Writing Our Own History collection, 1992.

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Writing Our Own History collection, 1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46931732

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

ca. 320 items.

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7571778

University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library

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