Ann Carver oral history interview 1, 2018 February 22: 1

Carver, Ann C.,

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Audio

Description

Dr. Ann Carver recounts her formative years, her college experiences, and her career at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She discusses how the tragic death of her husband served as a turning point in her life, and how her subsequent doctoral education at Emory University propelled her into a self-taught interdisciplinary study of African-American literature and history. Dr. Carver discusses her first professorial job teaching English at Morehouse College in 1968, and her move to UNC Charlotte in 1969. She describes in detail the ensuing process of establishing the Africana Studies Department at UNC Charlotte in collaboration with Dr. Bertha Maxwell. Other topics include the Charlotte Three and the Wilmington Ten.

Details

Title

Ann Carver oral history interview 1, 2018 February 22

Creator

Carver, Ann C., interviewee

Contributor

Wright, Christina, interviewer

Date (Text)

2018-02-22

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 (1:55:52) : digital, MP3

Biographical/Historical Note

Dr. Ann Carver was a 77-year-old woman at the time of interview, which took place in J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She was born in Hendersonville, North Carolina in 1940. She was educated at Limestone College, the University of Arkansas, and Emory University. Dr. Carver was employed as a professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Morehouse College, Limestone College, and National Kaohsiung Normal University in Taiwan.

Other Identifiers

Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:2602

System Control No.

UA-CA0167

Subject (Person)

Carver, Ann C.
Maxwell, Bertha, 1930-
Colvard, Dean W., 1913-2007
Reddy, T. J., 1945-

Subject (Corporate)

Limestone College
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Emory University
Morehouse College (Atlanta, Ga.)
Johnson C. Smith University

Subject (Topic)

Charlotte Three
African Americans--Education

Geographic Coverage

North Carolina--Charlotte
Georgia--Atlanta

Subject (Occupation)

College teachers

Subject (Date)

1940-2020

Type

Audio

Format

spoken word
Interviews
Oral histories

Language

English

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Copyright Holder

This material is protected by copyright. Copyright is held by Ann C. Carver.

Record Appears in

Oral History Collections > UNC Charlotte Administration, Faculty, and Staff
University Archives Collection > UNC Charlotte Oral History Interviews

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 production master file. Interview originally recorded on a Zoom H5 Handy Recorder.
2018-02-22