Bolin, Patsy N., 1941-2012

Felkner, Peter H.

Charlotte, North Carolina

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

1992-10-15

1 audio file (0:15:04) : digital, MP3

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Patsy Bolin was a 51-year-old woman at the time of interview. She was born in Gaston County, North Carolina in 1941. She was employed as a bookkeeper at the YMCA in Belmont, North Carolina.

Patsy Bolin recounts working as a bookkeeper at the YMCA in Belmont, North Carolina beginning in 1960. Ms. Bolin describes how the YMCA during that time was only open to white men and how she and other female employees could not enter the health center building because men swam in the nude. Other topics include a YMCA building renovation and a men’s Bible study group.

MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.

Audio speed is faster than it should be beginning around the middle of the recording. Whirring mechanical sounds. Low sound for interviewee.

Bolin, Patsy N., 1941-2012

National Board of the Young Men's Christian Associations

Bookkeepers
Young Men's Christian associations
Cities and towns--Growth
Clubs
African Americans--Segregation

North Carolina--Belmont (Gaston County)
North Carolina--Charlotte

Interviews
Oral histories

1960-2000

Levine Museum of the New South

Basketball and Culture in the Southern Piedmont

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