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David Satterfield's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of David Satterfield's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in January 1983. The interview covers the history and importance of the Staley Company and A.E. Staley, Sr.

Richard Rodgers' Oral History #2 - Transcription

This is the transcription of Richard Rodgers' second oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on Decatur 12, 1988. This interview included information about Decatur in the early 1900s.

Lee D. Pigott's Interview #1 - Transcription

This is the transcription of Lee D. Pigott's first oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 30, 1978. The interview includes his youth and his teaching career.

Tags: 1978, AB degree, Ada Holtwick Caudle Pigott, aluminum scrap drive, Antoinette County KS, apprenticeship, Armistice Day, aviation mechanic, basketball, Betty Turnell, boys' club, cabinet making, car repair man, Carpenter's Union, Centennial Junior High School, Charles Lee, childhood, Christmas program, Christopher Wren tower, corporal punishment, counseling departments, Cy Gentry, Decatur Board of Education, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Kiwanis Club, Decatur Public Schools, Dennis School, distributive education, diversified occupations, Dr. Cameron Harmon, Dr. Lloyd Trump, Durfee School, Durfee School principal, Enlistment, farmhand, father's club, forced retirement, Ford Foundation, Gaither farm, Gastman School, Great Lakes Naval Academy, growth patter, gymnasium, high school diploma, ice wagon, Illinois Junior High School Association, industrial education, interview, janitor, January 1978, Kansas, Kansas City MO, Ku Klux Clan, Lebanon IL, Lee D. Pigott, Lee Decatur Pigott, Lincoln School, Little 19 Basketball Tournament, Logan School, machinist, Malleable Iron Company, manual training, Mary W. French School, master's degree, Mayor, McKendree College Academy, Methodist Church, Millikin University, Miss Elizabeth Crowder, Mobile and Ohio shop, mothers' club, Mr. Jones, Murphysboro IL, Naval Aviation, North Central Association, Oakland Junior High School, Oakland School, OH83, Oke Summers, Oklahoma, Old Clothes Day, oral history, Pekin IL, Pekin Starch, Pfeifer, Pines Community Center, Principal, PTA, quitting school, R.S.W. McDavid, Railroad YMCA, recording, Roosevelt Junior High School, sound recording, Spanish flu, staff utilization, Superintendent Engleman, Third United Brethren Church, Torrence Park, transcription, truancy, Ulrich School, University of Illinois, vocational automobile mechanics, vocational building trades, vocational cabinet making, vocational drafting, vocational electricity, vocational sheet and metal, vocational work, Warren School, wheat harvest crews, wooden paddle, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Woodworking, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII, YMCA, young people's group

Mrs. Ruth Gibbs' Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of the oral history of Mrs. Ruth Gibbs. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in November 1983. The interview includes her work with the United Methodist Church.

Tags: 1983, Betty Turnell, Brown, Buddhist Monastery, Camp Milam, Central Jurisdiction, childhood, Christian County, Christian Social Relations, Cleveland Avenue Methodist Church, conversational English, country school, Davidson, Decatur District Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr, Dr. Donald Gibbs, Dr. E.T. Evans, earthquake, Eastern Michigan University, Evangelical United Brethren Church, farm, First Methodist Church, First Methodist Church of Evanston, Garrett Theological Seminary, Great Depression, Harriet Ellis, Illiopolis High School, Imogene, international committee, Interurban, interview, Japan, Jurisdiction Woman's Society, Ladies' Aid Society, Methodist Church combination, Millikin University, Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. E.T. Evans, Mrs. Lucy Oplinger, Mrs. Marksmiller, Mrs. R.C. Augustine, Mrs. Ruth Gibbs, national board, Negro colleges, North-Central Jurisdiction, Northwestern University, November 1983, OH93, oral history, president, recording, SATC, School of Christian Mission, sound recording, Student Army Training Corps, Teacher, teachers' college, transcription, United Methodist Church, Weleyan Service Guild, Women's Home Missionary Society, Women's Society of Christian Service, World War I, WWI, YMCA, Ypsilanti MI

Tags: "How a bill becomes a law", board meeting, by-laws, Candidates telecast, election laws, League of Women Voters, Luncheon, Minutes, Miss Outdoor, Mrs. E. J. Cresswell secretary, Mrs. L. L. Colvis president, National security seminar, Newcomer information folder, Revenue workshop, state league, treasurer's report, Unit Meeting, Urban renewal, YMCA

League of Women Voters - Board Meeting - September 1959

This is the historical account of the League of Women Voters of Decatur Illinois in Macon County

Tags: "UN a candid appraisal", "UN facts", board meeting, Finance Drive, Foreign Policy, League of Women Voters, Mrs. E. J. Cresswell secretary, Mrs. L. L. Colvis president, treasurer's report, yearly programs, YMCA

Residence - 891 W. William - Surface/Snelson Home

These are historical accounts of the residence and its owners at 891 W. William

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David Satterfield's Oral History - Transcription

Richard Rodgers' Oral History #2 - Transcription

Lee D. Pigott's Interview #1 - Transcription

Mrs. Ruth Gibbs' Oral History - Transcription

League of Women Voters - board meeting - December 1978

League of Women Voters - Board Meeting - November 1978

League of Women Voters - board meeting - annual meeting - March 1960

League of Women Voters - board meeting - January 1960

League of Women Voters - Board Meeting - September 1959

Residence - 891 W. William - Surface/Snelson Home