Vevely Malloy Interview [Full audio recording]
Vevely Malloy Interview [Full audio recording]
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Vevely Malloy Interview [Full audio recording]
Subject
African Americans ; Rural Farms ; Rural Communities ; Families ; Farming ; Tobacco ; Manufacturing Plants ; Education ; Children ; Preschools ; State Line Children's World Preschool ; UNC Pembroke ; Pembroke State University ; Pembroke , North Carolina ; Laurinburg , North Carolina ; Scotland County (N.C.)
Description
Mrs . Vevely Malloy was born in a rural area of Scotland County in 1945 and grew up in what was mostly a farming community . Her family raised cotton , tobacco , corn , and soybeans . She has witnessed a lot of changes in the way that farming is conducted in the area . The types of equipment used in farming , in particular , have changed drastically . Farmers have moved from hoeing crops in their fields by hand to using large machines to do the work . This is true for harvesting tobacco and cotton . The changes meant that fewer people were needed to run the farms , so there were fewer jobs available on the farms . In Scotland County , it was fortunate that several large plants , like the J . P . Stevens Textile Plant and Abbott Laboratories , opened in the area . These plants provided jobs for Scotland County residents with much better pay than working on the farm . Mrs . Malloy feels that the change from working on the family farm to working in factories also changed the way that families operated . There was less family time . The adults worked more and longer hours , and the children were reared by many different caretakers , rather than just mom and dad . The family structure has also changed ; there are more single-parent homes . Unfortunately , in the mid-1990s , the manufacturing plants began to close down and many people in the area lost their jobs . Consequently , there was widespread unemployment , and people were forced to change their vocations and lifestyles . Many returned to school for more training and\or education in order to get different jobs . Mrs . Malloy thinks the climate in the area has changed over the years . There are more really cold days and really hot days than in the past . There is also a lot more snow than in the past . Both Mrs . Malloy and her husband are UNCP graduates . They started a preschool in Laurinburg , North Carolina in 1979 , and the preschool is still in operation .
Related
Print/Text Transcript: http://dlib.uncp.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/ohp/id/41
Interviewer(s)
Harris , Cory ; Hartsoe , Cory
Interviewee(s)
Malloy , Vevely
Publisher
University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Date Recorded
2013-05-10
Date Uploaded
2015-08-26
File Type
sound
Format
mp3
Length
43 minutes
Rights
Copyright for the items in this collection is held by UNC Pembroke. The items are available for use in research, teaching and private study, provided that proper citation is used (i.e., Mary Livermore Library, University Archives/Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Pembroke, NC). Any commercial use of the materials, without the written permission of UNC Pembroke, is strictly prohibited.
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