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Mary Jane White discusses living on a family farm in Union County, North Carolina during the early twentieth century, then moving to Charlotte, North Carolina to work in a private household in 1927. Other topics include her education in a one-room schoolhouse and her family.

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Title
Mary Jane White oral history interview, 1979 May 24
Creator
White, Mary Jane, 1904-1987, interviewee
Contributor
White, Jane, interviewer
Date (Text)
1979-05-24
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 (11:33) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (8 pages : PDF)
Biographical/Historical Note
Mary Jane White was a 75-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Union County, North Carolina in 1904. She completed the sixth grade and was employed as a domestic worker.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:1567
System Control No.
OH-WH0174
Subject (Person)
White, Mary Jane, 1904-1987
Subject (Topic)
Farm life
Family farms
Education, Rural
Geographic Coverage
North Carolina--Union County
North Carolina--Cabarrus County
North Carolina--Charlotte
Subject (Occupation)
Household employees
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.
2016-05-17

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