Levine Museum of the New South oral history projects

Collection

Identifier: OH-MU

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Levine Museum of the New South collection is divided into thirteen series that cover a variety of historical topics related to the Charlotte region during the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Museum staff, student interns and consultants conducted the interviews between 1990 and the early 2000s. Many of the series were created as an accompaniment to museum programming during this time, while others reflect a desire to document a disappearing local history. Subjects explored in these interviews include religion, civil rights struggles, the lives of women and minorities, a local business’s culture, and changing trends in the region.

Dates

Creation: 1964 - 2002

Conditions Governing Access

Original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use.

Historical Note

Levine Museum's mission is to engage a broad-based audience in the exploration and appreciation of the diverse history of the South since the Civil War, with a focus on Charlotte and the surrounding Carolina Piedmont.

Extent

327 Interviews

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Copies

A selection of interviews are available online. Those available in the digital repository are linked to the digital content at the series (project) level. Additional interviews are availble online on the New South Voices project site: http://nsv.uncc.edu/nsv/levine