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Jessie Cherry shares details of her family life living and working on a farm before moving to Charlotte in the late 1930s. She discusses her first time trying to slaughter a chicken, her mother's garden, and variety stores in downtown Charlotte during the 1930s and 1940s, prior to sales tax.

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Title
Jessie Cherry oral history interview, 1979 May 25
Creator
Cherry, Jessie, 1915- interviewee
Contributor
Perzel, Edward Spaulding, 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 (16:36) : digital, MP3 + 1 transcript (9 pages : PDF)
Biographical/Historical Note
Jessie Cherry was a 63-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in Charlotte, North Carolina. She was born in South Carolina in 1915. She was educated at McClintock Grade School and was employed as a salad assembler at Ruth's Salads in Charlotte.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:1773
System Control No.
OH-CH0031
Subject (Person)
Cherry, Jessie, 1915-
Subject (Topic)
Country life
Family farms
African American families
Geographic Coverage
South Carolina--Fort Mill
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina--Mecklenburg County
North Carolina--Charlotte--Steele Creek
Subject (Occupation)
Cooks
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.
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.
2016-04-15

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