Writing Our Own History essays

Collection

Identifier: MS0185

Staff Only

Overview

Original handwritten and typed copies of essays written by Charlotte senior citizens in courses sponsored by the Shepherd's Center and Central Piedmont Community College and taught by Margaret Bigger in 1992-94. These are personal accounts of growing up during the Prohibition era and the Depression and of life during World War II.

Dates

1992 - 1994

Creator

Central Piedmont Community College (Charlotte, N.C.) (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet

Language

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

Box:Folder Contents : 1. DEPRESSION (1992): includes a copy of "The Great Depression--We Survived!" and the original handwritten and typewritten manuscripts. 2. PROHIBITION (1994): includes original handwritten and typewritten manuscripts for class entitled, "Prohibition Didn't End in '33." Of interest is an essay about the Piedmont and Northern Railway by Florine Ledford Olive entitled, "The Moonshine Express." 3. WORLD WAR II (1993): includes as copy of "World War II--It Changed Us Forever" (folder 2) and the original handwritten and typewritten manuscripts (folders 3-4).