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A. Webber Borchers' Oral History

This is the oral history of A. Webber Borchers. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in 1981. The interview is in 4 parts, and covers his family history, the story of Lincoln in Macon County, his time as Chief Illiniwek, his time in the Armed Forces…

Tags: A. Webber Borchers, Borchers family history, Boy Scouts, Chief Illiniwek, Decatur IL, legislature, Lincoln, World War II, WWII

A.G. Webber III's Oral History: Mueller Story

This is the oral history of A.G. Webber III. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in 1982. This interview covers the history of the Mueller Company.

Tags: "Lost 40", "Old Black Joe", "The Mueller Story", 1982, A.G. Webber, A.G. Webber III, Adolf Mueller, apprentice, Benito Mussolini, Betty Turnell, Canada, Chamber of Commerce trip, counsel for Mueller Co., Decatur IL, Division of labor, double desks, Duke Mueller, employee recreation, Everett Mueller, Frank Mueller, Fred Mueller, gardening, gas piping, grandfather, Great Depression, gun shop, Henry Mueller, Hieronymus Mueller, hiking club, immigrant, interview, Inventions, Jack Banton, judge, lawyer, machinist, Millikin Place, Mueller Company, Mueller factory, Mueller lawyer, Mueller Lodge, Mueller Picnic, Mueller village, office space, oral history, Oscar Mueller, patents, pay phone, Phillip Mueller, Plant, Port Huron MI, prairie forest, Public Relations, railroading, recording, Robert Mueller, Rockford IL, Rome Italy, sales, Sarni Ontario, South Shores, straw hat, tomatoes

Al Dobbins' Oral History

This is the oral history of Al Dobbins. He was interviewed by Robert Williams on 1/24/1990. The interview covers Al Dobbins' with the Red Cross and Staleys, and dealing with discrimination.

Tags: Al Dobbins, discrimination, Red Cross, Staley Co.

Albert G. Webber III's Oral History

This is the oral history of Albert G. Webber III. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in 1982. This interview covers his family history and law career.

Tags: 1982, A.G. Webber, A.G. Webber II, A.G. Webber III, A.G. Webber IV, air conditioned courtrooms, Albert G. Webber III, appeals, Appellate Bench, apprentice, bar exam, Betty Turnell, changes to judicial courts, chopping wood, Circuit Bench, Circuit Clerk's vault, class action suits, close friends, confidential advisor, County Board, County Court, Cumberland Charter, Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Decatur IL, Des Moines IA, Dorothy Brown, fourth courthouse construction, Fourth District Appellate Court, general counsel, hangings, Hieronymus Mueller, immigrant, interview, James Millikin, judge, Judge John McCoy, Judge Morthland, judicial amendment, Keokuk IA, law school, lawyer, legal notices, legal work, Macon County Sheriff, Master in Chancery, Millikin Family, Millikin Homestead, Millikin University, Mueller family, Navy, office boy, oral history, public defendants, railroading, recording, Rev. Hawkins, Richard Welsh, Rock Island Railroad, sequestered jury, suppression of confession, third courthouse, trial bench, University of Illinois Law School, World War I, World War II

Amherst Hardy's Oral History

This is the oral history of Amherst Hardy. He was interviewed by Robert Williams on February 28, 1990. The interview includes his early life, working for the Herald and Review, and his experience during World War II.

Tags: 1990, Amherst Hardy, amphibian forces, assembly plants, Associated Press A-Wire, Barracks, bill collector, Blue Book, Bob Barracks, Bob Yoder, Buryl Engleman, Buses, carnivals, CCC Camp, changes to Decatur, Circus, city hall, Civilian Concentration Corp, Comet automobile, David Felts, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Dennis School, destroyer tender repair ship, English major, Espirito Santo, February 1990, flash signals, Football, Forrest Kyle, Great Depression, H. Allen Smith, ham radio, hospital evacuation ship, Howard Millard, interurban line, interview, Jane Lee, Japan, Jeffry automobile, Jitney buses, John Stacey hanging, Kennedy Assassination, Kintner Gymnasium, Layah Riggs, Lincoln Theater, Millikin University, Morse code, Moweaqua coal mine collapse, Mr. Lindsay, Navy, newsboys, newspaper plant, old courthouse, oral history, Otto Kyle, Pan-American automobile, Paul Aird, police beat, prize fights, Prohibition, PWA, radio man, recording, reporter, Robert Williams, Roosevelt Junior High School, Roosevelt New Deal Program, Sam Tucker, SATC, Shellabarger Building, short wave radio, Streetcars, Student Army Training Corps, telegraph reporter, trip to Maine, vaccinating pigs, Veterinarian, wooden block pavement, World War I, World War II, WPA, WWI, WWII

Anthony J. Perry's Oral History

This is the oral history of Anthony J. Perry. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on June 7, 1988. The interview focuses on his time as the CEO of the Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Tags: "The Vigil Never Ceases - Two Miles North", 1988, A.E. Staley Jr., Administrator, Anthony J. Perry, Assistant Adminstrator, Associate Administrator, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, bachelor's degree, Betty Turnell, board rotation, Chief Executive Officer, Decatur and Macon County Hospital, Decatur IL, Decatur Memorial Hospital, DMH Auxiliary, Dr. Will Barnes, early childhood, education, Ethel Goss, Executive Vice-President, family, Graduate Directors' Council, Home Health Care Program, Hospital Administration, Hospital Research and Development Institute, immigrant parents, interview, JFK Airport, June 1988, LaGuardia Airport, Leon Pullen, Lisbon Portugal, malpractice insurance, master's degree, Medicare, Meteorology, Military, Millikin Court, Millikin University, MMI Companies, modernization of hospital, New England, New York University, Norman Bailey, Northwestern University, nurses, off-shore insurance company, oral history, Pan-American Airlines, Peruvian International Airways, president, radiology, recording, School of Nursing, Staley Pavilion, truck farm, TWA International, Visiting Nurses' Association, Voluntary Hospitals of America, Volunteers, Women's Auxiliary, World War II, WWII

Bob Strongman's Oral History

This is the oral history of Bob Strongman. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell. The interview includes his career as a photographer for the Herald and Review.

Tags: 35 ml film projector, aerial photography, algebra class, Assistant Boys Secretary, Assistant Sales Manager, background check, Betty Turnell, Bill Summer, boat races, Bob Hope's State Fair trip, Bob Strongman, Bread Salesman, Buckmeisters Grocery Store, changes at the Herald & Review, changes to photography, childhood, Coal Mines, Decatur Camera Club, Decatur Herald & Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, disasters, E.J. Muffley, Enterprise School District, freelance work, Governor Ogilvie, grammar class, Great Depression, Gunhill Johnson Crippled Children's Room, Harry Truman, horse plow, ice skating, ice wagon, industrial photography, interview, Kennedy Campaign, Lee Pigott, Lincoln School, Marietta School, mid-year graduate, Model T pickup truck, N. Union St., neighborhood grocery stores, one room school, oral history, Parkview Motel, Pfile's Camera Shop, photography, Piggly-Wiggly, polio, Presidential Candidate Whistle Stops, press credentials, processing, Pugh School, recess, recitation bench, recording, retirement, Richard Nixon, Roosevelt Junior High School, Russell Shaffer, Russian Missile Crisis, snow sled, street hockey, student-built boats, swim therapy, Tasty Bread, Truman's visit to Decatur, Truman's Whistle Stop, Victor Borge, weddings, Wooden Shoe Fire, YMCA, YMCA Boys Department

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