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Title
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Louise Smith Brennan oral history interview, circa 1990-1999
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Interviewee
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Brennan, Louise Smith, 1922-2007
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Interviewer
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Gilbert, Heath
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Place of Publication
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Charlotte, North Carolina
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Publisher
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J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Approximate Date of Interview
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circa 1990-1999
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Physical Description
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1 audio file (1:00:24) : digital, MP3
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Object Type
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Audio
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Genre
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spoken word
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Language
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eng
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Interviewee Biography
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Louise Smith Brennan was born in Chester, South Carolina in 1922. She graduated from UNC Charlotte and UNC Chapel Hill and worked as a NC state legislator, political organizer, and political science professor.
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Abstract
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Louise Brennan recounts her early life growing up in Concord, North Carolina. She discusses the important role of education in her upbringing and the prevalence of textile mills in the Concord area. She describes living near a mill village in Concord, specifically recalling the organization and allocation of mill village housing and her experience attending county schools with mill village children. Mrs. Brennan also explains the influential role of the Democratic Party in Southern politics. She describes how the Democratic Party became the dominant party in the South, noting specifically that Republicans were virtually non-existent on area election ballots until their re-emergence around 1966. As an elected state legislator, Mrs. Brennan was very involved in state politics and she became familiar with several state and national politicians, including former North Carolina governors Terry Sanford and James B. Hunt. She discusses influences and trends in party politics, especially the effect that wealthy donors had on state party leadership and how political ideologies shifted among state and national leaders.
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Digital Object Notes
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MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.
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Subjects--Names
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Brennan, Louise Smith, 1922-2007
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Sanford, Terry, 1917-1998
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Subjects--Organizations
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Democratic Party (N.C.)
North Carolina. General Assembly. House of Representatives
Democratic Party (U.S.)
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Subjects--Topics
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College teachers
Politicians
African Americans--Segregation
Elections
Mills and mill-work
Political parties
Women legislators
Women--Political activity
Women political candidates
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Subjects--Geographic
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North Carolina--Cabarrus County
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Concord
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County
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Subjects--Genre
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Interviews
Oral histories
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Coverage--Dates
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1920-2000
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Digital Collection Title
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David Goldfield student project on change in the Charlotte region
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Digital Project Title
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Living Charlotte : the postwar development of a New South city
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Rights
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The materials included on this web site are freely available for private study, scholarship or non-commercial research under the fair use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, United States Code). Any use beyond the provisions of fair use, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication, broadcast, redistribution or mounting on another web site always require prior written permission and may also be subject to additional restrictions and fees. UNC Charlotte does not hold literary rights to all materials in its collections and the researcher is responsible for securing those rights when needed. Copyright information for specific collections is available upon request.
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Grant Information
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Digitization made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources.
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Internet Media Type
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audio/mpeg
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Identifier
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GF-BR0076
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Handle URL
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:238