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Rankin Baker and Leon Bost discuss their careers and experiences with the YMCA. Mr. Baker worked for the Cannon Memorial YMCA in Kannapolis, North Carolina for over 40 years, and he describes sports programs at the YMCA for children and adults from the 1930s-1970s, including basketball, volleyball, and softball. He recounts competitive tournaments between players from around the state, the relationship between Cannon Memorial YMCA and Cannon Mills, and industrial basketball leagues for mill workers. Leon Bost, who was director of the health club at Cannon Memorial YMCA, discusses basketball, boxing and other sports programs at the YMCA, how the YMCA earned money through "dope wagon" concessions sold at the textile mill, and his experiences going to the Charlotte YMCA as a young man.

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Title
Rankin Baker and Leon Bost oral history interview, 1993 October 22
Creator
Baker, Rankin, Sr., 1921-2013, interviewee
Contributor
Grundy, Pamela, interviewer
Bost, Leon, 1916-2006, contributor
Date (Text)
1993-10-22
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 (0:47:27) : digital, MP3
Biographical/Historical Note
Charles Rankin Baker was a 72-year-old man at the time of interview. He was born in Cabarrus County, North Carolina in 1921. He was educated at J.W. Cannon High School and was physical director at the Cannon Memorial YMCA in Kannapolis for over 40 years. Leon Bost was a 76-year-old man at the time of interview. He was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1916. He was employed with Hooper-Holmes Insurance and for 20 years as the director of the health club at Cannon Memorial YMCA.
Other Identifiers
Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:5156
System Control No.
MU-BA0124
Subject (Person)
Baker, Rankin, Sr., 1921-2013
Bost, Leon, 1916-2006
Subject (Corporate)
National Council of the Young Men's Christian Associations of the United States of America
National Board of the Young Men's Christian Associations
Cannon Mills Company
Subject (Topic)
Basketball
Young Men's Christian associations
Youth league basketball
Basketball for children
Basketball--Tournaments
Sports administration
Sports
Softball
Mills and mill-work
Concessions (Amusements, etc.)
Youth--Societies and clubs
Geographic Coverage
North Carolina--Kannapolis
North Carolina--Charlotte
North Carolina
Subject (Occupation)
Nonprofit organizations--Employees
Sports facilities--Employees
Subject (Date)
1920-2000
Type
Audio
Format
spoken word
Interviews
Oral histories
Language
English
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 > Levine Museum of the New South > Basketball and Culture in the Southern Piedmont
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 analog audio cassette and digitized using a Digidesign 003 rack.
2019-09-27

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