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• Virginia Galloway oral history interview and transcript

  Interview with Virginia Galloway by Dr. Evelyn Thompson about her family and life growing up in Surry County and Mount Airy. Transcript included.
  

• Reverend Elder James and Jennie Bell King Strickland

  Interview by Dr. Evelyn Thompson with Reverend Elder James Strickland and his wife, Jennie Bell King Strickland about their experiences growing up near Mount Airy
  

• Gladys Bailey oral history interview and transcript

  Interview with Gladys Bernie Bailey, a retired school teacher from the Mount Airy school system. Transcript included
  

• Norma Long Clark oral history interview

  Interview with Norma Long Clark by Dr. Evelyn Thompson about growing up in the Mount Airy area.
  

• Lone Eagle oral history interview

  Interview with Lone Eagle at the Mount Airy Library about his life
  

• Mary Dobson oral history interview

  Interview with Mary Dobson by Dr. Evelyn Thompson and Winnie Merritt about her life growing up in Surry County.
  

• Essie Satterfield Joyce and daughter Patricia oral history interview

  Interview with Essie Satterfield Joyce and her daughter Patricia by Winnie Merritt and Dr. Evelyn Thompson at Mrs. Joyce's home.
  

• John Mittman oral history interview

  Interview by Dr. Evelyn Thompson with John Mittman.
  

• Melvin Morrison oral history interview

  Interview by Dr. Evelyn Thompson of Melvin Morrison in his home in Elkin, NC.
  

• Lettie Graham Stewart Oral History interview.

  Interview by Dr. Evelyn Thompson with Lettie Graham Stewart and her daughter Doris.
  

• Mrs. Mary Tucker and her daughter Ruby Tucker Hunter oral history interview

  Interview by Dr. Evelyn Thompson with Mrs. Mary Tucker and her daughter Ruby Tucker Hunter
  

• Franklin DeWitt Dobson oral history interview and transcript

  Interview and transcript with Franklin Dewitt Dobson by Dr. Evelyn Thompson about growing up in Dobson, NC.
  

• Walter Hauser Jr. oral history interview

  Interview by Winnie Merritt with Walter Hauser Jr. at her house with Buster Jones.
  

• Benjamin Franklin Mittman Oral History Interview and transcription

  Interview by Dr. Evelyn Thompson with Benjamin Franklin Mittman who discusses his life growing up in Surry County. Transcription included.
  

• Mary Elizabeth Mann Tatum oral history interview

  Interview by Dr. Evelyn Thompson with Mary Elizabeth Mann Tatum at her home.
  

• Preparing Foods that were Eaten by our Ancestors - African American foods and people

  Recording showing interviews with several different women discussing their lives and then showing how they cook foods that were passed along to them by their mothers and grandmothers. The women included are Maggie Rosser, Josephine Travis, Ionia Smith, and Fred and Adran Martin.
  

• Jettie Helton Oral History Interview and transcript

  Interview by Dr. Evelyn Thompson with Mrs. Jettie Helton about growing up in Stokes and Surry County and about her family's history in the area. Mrs. Helton's grandmother was enslaved and lived until 1940 and she passes along stories she heard from her grandmother growing up.
  

• Luther Milner and Mildred Oral History Interview

  Interview by Ron Scales with Luther Milner and Mildred about growing up in the Shoals, NC community.
  

• Joanne and Mr. Thompson oral history interview

  Interview by Winnie Merritt and Dr. Evelyn Thompson with Joanne and Mr. Thompson in their home.
  

• Fannie Phillips Gentry oral history interview

  Interview by Dr. Evelyn Thompson with Mrs. Fannie Phillips Gentry in her home in Little Richmond, NC.
  

• Mrs. Corabelle Thompson Hughes Oral History Interview and transcription

  Interview by Dr. Evelyn Thompson with Mrs. Corabelle [Clarabelle?] Thompson Hughes about her family and growing up in the Surry County area. Mrs. Hughes was 91 at the time of the interview. Transcription included.
  

• Albert Johnson Oral History Interview

  Albert Johnson Oral History Interview by Winnie Merritt
  

• Grace Lee oral history interview

  Grace Lee oral history interview
  

• Oscar Merritt Residence Reunion of the Interracial Committee of the 1960s in Mount Airy

  Recording of a dinner hosted by Oscar and Winnie Merritt at their home on January 28, 2003 that was a reunion of the Interracial Committee that existed in the 1960s in Surry County.
  

• photograph of unknown man in Army uniform

  photograph of unknown man in Army uniform