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Interview no. | K-1080 |
Restrictions | No restrictions. Open to research. |
Project | K.1.2. Southern Communities: Individual Projects: Coastal Carolina |
Project description | Interviews, 1994-1999, that focus on coastal North Carolina counties where World War II defense industries and military bases sparked rapid and unprecedented change. The coast, previously a land of sharecroppers, small farmers, fishing villages, and timber camps, was transformed as thousands of civilian workers poured into industry and women and African Americans entered skilled occupations for the first time. |
Date | 23 July 1999 |
Interviewee | Garner, Derryl, 1932- |
Interviewee occupation |
Engineers Mayors |
Interviewee DOB | 1932 |
Interviewee ethnicity | Whites |
Interviewer | Glusman, Melynn. |
Abstract | This interview with Derryl Garner was conducted by Melynn Glusman in summer 1999 as research on life in coastal communities in North Carolina during the mid-twentieth century, particularly during World War II. At the time of the interview, Garner was mayor of Newport, N.C. and has lived there for his entire life. He discusses life in Newport, N.C., noting the influence of Cherry Point, a military base in the area. |
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. | K1080_Audio_1 |