Forrester, James S. (James Summers), 1937-2011

Burt, Joyce W. (Joyce Wallace)

Forrester, Mary Frances, 1938-

Charlotte, North Carolina

J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

2003-08-07

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James and Mary Frances Forrester were interviewed in their home in Stanley, North Carolina. James Forrester was a 66-year-old man at the time of interview. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1937. He earned a medical degree from Wake Forest University and a master’s degree in Public Health and Preventative Medicine from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Dr. Forrester was employed as a physician and as a North Carolina state senator. Mary Frances Forrester was a 64-year-old woman at the time of interview. She was born in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1938. She was employed as a cytotechnologist and a homemaker.

James Forrester and Mary Frances Forrester recount their lives in Stanley, North Carolina, where they first moved so Dr. Forrester could work as a physician through a rural doctor program. Topics discussed include their appreciation for the land, pollution, nature, the growth within Stanley, and the animals they see on their property such as deer.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on minidisc and reformatted using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Forrester, James S. (James Summers), 1937-2011
Forrester, Mary Frances, 1938-

Wake Forest University

Physicians
Politicians
Country life
Land use, Rural
Rural families
Animals
Pollution
Local history
Medicine, Rural
Nature
Rural development

North Carolina--Stanley
North Carolina--Gaston County
North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1960-2010

Catawba Lands Conservancy Perspectives on Land Project

Stanley Creek

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