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Oral History Interview with Larry and Betty Kelley, December 9, 1999. Interview K-0511. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)

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The flood puts a stop to community-building activities

Larry Kelley describes the kind of community activities, like weekly suppers, that has kept his area close-knit, but he also says that the flood "stopped all that." He doesn't elaborate, but he seems confident that the sense of community is not gone.

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Interviewers	Charles Thompson
	Charles Thompson
Interviewees	Larry Kelley
	Betty Kelley
Excerpt Length	0:06:01
Start Time	01:42:10
Stop Time	01:48:11
Subjects	Environmental Transformations > NATURAL ENVIRONMENT > Natural Disasters Piedmont Industrialization > WORKING PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES > Culture of Working People General > COMMUNITY TRANSITIONS > Community Decline

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Oral History Interview with Larry and Betty Kelley, December 9, 1999. Interview K-0511. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007) in the Southern Oral History Program Collection, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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