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Beverly Bergeson discusses growing up in Jamestown, New York during the Great Depression and how the decades prior to World War II impacted her life. Topics discussed include her work with the elderly and the overall changing dynamic of families, her collegiate education in Albany, New York, and her memory of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

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Title
Beverly Bergeson oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator
Bergeson, Beverly J. (Beverly Johnson), 1917-1998, interviewee
Contributor
Perzel, Edward Spaulding, interviewer
Date (Text)
1979-10-23
Place of Creation
Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Extent
1 audio file (15:24) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (10 pages : PDF)
Biographical/Historical Note
Beverly Bergeson was a 62-year-old woman at the time of interview. She was born in Jamestown, New York in 1917 and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1977. She was educated at the State University of New York at Albany and was employed as the director of the Council on Aging in Charlotte.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:1364
System Control No.
OH-BE0016
Subject (Person)
Bergeson, Beverly J. (Beverly Johnson), 1917-1998
Subject (Meeting or Event Name)
World War (1939-1945)
Pearl Harbor, Attack on (Hawaii : 1941)
Subject (Topic)
Depressions
Older people--Care
Families
Leisure
Geographic Coverage
New York (State)--Jamestown
New York (State)--Chautauqua Lake
North Carolina--Charlotte
Subject (Occupation)
Executives
Personnel departments--Employees
Subject (Date)
1910-1980
Type
Audio
Format
spoken word
Interviews
Oral histories
Language
English
Grant Information
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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Record Appears in
Oral History Collections > Ed Perzel WSOC Project on Twentieth Century Charlotte
Internet Mime Type
audio/mpeg
Location of Original
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Reproduction Note
MP3 access copy created on ingest from WAV preservation master. Interview originally recorded on reel to reel, duplicate audio analog cassette digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.
2016-04-14
Condition
Audio file contains background noise that makes audio hard to hear at times.

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