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Interview no. | R-0072 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
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 24, 1998 |
Interviewee | Comtois, Louise. |
Interviewee occupation | Unknown |
Interviewee DOB | Unknown |
Interviewee ethnicity | Unidentified |
Interviewer | Campbell, Janet. |
Abstract | Moving down from Ohio to be at Carol Woods; selling their house at the last minute; living 2 doors down from Katherine Lumpkin and Elizabeth Bennett; moving her mother into Carol Woods health center; getting invovled in the gift shop; traveling to Charlotte to buy merchandise wholesale; dealing with the snow; bridge parties; problems with the initial construction of the apartments; social gatherings with other residents; value of coming to Carol Woods while she was young; volunteer activities; spending time with her husband and mother. |
Subject Topical |
Older people--North Carolina. Retirement communities--North Carolina. |
Subject Name |
Carol Woods Retirement Community (Chapel Hill, N.C.) Comtois, Louise. |
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 |
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Interview no. | R0072_Audio_1 |