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Size | 82 interviews |
Abstract | The Southern Oral History Program conducts and collects interviews with Southerners who have made significant contributions to various fields of human endeavor. In addition, the Program undertakes special projects with the purpose of rendering historically visible those whose experience is not reflected in traditional written sources. The Southern Oral History Program Collection, Series J: Legal Professions contains interviews conducted by students of the University of North Carolina School of Law with prominent lawyers and judges in North Carolina. Some of the lawyers interviewed are also politicians, who have served in the North Carolina General Assembly or in the United States Congress. Interviewees discuss family and personal life in addition to career, law, legal ethics, and the legal profession. |
Creator | Southern Oral History Program. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English. |
Finding aid for Series J: Legal Professions (#4007J) created and encoded by Laura Hart in May 2017.
Updated by: Laura Hart, August 2018
Back to TopThe following terms from Library of Congress Subject Headings suggest topics, persons, geography, etc. interspersed through the entire collection; the terms do not usually represent discrete and easily identifiable portions of the collection--such as folders or items.
Clicking on a subject heading below will take you into the University Library's online catalog.
Back to TopIn 1973, the History Department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill established an oral history program devoted to the study of the southern region of the United States.
The Southern Oral History Program collects interviews with Southerners who have made significant contributions to various fields of human endeavor. In addition, the Program undertakes special projects with the purpose of rendering historically visible those whose experience is not reflected in traditional written sources. Interviews are conducted by Program staff, graduate students, faculty members, and consultants. The Program also serves as a collecting agency, accepting donations of tapes and transcripts of interviews conducted by other researchers.
Back to TopInterviews conducted by students of the University of North Carolina School of Law with prominent lawyers and judges in North Carolina. Some of the lawyers interviewed are also politicians, who have served in the North Carolina General Assembly or in the United States Congress. Interviewees discuss family and personal life in addition to career, law, legal ethics, and the legal profession. Many interviewees share childhood experiences, memories of World War II or the Vietnam War, college and law school experiences at UNC and elsewhere, and memorable cases. Several interviews, especially those with African American or Native American lawyers and judges, address racial segregation, school integration, and civil rights law. Other interviews address women in the legal profession. Some interviewees discussed the death penalty, and several interviewees describe working with Julius L. Chambers. These interviews were undertaken as part of a course taught by law professor Walter H. Bennett, Jr. The interviews were subsequently transcribed at the Law School and donated to the Southern Oral History Program Collection.
ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
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ONLINE INTERVIEW DATABASE
Click here for the online, sortable list of oral history interviews in this series. Each interview is cataloged in the interview database with descriptive information about the interviewee and the contents of the interview. Transcriptions and audio recordings for many of the unrestricted interviews are available in this online database.
James H. Pou Bailey, white judge, with interviewer John Scherer. 4 February 1992, 18 February 1992
Digital Folder J-0001 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Daniel Terry Blue, African American public officer and politician, with interviewer Marjorie J. Smith. 27 March 1994, 30 March 1994
Digital Folder J-0002 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Samuel James Ervin, white judge, with interviewer Hilary Arnold. 24 February 1993 and 8 April 1993
Digital Folder J-0003 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
James E. Ferguson, African American attorney, with interviewer Rudolph Acree. 3 March 1992, 17 March 1992
Digital Folder J-0004 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Katherine S. Holliday, white attorney, with interviewer Charlotte Cooper. Gaskins. 18 February 1994, 16 March 1994
Digital Folder J-0005 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Harry C. Martin, white judge, with interviewer Constance Apostolou. 12 February 1992, 7 March 1992
Digital Folder J-0006 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Barry Nakell, white attorney and professor, with interviewer Tom Moore. 16 February 1993, 23 February 1993, 30 March 1993
Digital Folder J-0007 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Mel Watt, African American Legislators, with interviewer Caitlin Fenhagen. 16 February 1994, 4 March 1994
Digital Folder J-0008 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Charles L. Becton, African American judge, with interviewer Pamela Foster. 6 February 1994, 20 February 1994
Digital Folder J-0009 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Doris R. Bray, white attorney, with interviewer Stacy Miller. 16 February 1993, 15 March 1993
Digital Folder J-0010 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Dexter Brooks, Native American judge, with interviewer Susan Hunt. 14 March 1994, 21 March 1994
Digital Folder J-0011 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
W. H. S. Burgwyn, white attorney and judge, with interviewer Nancy Warren. 4 February 1994, 25 February 1994
Digital Folder J-0012 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Roy Walton Davis, white attorney, with interviewer Michele Walton. 1 February 1994, 7 March 1994
Digital Folder J-0013 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
James K. Dorsett, white judge, with interviewer George Kurani. 3 March 1994, 11 March 1994
Digital Folder J-0014 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
James C. Fuller, attorney, with interviewer Valerie Johnson. 2 February 1994, 22 February 1994
Digital Folder J-0015 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Burley B. Mitchell, white judge, with interviewer Shelley Lucas. 23 February 1994, 25 February 1994
Digital Folder J-0016 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
B. B. Olive, white attorney, with interviewer Jennifer Marsico. 27 January 1994, 15 February 1994
Digital Folder J-0017 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Alexander Ralston and Elreta N. Melton, African American judge, with interviewer Anna Barbara. Perez. 18 February 1993, 4 March 1993
Digital Folder J-0018 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Frank Snepp, white judge, with interviewer Kevin Bunn. 25 February 1993
Digital Folder J-0019 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Howard F. Twiggs, attorney, with interviewer Kim Rabren. 9 March 1993, 11 March 1993
Digital Folder J-0020 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Gregory A. Weeks, African American attorney, with interviewer Yvonne Bulluck. 12 April 1994, 14 April 1994
Digital Folder J-0021 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Leslie J. Winner, white public officer and politician, with interviewer Michele Flowers. 12 March 1994, 22 March 1994, 5 April 1994
Digital Folder J-0022 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Marcellus Buchanan, white attorney, with interviewer Michele Bender. 8 March 1993 and 18 April 1993
Digital Folder J-0023 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Robert Strange Cahoon, white attorney, with interviewer Michael Grossman. 27 September 1994 and 29 September 1994
Digital Folder J-0024 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Joseph B. Cheshire, V., white attorney, with interviewer Mary Jones. 7 October 1994 and 23 November 1994
Digital Folder J-0025 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
George Daly, white attorney, with interviewer Minette Trosch. 17 September 1994 and 7 October 1994
Digital Folder J-0026 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Allyson K. Duncan, African American attorney, with interviewer Devon Sanders. 20 October 1994 and 27 October 1994
Digital Folder J-0027 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Malcolm Ray Hunter, white attorney, with interviewer Catherine Ruster. 8 September 1994 and 1 December 1994
Digital Folder J-0028 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Horace Robinson Kornegay, white public officer politician, and attorney, with interviewer Vincent J. Toussaint. 25 February 1993 and 8 March 1993
Digital Folder J-0029 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Kenneth Winstead Lewis, African American attorney, with interviewer Angela Gentry. 15-16 November 1994
Digital Folder J-0030 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Shirley L. Fulton, African American judge, with interviewer Allen Smith. February 12, 1993
Digital Folder J-0031 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Joseph Williamson Grier, white attorney, with interviewer William Scott. Ortwein. 13 March 1992 and 16 March 1992
Digital Folder J-0032 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Robin L. Hinson, white attorney, with interviewer Lorie Steinhagen. 3 October 1994 and 7 October 1994
Digital Folder J-0033 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Patricia Stanford Love, white judge, with interviewer Lorie Steinhagen. 20 April 1994 and 22 April 1994
Digital Folder J-0034 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
James O. Cobb, white attorney, with interviewer R. Steve Lackey. 13 September 1996 and 15 October 1996
Digital Folder J-0035 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
E. Osborne Ayscue, white attorney, with interviewer Tricia Morvan. 25 September 1995, 2 October 1995, and 9 October 1995
Digital Folder J-0036 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Samuel McDowell Tate, white judge, with interviewer Martin L. White. 12 September 1996 and 18 September 1996
Digital Folder J-0037 |
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William E. Poe, white attorney, with interviewer Amanda Roberson. 26 September 1995 and 5 October 1995
Digital Folder J-0038 |
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Adam Stein, white attorney, with interviewer Marie Lynn Smith. 19 September 1995 and 17 October 1995
Digital Folder J-0039 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
James G. Exum, white judge, with interviewer Anderson D. Caperton. 21 September 1994, 22 September 1994, and 27 October 1994
Digital Folder J-0040 |
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E. D. Gaskins, Jr., white attorney, with interviewer Anderson Caperton. 13 September 1996 and 6 November 1996
Digital Folder J-0041 |
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Richard C. Erwin, African American judge, with interviewer Tom McLean. 22 September 1995 and 11 October 1995
Digital Folder J-0042 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Robert M. Martin, white judge, with interviewer Amber Corbin. 28 October 1996 and 14 November 1996
Digital Folder J-0043 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Ben O. Bridgers, white attorney, with interviewer Reed Fountain. November 11, 1995
Digital Folder J-0044 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Louis B. Meyer, white judge, with interviewer Steven Wall. 23 October 1995 and 5 January 1996
Digital Folder J-0045 |
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Roger W. Smith, white attorney, with interviewer John Carmichael. 19 September 1996 and 8 October 1996
Digital Folder J-0046 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
William Scarborough, Jr., white judge, with interviewer William Davis. 26 February 1993 and 5 April 1993
Digital Folder J-0047 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
David Sentelle, white judge, with interviewer Jay Mebane. 28 September 1994 and 13 October 1994
Digital Folder J-0048 |
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McNeill Smith, white attorney, with interviewer Anne Green. 18 February 1994 and 11 March 1994
Digital Folder J-0049 |
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Norman Smith, white attorney, with interviewer Maureen O'Neill. 26 February 1993 and 16 March 1993
Digital Folder J-0050 |
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Mary Ann Tally, white attorney, with interviewer Charlton Allen. March 4, 1993
Digital Folder J-0051 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Richard Vinroot, white mayor and attorney, with interviewer Laurie Stegall. 31 October 1994 and 21 November 1994
Digital Folder J-0052 |
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D. J. Walker, white attorney, with interviewer Douglas Elliott. 11 February 1992 and 25 February 1992
Digital Folder J-0053 |
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Hiram Ward, white judge, with interviewer Erin Ackerman. 18 February 1993 and 28 February 1993
Digital Folder J-0054 |
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James A. Wellons, Jr., white attorney, with interviewer Dan Miller. 23 February 1993 and 12 March 1993
Digital Folder J-0055 |
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Mayne Albright, white attorney, with interviewer Jeanette Graviss. 15 February 1993 and 18 March 1993
Digital Folder J-0056 |
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George Bason, judge, with interviewer Terrence Hines. 15 February 1993 and 22 February 1993
Digital Folder J-0057 |
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Lisbon C. Berry, Jr., African American attorney, with interviewer Ryan Smith. 3 October 1994 and 10 October 1994
Digital Folder J-0058 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Willis Whichard, white judge, with interviewer Susan Twiddy. 27 February 1996, 18 March 1996, and 25 March 1996
Digital Folder J-0059 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Sydnor Thompson, white judge, with interviewer Susan Twiddy. 19 September 1996, 27 September 1996, and 11 October 1996
Digital Folder J-0060 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Sidney S. Eagles, Jr., white judge, with interviewer Roland McReynolds. 30 August 1996 and 12 September 1996
Digital Folder J-0061 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
H. Gerald Beaver, white attorney, with interviewer Roderick Wright. 10 September 1996 and 25 October 1996
Digital Folder J-0062 |
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Joseph Blount Cheshire, IV, white attorney, with interviewer Matt Plyler. 11 October 1996 and 16 October 1996
Digital Folder J-0063 |
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William A. Dees, white attorney, with interviewer Margaret R. Westbrook. 24 September 1995 and 1 October 1995
Digital Folder J-0064 |
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William K. Diehl, white attorney, with interviewer Ryan Smith. 6 October 1995 and 28 November 1995
Digital Folder J-0065 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Bertha Holt, white attorney, public officer, and politician, with interviewer Barbara Lau. 30 October 1991
Digital Folder J-0066 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Access Restriction: Interview is closed.
Emil F. Kratt, white attorney, with interviewer David Shives. 4 October 1996 and 20 December 1996
Digital Folder J-0067 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
J. Kenneth Lee, African American attorney, with interviewer Ann Estridge. 26 September 1995, 26 October 1995
Digital Folder J-0068 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Jerry W. Leonard, white attorney and judge, with interviewer Brenda Beerman. 10 October 1995 and 18 October 1995
Digital Folder J-0069 |
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Thomas A. Lockhart, white attorney, with interviewer Joseph Jason. Stroble. 25-26 October 1996
Digital Folder J-0070 |
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Michael G. Okun, white attorney, with interviewer Phil Cargile. 14 September 1995 and 9 October 1995
Digital Folder J-0071 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Julia V. Jones, attorney and judge, with interviewer Nancy Friedman. 6 October 1997
Digital Folder J-0072 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
William P. Murphy, white political activist, professor, and attorney, with interviewer Walter H. Bennett, Jr. May-August 1995
Digital Folder J-0073 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
William L. Thorp, attorney, with interviewer Debra Loyd. October-December 1994
Digital Folder J-0074 |
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Harvey Beech, African American attorney, with interviewer Anita Foye. 25 September 1996
Digital Folder J-0075 |
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Ann Slifkin, attorney, with interviewer Denise Noble. 17 February 1994 and 24 February 1994
Digital Folder J-0076 |
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Hazel Mack, African American attorney, with interviewer Katrina Walker. 5 October 1995, 13 October 1995, and 17 November 1995
Digital Folder J-0077 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Mark Bernstein, attorney, with interviewer Alan Kronovet. September-October 1996
Digital Folder J-0078 |
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James Exum, Jr., white judge, with interviewer Michael Wilson. 15 February 1996, 20 March 1996, and 3 May 1996
Digital Folder J-0079 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Howard Manning, judge, with interviewer Zachary Perryman. 31 October 1997, 23 January 1998, 13 March 1998, and 26 March 1998
Digital Folder J-0080 |
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Pender McElroy, attorney, with interviewer John Helderman. 20 September 1996 and 18 October 1996
Digital Folder J-0081 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |
Paul Bell, attorney, with interviewer Vaibhav Kadaba. October 12, 1996
Digital Folder J-0082 |
Digitized transcript Digitized audio |