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David Goldfield student oral history project on change in the Charlotte region

 Collection
Identifier: OH-GF
Click to listen to the 34 digitized interviews
Click to listen to the 34 digitized interviews

Scope and Contents

The Goldfield Student Oral History Project on change in the Charlotte region collection consists of interviews conducted by UNC Charlotte upper level undergraduate students in Dr. David Goldfield's history classes between 1990 and 2006. The purpose of these interviews was to chronicle the significant changes that occurred in the Charlotte region from the 1930s to the beginning of the 21st century. The interviews document the transition of rural areas in the region, whose residents benefited from the increased job opportunities that the rapidly expanding city offered and from the economic development and technological advances it brought to their communities. The collection also illustrates the notable in-migration of people from other parts of the country to this region in the latter half of the 20th century.

Dates

  • Creation: 1986 - 2009

Conditions Governing Access

34 of the 392 interviews are available in the digital repository. Original audiovisual materials are closed to patron use.

Conditions Governing Use

The materials included on this web site are freely available for private study, scholarship or non-commercial research under the fair use provisions of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, United States Code). Any use beyond the provisions of fair use, including but not limited to commercial or scholarly publication, broadcast, redistribution or mounting on another web site always require prior written permission and may also be subject to additional restrictions and fees. UNC Charlotte does not hold literary rights to all materials in its collections and the researcher is responsible for securing those rights when needed. Copyright information for specific collections is available upon request.]

Biographical Note

David Goldfield is the Robert Lee Bailey Professor of History at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte.

Extent

392 Interviews

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The interviews in this collection chronicle the significant changes that occurred in the Charlotte region from the 1930s to the beginning of the 21st century and were conducted by students in Dr. David Goldfield's history classes between 1990 and 2006.

General

Goldfield Student Oral History Project on change in the Charlotte region was previously referenced by the call number MS 289.

Title
Goldfield student oral history project on change in the Charlotte region OH-GF
Date
November 2015
Description rules
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Language of description
English
Script of description
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Language of description note
English

Repository Details

Part of the Oral Histories, J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections and University Archives, UNC Charlotte Repository

Contact:
Atkins Library, UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Blvd
Charlotte NC 28223 United States

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