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Marie V. Hicks shares tales from her life growing up on her family's farm in Kansas near Hutchinson and the various locations she lived in as an adult. Topics discussed include self-taught craft skills, activities of the community church, and the personal reason she decided to work for the United States Rubber Company, known locally as the "Shell Plant," which manufactured ammunition in Charlotte, North Carolina during World War II.

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Title
Marie V. Hicks oral history interview, 1979 October 23
Creator
Hicks, Marie V. (Marie Vandolah), 1902-1992, interviewee
Contributor
Sides, Beth, interviewer
Date (Text)
1979-10-23
Place of Creation
Charlotte, North Carolina
Publisher
J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Extent
1 audio file (13:26) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (8 pages : PDF)
Biographical/Historical Note
Marie V. Hicks was a 77-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Edmond, Oklahoma in 1902. She was employed as a line supervisor for a weapons manufacturer during World War II and as a retail associate in various locations.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:1506
System Control No.
OH-HI0080
Subject (Person)
Hicks, Marie V. (Marie Vandolah), 1902-1992
Subject (Corporate)
United States Rubber Company
Subject (Meeting or Event Name)
World War (1939-1945)
Subject (Topic)
Country life
Manners and customs
Women in war
Geographic Coverage
Kansas--Hutchinson
Mississippi--Gulfport
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Charlotte--Steele Creek
Subject (Occupation)
Sales personnel
Subject (Date)
1900-1980
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.
Usage Statement
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Copyright Holder
This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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 and 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.
2016-04-21

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