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Dr. Jere Mickel's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Dr. Jere Mickel's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in May 1980. The interview includes his career as a theater and speech professor.

Tags: "Blues for Mr. Charlie", "The Rivals", 1980, acting, actor, actors, Albert Taylor Hall, Betty Turnell, Bill Miller, Chairman of department, Chicago IL, Classics, criticism, Dr. Jere Mickel, Episcopal Church, Ford Foundation, Four Year College, G.I. influx, Gianni Schecchi, golden anniversary, Goodman Theatre, Great Depression, Greek, Humanities, interview, Korean War, L.C. McNabb, Latin, Little Theatre Guild, low pay scale, Madame Butterfly, Masonic Temple, May 1980, Millikin University, Mr. Hutchin's Experimental College, Mr. Norville, Mrs. Edith McNabb, OH69, oral history, Pandora Players, Peru NE, Ph.D., Ph.D. in Theatre and English, plays, prejudice, Professor, Professor of Speech, Radio, recording, retirement pension, Robert Maynard Hutchins, School of Theatre, show business, Sir Anthony, sound recording, speech, speech training, talking pictures, teaching, telecourse, Texas State College for Women, transcription, University of Chicago, University of Montana

J.C. Hostetler's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of J.C. Hostetler's oral history . He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 20, 1985. The interview includes his family history, childhood, and career in insurance and banking.

Tags: 1985, 250 W. Prairie Ave., 4F, Albany Medical College, Bank Moritorium, Baseball, Betty Turnell, bond salesman, changes in banking, Chicago IL, Chief Surgeon, childhood, Cincinnati OH, city planning commission, Decatur IL, draft, estate work, Everett Mueller, family history, February 1985, Football, Great Depression, Halsey-Stuart and Company, Henry W. Waggoner, interview, J.C. Hostetler, John Hancock Life, Joseph C. Hostetler, law school, Liberal Arts College, Mayor, Middle States School of Banking, Millikin National Bank, Millikin University, Minnie I. Waggoner, Miss S. E. Kenney, modern banking, Monaham foreclosures, Mueller Company, National Life of Vermont, neighborhood, Northwestern Mutual Life Company, Northwestern University, OH74, oral history, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Quartermaster General's Packing House Division, recording, Robert B. Hostetler, sound recording, sound recordings, suppurating ear, Susan May Newland, transcription, Union College, University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, University of Wisconsin, Wabash Railroad, William B. Hostetler, World War I, WWI, Zone 7 Supply Depot Quartermaster Corps

Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1 - Transcription

This is the transcription of Richard Rodgers' first oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 8 and 15, 1984. The interview includes his childhood, Decatur around World War I, and his work with Linn and Scruggs.

Tags: 1984, air conditioning, automobiles, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bijoux Theatre, Blue Book, board room, childhood, chimes, Clothing, Coal Mines, cook's stove, Decatur Civic Orchestra, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Downtown, electricity, Empress Theatre, family orchestra, February 1984, Federal Home Loan Act, Feltman and Curm, FHA, First Methodist Church broadcast, Great Depression, Gushard Building, Gushard store, homogenization, Interurban, interview, John Philip Sousa's band, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, marimba, Millikin Orchestra, Millikin University, Music, Musician, Newspapers, oboe, OH75, oral history, pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, sound recording, sound recordings, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, transcription, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone

Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson's oral history. They were interviewed by Betty Turnell on March 27, 1986. The interview includes his time with Wabash Railroad and their family life.

Mrs. Horace B. Garman's Oral History (Ethel Garman) - Transcription

This is the transcription of the oral history of Mrs. Horace B. Garman. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on March 31, 1983. The interview includes her childhood and working at the YWCA.

Tags: "Crystal Bird" Club, "Decoration Day", "Frolic", "stock company", 1983, African-American girls club, Al Jolson, Alice Evans, army wives, Art Class, Bachrach store, Barney Fulton, Bijou Theatre, Billy Sunday, block man, bond sales drives, Camp Kiwanis, Carnegie Library, childhood, Christmas store, colored girls, Corn Carnival, cottages, Crystal Bird, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Florence Love, Frank Curtis, Gastman School, Georgia Leaflet, Governor Oglesby Mansion, Great Depression, Greenwood Cemetery, Howard W. Schaub, interview, Jake Latham, Jane Hamand, Jane Hamilton, Kiwanis Club, Louis Nichol's candy store, March 1983, Marietta Street School, Miss Abel, Mrs. Alice Bering Evans, Mrs. James Millikin, new city dam, O.W. Smith, OH90, oral history, Powers Grand Opera House, Powers Grant Theatre, president, recording, Red Cross, renovated YWCA building, Roy Christy, Sam Malleous, social work, sound recording, Study Class, transcription, vice-president, World War II, WWII, YWCA

Mrs. Jane Lee's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of the oral history of Mrs. Jane Lee. She was interviewed by Robert Williams on January 31, 1990. The interview includes her life in Decatur, and working for the Herald and Review.

Tags: "HMS Pinafore", "Little Prince", "Quality Street", "Red Mill", 1990, Alex Van Praag Sr., Armistice Day, Betty Jo Eickenberry, Central Railroad Depot, childhood, classified ad department, DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution, Decatur and Macon County Hospital, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, DHS, DMCH, Dr. Jones, Elmer Nickel, Ethel Parkinson, Fires, Freda Douthit, GAR, Glee Club, Governor Oglesby Mansion board, Grand Army of the Republic, Great Depression, grocery stores, H.C. Schaub, Helen Gorman, Herald & Review, Herald and Review, home birth, Howard Millard, ice block, Illinois Central Railroad, Indian schools, international traveling, Interurban, Interurban station, interview, January 1990, Jeanette MacDonald, Lake Decatur, Lincoln School, Linn and Scruggs, Louise Fyke, Macon County Conservation District, Macon County Hospital, Macon County Newsletter, Marietta School, Moweaqua mine disaster, Mrs. Jane Lee, Mt. Zion IL, OH91, oral history, plays, Poetry, poetry club, recording, Red Cross, Robert Williams, Roosevelt Junior High School, Shellabarger Mansion, sound recording, St. Mary's Auxiliary, stalker, Stephen Decatur Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, streetcar, Switchboard, Toonerville Trolley, transcription, Transfer House, traveling, typing, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Women's Relief Corps, World War I, WWI

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

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

Mrs. Frank M. Ware

This is the oral history of Mrs. Frank M. Ware. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 31, 1984. The interview includes her childhood and career.

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

H.G. "Skinny" Taylor

This is the oral history of H.G. "Skinny" Taylor. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell. The interview includes his political career.

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