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Bill Stokes of Lancaster, South Carolina discusses his hobby of kayaking up and down the Catawba River, and his hobby of collecting the balls that he has found floating down the river. He describes the condition and quantities of trash that come out of the confluence of Sugar Creek and the Catawba River.

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Title
Bill Stokes oral history interview, 2014 July 31
Creator
Stokes, Bill, 1949- interviewee
Contributor
Todd, Tenille, interviewer
Date (Text)
2014-07-31
Place of Creation
Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Extent
1 video file (20 minutes) : digital, MP4 + 1 transcript (7 pages, PDF)
Biographical/Historical Note
Bill Stokes was a 65-year-old man at the time of this interview, which took place next to the Lake Wylie Dam in South Carolina. He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and was educated at West Mecklenburg High School, and studied electrical engineering at North Carolina State University. He was employed as an electrical engineer.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:2993
System Control No.
cc:st0011
Subject (Person)
Stokes, Bill, 1949-
Subject (Corporate)
University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Urban Institute
Subject (Topic)
Basketball
Kayaking
Rivers
Geographic Coverage
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County
South Carolina--Lancaster
United States--Catawba River
United States--Lake Wylie
Subject (Occupation)
Electrical engineers
Subject (Date)
1960-2020
Type
Moving image
Format
spoken word
spoken word
Oral histories
Language
English
Usage Statement
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Copyright Holder
This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by Bill Stokes and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Record Appears in
Oral History Collections > Keeping Watch: City of Creeks
Internet Mime Type
video/mp4
text/pdf
Location of Original
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Reproduction Note
MP4 access copy created on ingest from MKV preservation master.
2014-07-31
Related Materials
Mary Newsom papers concerning the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, MS0576, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte. https://findingaids.uncc.edu/repositories/4/resources/1479

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