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Object Description
Interview no. | R-0100 |
Restrictions | Closed. No release form received. |
Project | R.10. Special Research Projects: Carol Woods Retirement Community, Chapel Hill, N.C. |
Project description | Interviews, 1998-1999, conducted by members of the Carol Woods Residents Association, with residents and staff members of Carol Woods, an accredited, not-for-profit continuing care retirement community in Chapel Hill, N.C., on the 20th anniversary of its founding. Interviews document the founding and early history of the institution and were used by Iris Friederich in her Pioneering at Carol Woods (2000), a copy of which is included with the interviews. |
Date | October 19, 1998 |
Interviewee | Wallace, Wesley Herndon, 1912- |
Interviewee occupation | Radio and television employees |
Interviewee DOB | 1912 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Duguid, John. |
Abstract | Growing up in Raleigh; time in service during WWII; teaching radio at UNC and hearing about Carol Woods from other faculty; moving into Carol Woods and renting their house to UNC faculty; working on campus while living at Carol Woods; early days of Carol Woods – problems with the contractor; poor construction; early days of health center; changes in management over the years; resident committee involvement; making the decision to move into a retirement facility. |
Subject Topical | Retirement communities--North Carolina. |
Subject Name |
Carol Woods Retirement Community (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Wallace, Wesley Herndon, 1912- |
Citation | Interview with [interviewee name] by [interviewer name], [interview date] [interview number], in the Southern Oral History Program Collection #4007, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Description
Interview no. | R-0100 |