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About the Carrboro Oral History Project
The Carrboro Oral History Project (COHP) is a work in progress that was created from ideas generated by the Board of Aldermen as a way to make Carrboro's history more accessible to the public. This on-going project got its start in 2015 under the guidance of the Town Manager's office. Currently, the project has recruited 13 volunteer interviewers led by a project leader volunteer. Over the coming year, it is the goal of the project to obtain oral histories from some of Carrboro's eldest residents.
The Project is being completed with the support of the Southern Oral History Program (SOHP) at the University of North Carolina. The SOHP has collected over 5,000 interviews in it's history with several of them having direct relation to the Town of Carrboro. The interviews completed by the COHP will be deposited to the SOHP for generations to come to have access to. The oral histories below are a combination of those from the SOHP and COHP.
A full database of the SOHP's oral histories can be found here.
Food and Agriculture
Interview no. | Interviewee | Date | Project title |
---|---|---|---|
R-0431 | Wilma Hanton; Jack Hanton |
January 13th, 1995 | R.32. Special Research Projects: Carrboro Farmers' Market Project |
R-0433 | Sarah Lewallen | January 15th, 1995 | R.32. Special Research Projects: Carrboro Farmers' Market Project |
R-0430 | Dan Graham | January 19th, 1995 | R.32. Special Research Projects: Carrboro Farmers' Market Project |
R-0432 | Alex Hitt; Betsy Hitt | February 7th, 1995 | R.32. Special Research Projects: Carrboro Farmers' Market Project |
R-0434 | Katie Taylor | March 2nd, 1995 | R.32. Special Research Projects: Carrboro Farmers' Market Project |
R-0435 | Daniel Tolfree | March 4th, 1995 | R.32. Special Research Projects: Carrboro Farmers' Market Project |
R-0436 | Barbara Wilson; Billy Wilson |
March 4th, 1995 | R.32. Special Research Projects: Carrboro Farmers' Market Project |
R-0783 | Scott Conary | March 5th, 2015 | R.44. Special Research Projects: Carolina Cooks, Carolina Eats |
Government Officials
Interview No. | Interviewee | Date | Project Title |
---|---|---|---|
A-403 | Michael R. Nelson | February 9th, 1996 | A.3. Southern Politics: North Carolina Politics |
L-0112 |
Mark Chilton | November 10th, 1997 | L.1. University of North Carolina: Individual Biographies |
L-0277 | Judith Welch Wegner | July 18th, 2008 | L.10. University of North Carolina: Faculty and Diversity, 1960-1990 |
L-0293 | Mark Chilton | January 19th, 2010 | L.2. University of North Carolina: Anne Queen and the Campus Y |
U-0997 | Carolyn Hutchinson | June 5th, 2013 | U.16. The Long Civil Rights Movement: The Women's Movement in the South |
R-0690 | Eleanor Kinnaird | April 8th, 2014 | R.34. Special Research Projects: New Roots |
U-1127 | Randee Haven-O'Donnell | June 7, 2016 | U.16 The Long Civil Rights Movement: The Women's Movement in the South |
U-1129 | Lydia Lavelle | June 15, 2016 | U.16 The Long Civil Rights Movement: The Women's Movement in the South |
R-0903 | Jacquelyn Gist | March 30, 2018 | R.34 Special Research Projects: New Roots |
Immigrant Communities
Interview no. | Interviewee | Date | Project title |
---|---|---|---|
R-0397 | Hector Arrendondo(pseudo.) | March 1st, 2008 | R.30. Special Research Projects: Oral History and the Study of the Modern South |
R-0400 | Edgar Rodriguez (pseudo.) | March 2nd, 2008 | R.30. Special Research Projects: Oral History and the Study of the Modern South |
R-0459 | Karla Castillo (pseudo.) | April 1st, 2011 | R.34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0487 | Martín X (pseudo.) | April 5th, 2011 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0621 | Nicole Lansdale | March 26th, 2012 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0615 | Sandra Clark | April 6th, 2012 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0637 | María Dolores Vargas | April 6th, 2012 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0627 | José Antonio García Pérez | April 7th, 2012 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0636 | Gloria Valdez | April 10th, 2012 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0625 | José Francisco González Martinez | April 16th, 2012 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0666 | Shaunna Jeffries | March 27th, 2013 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0673 | Margarita Robledo | April 2nd, 2013 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0690 | Eleanor Kinnaird | April 8th, 2014 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0713 | Juan Sánchez (pseudo.) | April 13th, 2014 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
X-0016 | Aung Oo; Mi Htoo |
March 6th, 2015 | X.1. Rural South: Individual Biographies |
Lincoln High School
Interview no. | Interviewee | Date | Project title |
---|---|---|---|
K-1061 | Mary Norwood Jones | January 17th, 2001 | K.2.20 Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers-- Oral Histories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School |
K-0538 | Nate Davis | February 6th, 2001 | K.2.20 Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers-- Oral Histories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School |
K-1067 | Gloria Warren | May 14th, 2001 | K.2.20 Southern Communities: Listening for a Change: Mighty Tigers-- Oral Histories of Chapel Hill's Lincoln High School |
The Long Civil Rights Movement
Interview no. | Interviewee | Date | Project title |
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A-0132 | Howard Lee | December 13th, 1973 | A.1. Southern Politics: Bass-DeVries Interviews |
A-0403 | Michael R. Nelson | February 9th, 1996 | A.3. Southern Politics: North Carolina Politics |
U-0518 | David Caldwell | March 1st, 2011 | U.13. Long Civil Rights Movement: Oral History and the Study of the Modern South |
U-0605 | Laura A. Heise | March 31st, 2012 | U.1. Long Civil Rights Movement: Individual Biographies |
U-0633 | Tanya Ellen Jisa | June 4th, 2012 | U.16. Long Civil Rights Movement: The Women's Movement in the South |
U-0997 | Carolyn A. Hutchison | June 5th, 2013 | U.16. Long Civil Rights Movement: The Women's Movement in the South |
U-0994 | Salli Benedict | June 7th, 2013 | U.16. Long Civil Rights Movement: The Women's Movement in the South |
U-1064 | Krista Bremer | April 3rd, 2014 | U.1. Long Civil Rights Movement: Individual Biographies |
Mill Work
Interview no. | Interviewee | Date | Project title |
---|---|---|---|
H-0024 | Versa V. Haithcock | April 4th, 1979 | H.2. Piedmont Industrialization, 1974-1980: Burlington, N.C. |
C-0216 | Greef Smith; Mattie Smith |
October 29th, 1981 | C.9. Notable North Carolinians: B. Everett Jordan Project |
Non Profits
Interview No. | Interviewee | Date | Project Title |
---|---|---|---|
R-0456 R-0614 |
Judith Blau | March 11th, 2011 March 20th, 2012 |
R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0469 R-0623 R-0622 |
Manuel Rafael Gallegos Lerma | March 29th, 2011 March 23rd, 2012 April 4th, 2012 |
R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0630 | David Rigby | March 29th, 2012 | R. 34. Special Research Topics: New Roots |
R-0863 | Antonio Alanis | April 4th, 2017 | R.34. Special Research Projects: New Roots |
R-0865 | Madison Hayes | April 18th, 2017 | R.34. Special Research Projects: New Roots |
The University of North Carolina
Interview no. | Interviewee | Date | Project title |
---|---|---|---|
L-0112 |
Mark Chilton |
November 10th, 1997 |
L.2. University of North Carolina: Anne Queen and the Campus Y |
L-0277 | Judith Welch Wegner | July 18th, 2008 | L.10. University of North Carolina: Faculty and Diversity, 1960-1990 |
L-0293 | Mark Chilton | January 19th, 2010 | L.2. University of North Carolina: Anne Queen and the Campus Y |
N-0045 | Sherdenia Thompson Dunn | April 7th, 2016 | N.8. Undergraduate Internship Program: Spring 2016 |
*Interview is temporarily closed due to restrictions