Norris A. Dearmon oral history interview, 1998 October 6

Norris Dearmon recounts his life in Kannapolis, North Carolina and his sixty-year long relationship with Cannon Mills as an employee and amateur historian. Topics discussed include his childhood growing up during the Great Depression, his experiences as an Army dental technician in Iceland during Wo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dearmon, Norris A. (Norris Adam), 1922- (interviewee)
Other Authors: Lowder, Pat (interviewer)
Language:English
Published: J. Murrey Atkins Library Special Collections & University Archives, University of North Carolina at Charlotte 1998
Subjects:
Textile workers
Computer programmers
Dental technicians
World War (1939-1945)
Dentistry
Military
Mills and mill-work
Local history
Company towns
Textile industry > Technological innovations
Dearmon
Norris A. (Norris Adam)
1922-
Cannon
C. A. (Charles Albert)
1892-1971
United States. Army Air Forces
Cannon Mills Company
Kannapolis History Associates (Kannapolis
N.C.)
Iceland
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13093/uncc:1373
https://goldmine.charlotte.edu/islandora/object/uncc%3A1373
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Summary:Norris Dearmon recounts his life in Kannapolis, North Carolina and his sixty-year long relationship with Cannon Mills as an employee and amateur historian. Topics discussed include his childhood growing up during the Great Depression, his experiences as an Army dental technician in Iceland during World War II, his career as a computer programmer at Cannon Mills, and his work preserving the history of Kannapolis and Cannon Mills through his role as local historian in the GI Memorial House Museum and the Kannapolis History Room.

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