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Mary Clegg Walker discusses her family and her seventeen years as a kindergarten teacher in Matthews, North Carolina. Topics discussed include her father's high school in Rutherford County and how it was established; an anecdote about how J. B. Ivey worked for her grandfather as a young man and used the money to open his first store in Belwood, North Carolina; and her father's sermons, which inspired her to move forward in her education.

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Title
Mary Clegg Walker oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator
Walker, Mary Clegg, 1904-1984, interviewee
Contributor
Causby, Anna, interviewer
Date (Text)
1979-05-25
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 (18:24) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (7 pages : PDF)
Biographical/Historical Note
Mary Clegg Walker was a 74-year-old woman at the time of interview which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in Kings Mountain, North Carolina in 1904. She was educated at Young Harris College and was employed as an elementary school teacher.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:1610
System Control No.
OH-WA0169
Subject (Person)
Walker, Mary Clegg, 1904-1984
Ivey, J. B. (Joseph Benjamin), 1864-1958
Subject (Topic)
Elementary school teaching
Manners and customs
Christian life
Geographic Coverage
North Carolina--Rutherford County
North Carolina--Matthews
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Belwood
Subject (Occupation)
Teachers
Elementary school teachers
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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