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| # Interview with Pauline Cox,
2002-01-23 | Cultivating Common Ground |
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- Pauline Cox describes her childhood being brought up by her father who was a farmer and her mother who worked as a homemaker. Paula Cox was born in Anson County, but has spent the last thirty-two years of her life living in the Wilmore Neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina. Paula describes the chores she performed in the house, which included taking care of her younger siblings and milking the cows before school. Paula talks about her first job working at the Carolina Medical Center and describes the existing segregation of the time. In discussing her love for gardening, Paula provides insight into the importance of gardening for the community and for the individuals of Wilmore. She describes her personal methods of gardening, canning, freezing, pest control and caring for the vegetables and herbs. Paula describes her great passion for gardening and her opinions of the importance of gardening for future generations.
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| # Conversation with Cullen Case,
2000-04-18 | Charlotte Narrative and Conversation Collection |
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- Cullen Case recalls childhood memories visiting his grandparents in Asheville, NC, and how his grandmother did not like his mother until his mother had children.
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| # Interview with Jan Campbell,
2001-11-15 | Charlotte Narrative and Conversation Collection |
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- Jan Campbell speaks about her move to the United States, her family, her life in Brazil, and her life in the US
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| # Interview with Gloria Cotton,
2000-04-11 | Charlotte Narrative and Conversation Collection |
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- Gloria Cotton is a motivational speaker who recites the biblical story "Suffer the Little Children", as her grandmother told it to her as a child. She speaks of the lessons it has taught her, as well as how her son has used it in his life.
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| # Interview with Sharvari Desai,
2000-04-10 | Charlotte Narrative and Conversation Collection |
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- Sharvari Desai tells a history of the partitioning of India, as it was told to her by her father, and how it effected society as a whole and her family in particular.
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| # Interview with Jeff Gavin,
2000-04-08 | Charlotte Narrative and Conversation Collection |
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- Jeff Gavin recalls the tragedies that he and his family went through as he contracted meningitis and almost died. He also talks about his sister's death from lymphoma.
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| # Interview with Pat Borden Gubbins,
2000-04-19 | Charlotte Narrative and Conversation Collection |
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- Pat Gubbins gives some historical accounts about her grandmothers and the legacy they left behind for her.
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| # Interview with Phil Hecox,
2001-11-12 | Charlotte Narrative and Conversation Collection |
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- Phil Hecox tells stories of staying in a hotel for prosititutes while he and his wife were vacationing in Italy, reading his favorite book as a child, and building a convertible hearse he drove around Charlotte, NC.
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| # Interview with Debra Hicks,
1999-11-24 | Charlotte Narrative and Conversation Collection |
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- Debra Hicks recalls the topic of her senior exit project, a story about a multi-racial attorney who faces discrimination at work.
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| # Monologue by Jennifer House,
2001-11-20 | Charlotte Narrative and Conversation Collection |
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- Jennifer House tells stories about being separated from her father in Kmart, receiving a "Barbie head" for Christmas, her brothers jumping into a river, and celebrating Christmas early one year. She also remembers a summer storm.
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