in Pender County, N.C., describes the personal and bureaucratic struggles he faced the aftermath of Hurricane Floyd.
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Hollar, Gladys Irene Moser and
Hollar, Glenn
conducted by Jacquelyn Hall
Oral History Interview with Gladys and Glenn Hollar, February 26, 1980. Interview H-0128. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Gladys Irene Moser Hollar and her husband, Glenn Hollar, share recollections about work and rural life in the early 20th century.
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Holley, J. W. (James W.), b. 1848
The Old Faithful Servant: Life History of J.W. Holley: Born and Reared a Slave: After Freedom Became a Worker in the Master's Vineyard
[Columbus, OH]: [Inskeep Print. Co.], 1924. 16 p.
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Holmes, Peter
conducted by William Link
Oral History Interview with Peter Holmes, April 18, 1991. Interview L-0168. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Peter Holmes served as the Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) from 1973 to 1975. In this interview, he discusses the challenges the OCR faced in developing and enforcing guidelines for the desegregation of higher education in southern states.
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Holmes, Theophilus Hunter
Letter from Theophilus Hunter Holmes to David L. Swain, January 21, 1862
2 pages, 4 page images.
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Holsey, Lucius Henry, 1842-1920
Autobiography, Sermons, Addresses, and Essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D.
Atlanta: Franklin Print. and Pub. Co., 1898. 288 p.
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Holt, Nancy
conducted by Frances E. Webb
Oral History Interview with Nancy Holt, October 27, 1985. Interview K-0010. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Nancy Holt, raised in North Carolina's Cane Creek community and a member of the Cane Creek Conservation Authority, discusses the reaction of the community when UNC and the Orange County Water and Sewer Authority attempted to build a reservoir in Cane Creek.
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Long, Patricia
conducted by Sherry Honeycutt
Oral History Interview with Patricia Long, November 14, 1996. Interview G-0215. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Patricia Long became an active member of Pullen Baptist Church, known for its progressive social activism, during the late 1980s. She describes how her involvement with Pullen allowed her to come to terms with her own lesbian sexuality and details the process by which Pullen decided to sanction holy unions between gay and lesbian couples.
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Hood, J. W. (James Walker), 1831-1918
One Hundred Years of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church; or, The Centennial of African Methodism.
New York: A.M.E. Zion Book Concern, 1895. xxii, 625 p.
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Hood, J. W. (James Walker), 1831-1918
Sketch of the Early History of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church with Jubilee Souvenir and Appendix
Charlotte, N. C.: A. M. E. Zion Publishing House, 1914. 92, 35 p.
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Hooper, Jerry
Letter from Jerry Hooper to his Master, October 19, 1861
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Hooper, Jerry
Minutes of the Board of Trustees Copied by Jerry Hooper (a Slave) for his Master, October 19, 1861
2 pages, 2 page images.
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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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Hooper, William, 1792-1876
Address of William C. Hooper to the Dialectic Society, 1836 or 1837
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Hooper, William, 1792-1876
The Discipline of the Heart, To Be Connected with the Culture of the Mind : A Discourse on Education, Delivered to the Students of the College, at Chapel Hill, North Carolina, August 22, 1830, and Published by Their Request
New York: Sleight and Robinson, printers, 1830. [ii], 24 p.
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Hooper, William, 1792-1876
Fifty Years Since: An Address Before the Alumni Association of the University of North Carolina. From The North Carolina University Magazine 9 (June 1860): pp. 577-611
Raleigh, N.C.: The Office of the Weekly Post, 1860. 35 p.
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Hooper, William, 1792-1876
Letter from William Hooper to the Committee of Appointment, January 27, 1834
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Hooper, William, 1792-1876
Letter from William Hooper to the Honorable Committee of Appointment, [1818?]
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Hooper, William, 1792-1876
William Hooper's Critique of Instruction at the University of North Carolina, December 19, 1833
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Hopkins, Eva
conducted by Lu Ann Jones
Oral History Interview with Eva Hopkins, March 5, 1980. Interview H-0167. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Eva Hopkins worked in a cotton mill from the 1930s until 1952 and recalls various aspects of millwork, union activity, social activities, and life in the mill villages.
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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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Hopkins, Samuel
Letter from Samuel Hopkins to John Haywood, November 11, 1799
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Hopkins, Samuel,
Cain, William,
Ray, David,
Thompson, Henry, and
Lytle, William
Samuel Hopkins's Bond for Building the President's House, January 25, 1794
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Hopper, Isaac T.
Narrative of the Life of Thomas Cooper
New York: Published by Isaak T. Hopper, 1832. 36 p.
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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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Sampson, Robert R.
conducted by Angela Hornsby
Oral History Interview with Robert R. Sampson, October 9, 2002. Interview R-0182. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Pharmacist Robert Sampson describes how urban renewal efforts dispersed a thriving black business community in Greensboro, NC.
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Horton, George Moses, 1798?-ca. 1880
Address to Collegiates of the University of N.C. The Stream of Liberty and Science.
Transcribed, edited, and annotated by Constance Chia, 2016. 29 p.
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Horton, George Moses, 1798?-ca. 1880.
"An Acrostic on the Pleasures of Beauty," Poem by George M. Horton, [ca. 1835]
1 pages, 2 page images.
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Horton, George Moses, 1798?-ca. 1880
The Hope of Liberty. Containing a Number of Poetical Pieces
Raleigh: J. Gales & Son, 1829. [1-3], 4-22 p.
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Horton, George Moses, 1798?-ca. 1880
Life of George M. Horton. The Colored Bard of North Carolina from "The Poetical Works of George M. Horton, the Colored Bard of North Carolina, to which is Prefixed the Life of the Author, written by himself."
Hillsborough: Heartt, 1845. 20 p.
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Horton, George Moses, 1798?-ca. 1880.
Poem by George M. Horton, September 1837: "Farewell Address to Prof. Hooper"
1 pages, 1 page images.
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Horton, George Moses, 1798?-ca. 1880
Poems by a Slave
[Philadelphia]: [s.n.], [1837]. 23 p.
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Horton, George Moses, 1798?-ca. 1880
The Poetical Works of George M. Horton: The Colored Bard of North Carolina: To Which is Prefixed the Life of the Author, Written by Himself
Hillsborough [N.C.]: Printed by D. Heartt, 1845. xx, 96 p.
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Houghton, W. R. (William Robert), 1842-1906 and
Houghton, M. B. (Mitchell Bennett), 1845?-
Two Boys in the Civil War and After
Montgomery, Ala.,: Paragon Press, 1912. 242 p.
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House, R. B. (Robert Burton), 1892-
Kiffin Yates Rockwell
From North Carolina Booklet, Vol. 19, no. 4/Vol. 20, no. 1 (April-July 1920). Raleigh, N. C.: The North Carolina Society Daughters of the Revolution, 1920. 151-155 p.
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Houston, G. David
John Woolman's Efforts in Behalf of Freedom. From the Journal of Negro History 2, no. 2 (April 1917), 126-138
Lancaster, Pa; Washington, D. C.: The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc., 1917. 126-138 p.
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How, Thomas Y.
Letter from Thomas Y. How to Joseph Caldwell, December 27, 1796 :
5 pages, 6 page images.
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Howard, Wiley C.
Sketch of Cobb Legion Cavalry and Some Incidents and Scenes Remembered
[s.l.: s.n., 1901]. 20 p.
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Howerton, W. H. and
Klein, M. C.
The Warm Springs, Madison County, Western North Carolina. Howerton & Klein, Proprietors. Hot, Warm, Tepid and Cold Baths
Raleigh: W. H. Ferrel., [1880?]. 16 p.
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Howorth, Lucy Somerville
conducted by Constance Myers
Oral History Interview with Lucy Somerville Howorth, June 20, 22, and 23, 1975. Interview G-0028. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Born in 1895, Lucy Somerville Howorth was born and raised in Mississippi. An activist for women's rights from an early age, Howorth was actively involved in the campaign for women's suffrage before she became a lawyer, a judge, and a politician. She describes her involvement in numerous women's organizations, her perceptions of the women who led those organizations, and their evolution over the years.
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Hoyman, Scott
conducted by Carolyn Ashbaguh and Dan McCurry
Oral History Interview with Scott Hoyman, Fall 1973. Interview E-0009. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Textile Workers Union of America organizer and regional director Scott Hoyman discusses the Oneita Knitting Mill strike of 1973 in South Carolina. Throughout the interview, he focuses on strategies of the TWUA in organizing textile workers, bargaining and negotiating with textile companies, and tactics for successfully protecting workers' rights.
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Hoyman, Scott
conducted by Bill Finger
Oral History Interview with Scott Hoyman, July 16, 1974. Interview E-0010. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Scott Hoyman worked as an organizer and bargainer for the Textile Workers Union of America. In the 1950s, he was transferred to the South, where he was primarily based in North Carolina, following the Baldanzi-Rieve split in the TWUA. He describes his work during the 1950s and 1960s, focusing primarily on obstacles the TWUA faced in organizing southern textile mills during these years.
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Hudson, Thomas Samuel and
Pugh-Hudson, Elberta
conducted by Charles Thompson, Charles Thompson, and Rob Amberg
Oral History Interview with Thomas and Elberta Hudson, December 18, 1999. Interview K-0283. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
The Hudsons explain that although God used the Floyd flood to warn against materialism, He helped many escape the floodwaters and oversaw astonishing generosity afterward.
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Wright, Lacy
conducted by William Finger and Chip Hughes
Oral History Interview with Lacy Wright, March 10, 1975. Interview E-0017. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Lacy Wright worked for Cone Mills in Greensboro, North Carolina, for nearly fifty years, from the late 1910s at the age of twelve to the mid-1960s. He describes work in the textile industry, life in the mill villages, and the role of the labor movement in the Southern textile industry during a large stretch of the twentieth century.
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Hughes, Leander, fl. 1823-1824
Letter from Leander Hughes to John Hughes, August 23, 1823
2 pages, 2 page images.
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Hughes, Leander, fl. 1823-1824
Letter from Leander Hughes to John Hughes, October 2, 1824
2 pages, 3 page images.
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Hughes, Louis, b. 1832
Thirty Years a Slave: From Bondage to Freedom: The Institution of Slavery as Seen on the Plantation and in the Home of the Planter
Milwaukee: South Side Printing Company, 1897. 210 p.
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Hughes, Thomas, 1850-
A Boy's Experience in the Civil War, 1860-1865
[s.l.: s.n.], c1904. 55 p.
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Hundley, Daniel R. (Daniel Robinson), 1832-1899
Social Relations in our Southern States
New York: Henry B. Price, 1860. 367 p.
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Taylor, John,
Hunt, John,
Mebane, John, and
Lytle, William
John Taylor's Bond as Steward, November 16, 1794 [1795]
4 pages, 4 page images.
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Hunter, J. B.
Useful Information Concerning Yellow Tobacco, and Other Crops, as Told by Fifty of the Most Successful Farmers of Granville County, N. C.
Oxford, N.C.: W. A. Davis, 1880. 50 p.
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Parker, Margaret Skinner
conducted by W. Weldon Huske
Oral History Interview with Margaret Skinner Parker, March 7, 1976. Interview H-0278. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Margaret Skinner Parker recalls life in the mill town of Coolemee, NC, in the first half of the 20th century, sharing recollections of fun and financial struggle.
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Hutaf, August William, b. 1879.
Treat 'em Rough! : Join the Tanks
[United States]: United States Tank Corps, [between 1914 and 1918].
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Hutchinson, Glenn
Carolina Goes to War. A Lesson from Campus History, 1915-1919
From Carolina Magazine, Vol. 67, no. 3 (December 1937). [Chapel Hill, N.C.]: [Dialectic and Philanthropic Literary Societies of the University of North Carolina], 1937. [3-7] p.
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Hyams, Charles W.
Sergeant Hallyburton, the First American Soldier Captured in the World War
Moravian Falls, N. C.: Dixie Publishing Co., 1923. 79 p.
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Hyatt, Stan
conducted by Rob Amberg
Oral History Interview with Stan Hyatt, November 30, 2000. Interview K-0249. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)
Stan Hyatt, the Department of Transportations resident engineer on the I-26 project, misses the past but sees the corridor as a cure for Madison County's economic ills.