Browse Items (139 total)
- Collection: Oral Histories
Mr. and Mrs. George Hall's Oral History
Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson's Oral History - Recording
Tags: 1986, 4-H, Bethany IL, Betty Turnell, big hook, Boy Scouts, childhood, choir, clothing donation, Decatur IL, Decatur Roundhouse, diesel locomotives, electric welding trade, family life, First United Methodist Church, Forsyth IL, grease cup filler, Great Depression, handyman, Hubert Bankson, interview, labor gang, machinist, machinist's helper, March 1986, Marilyn Bankson, Mexico, mission, Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson, Mrs. William Bankson, Music, North Dakota, OH80, oral history, passenger trains, recording, sound recording, steam crane, Steam Locomotives, train wrecks, Trains, transcription, travelling, Wabash Railroad, William Bankson, wrecker, wrecking crew
Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson's Oral History - Transcription
Tags: 1986, 4-H. Bethany IL, big hook, Boy Scouts, childhood, choir, clothing donation, Decatur IL, Decatur round house, diesel locomotives, electric welding trade, family life, First United Methodist Church, Forsyth IL, grease cup filler, Great Depression, handyman, Hubert Bankson, interview, labor gang, machinist, machinist's helper, March 1986, Marilyn Bankson, Mexico, mission, Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson, Mrs. William Bankson, Music, North Dakota, OH80, oral history, passenger trains, recording, round house, Roundhouse, sound recording, steam crane, Steam Locomotives, train wrecks, Trains, transcription, travelling, Wabash Railroad, William Bankson, wrecker, wrecking crew
Mr. Donald E. Minton's Oral History
Tags: 1974 tornado, 1988, Army, Betty Turnell, cabinet-making, Chief, Decatur Fire Department, Decatur High School, Donald E. Minton, Japan, natural fire causes, Norfolk and Western Railroad explosion, November 1988, Oakland School, oral history, recording, retired, Staley Company, Walrus Manufacturing Co., wood-working, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
Mr. W. Lindley Huff's Oral History
Mrs. Corwin Johns' Interview - Recording
Tags: "Personal Recollections", 1978, A.P. Hill, Adlai Stevenson, Betty Turnell, Charles Adlai Ewing, childhood, Corn Carnival, Decatur Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Decatur IL, Dr. and Mrs. Panhallegon, Dr. H.C. Johns, Eugenia Ewing Johns, fire department races, Illinois Board of Agriculture, Illinois Breeders' Association, interview, J. Petticord, Jane Martin Johns, Johns family, Johns Hill, Judge R.W. Race, March 1978, Miss Mary French, Mr. and Mrs. Millikin, Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Powers, Mrs. Corwin Johns, Mrs. Oglesby, Natatorium, OH89, Old Decatur, old High School, oral history, recording, Rev. Fielding Ewing, Riverside Park, Samuel Powers, shorthorn cattle, sound recording, swimming lessons, train service, transcription, Wood Street School
Mrs. Corwin Johns' Interview - Transcription
Tags: "Personal Recollections", 1978, A.P. Hill, Adlai Stevenson, Betty Turnell, Charles Adlai Ewing, childhood, Corn Carnival, DAR, Decatur Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Decatur IL, Dr. and Mrs. Panhallegon, Dr. H.C. Johns, Eugenia Ewing Johns, fire department races, Illinois Board of Agriculture, Illinois Breeders' Association, interview, J. Petticord, Jane Martin Johns, Johns family, Johns Hill, Judge R.W. Race, March 1978, Miss Mary French, Mr and Mrs. Orlando Powers, Mr. and Mrs. Millikin, Mrs. Corwin Johns, Mrs. Oglesby, Natatorium, OH89, Old Decatur, old High School, oral history, recording, Rev. Fielding Ewing, Riverside Park, Samuel Powers, shorthorn cattle, sound recording, swimming lessons, train service, transcription, Wood Street School
Mrs. Erma Wait Cook's Oral History
Tags: 1985, Anna B. Millikin Home, August 1985, Betty Turnell, changes to Decatur, childhood, Country Club, Decatur High School, Decatur Hotel and the Arcade, Decatur IL, Erma Wait Cook, fire, Interurban, interview, junior high school, Lincoln Theatre, Mary French School, Millikin University, Morehouse and Wells, Mrs. George Cook, OH96, oral history, Packard automobile, recording, St. Nicholas Hotel, stage plays, streetcar, Transfer House, Travel, vaudeville, W. Main St., Wait-Cahill Wholesale Company, Women's Club, Wood Street School
Mrs. Frank M. Ware
Tags: "speedys" letters, 1984, A.G. Webber, Absolum Newland, accounting department, August 1984, automobile tires, bank failure, Betty Turnell, bookkeeping machine, brother's surgery, Brown's Business College, cactus, cafeteria, carbon paper, Caterpillar Co., Caterpillar Military Engine Co., changes to Decatur, Chautauqua, choir, cottonwood tree, crystal radio sets, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Lumber Co., doctor's office, Dr. N.D. Meyers, Dr. William Barnes, Dune School, education, electronics courses, Fairview Park, Faries Manufacturing Co., First Lutheran Church, Flood, Florida, Forest Grove School, Frank Ware, general labor, George W. Keller, Great Depression, greenhouse, grocery store, hauling coal, Helen Harder, Hilltop Greenhouse, interview, Jackson St. School, Jasper County IL, Johns Hill, lap rugs, Leader Iron Works, Lincoln Coop Apartments, Lincoln Flower Shop, Log Cabin, Louisa Newland, Madam Corolla Lous Tuca, McKinley assassination, mortgage, Mound School, Mr. Barber, Mrs. Frank M. Ware, neighborhood picnic, Nelson Park, new pews, oral history, Payroll, perpetual inventory, Postal Service, pottery, purchasing department, radio diagrams, raising plants, ready-made radios, receptionist, recording, retirement, sales department, short-hand, Signal Depot, singing, small business, Snake Hill, St. Mary's Hospital, Staley Company, Streetcars, succulents, T.T. Springer, toolmaker, Transfer House, truck barn, voice lessons, Warren St. School, Weber Fill, William Shorb, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
