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Title
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Donnie R. Thrower oral history interview, 1994 October 4
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Interviewee
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Thrower, Donnie R. (Donnie Rhyne), 1929-2014
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Interviewer
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McLendon, Jennifer
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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 and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Date of Interview
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1994-10-04
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Physical Description
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1 audio file (1:20:06) : 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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Donnie Thrower was a 65-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in her home in Belmont, North Carolina. She was born in McAdenville, North Carolina in 1929. She completed tenth grade and received college secretarial course credits, and was employed as a textile mill worker and a secretary.
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Abstract
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Donnie Thrower describes her early life and career in the textile industry in McAdenville and Belmont, North Carolina. She recalls how she quit school at age sixteen in order to go to work at a nylon hosiery mill in Belmont, where she remained for the next twenty-two years. Mrs. Thrower later returned to school and then became a secretary at Fleissner, Inc., a textile machinery company owned by Germans. She notes that the company hired her even though she only spoke English, since they knew she would not divulge company secrets when performing her duties. Despite having a successful career, Mrs. Thrower explains that she left her job to care for her mother, who had Alzheimer's disease. Mrs. Thrower also describes how her own near-death experience with cancer strengthened her desire to care for family and loved ones, and also brought her closer to her faith.
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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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Audio Condition Note
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Break in recording around 47:25.
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Subjects--Names
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Thrower, Donnie R. (Donnie Rhyne), 1929-2014
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Subjects--Organizations
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Fleissner, Inc.
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Subjects--Topics
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Textile workers
Secretaries
Cancer--Patients
Hosiery, Nylon
Secretaries
Textile factories
Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Family relationships
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Subjects--Geographic
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North Carolina--McAdenville
North Carolina--Belmont (Gaston County)
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Subjects--Genre
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Interviews
Oral histories
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Coverage--Dates
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1930-2000
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Digital Collection Series 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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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-TH0199
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Handle URL
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:354
