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Emanual Rosenberg's Oral History

This is the oral history of Emanual Rosenberg. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on April 6, 1979. The interview includes his career as a lawyer, and the social and religious organizations he's involved in.

Tags: 1979, April 1979, assistant state's attorney, Betty Turnell, Boys' Opportunity Home, childhood, Community Lectures, David Johnson, debating team, Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur Community concerts, Decatur High School, Decatur Mental Health Center, Departmental School, divorce law, Edwards Hayes, Emanual Rosenberg, Europe, family life, Fortnightly Club, Hannah Gevirtz, Holy Rollers, Horace Garman, interview, Israel, Jackson School, Joseph Rosenberg, Judaism, law school, lawyer, Lincoln Square, Masonic Temple, Millikin building, Mr. Charles Evans, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Northwestern University, oral history, Parlor Market, Point Downing, recording, SATC, Stephen Decatur High School, Student Army Training Corps, Temple B'Nai Abraham, traveling, United Fund, United Jewish Appeal, Wayne Bickes, Webster-Cantrall Hall, World War I, WWI

Photograph of the Jacob Henry Coonradt Memorial Tablet

Photograph of the Jacob Henry Coonradt memorial tablet. This tablet, which had resided in Decatur High School, was given in appreciation of the long teaching service Coonradt had given the school. He taught there from September 5th, 1881 to December…

Tags: 1925, Coonradt, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Herald and Review, high school, Jacob Coonradt, Jacob Henry Coonradt, Memorial, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools, Stephen Decatur High School, Tablet, Teacher

Photograph of the Class of 1950 Reunion

Photograph of the Class of 1950 forty year reunion taken during alumni weekend in June of 1990. Names listed left to right.
Row One: William M. Tangney, Merril Cameron Dees '48, Mrs. Staley, Alice Jones Lambrick, Bill Dickinson, Marian Anderson…

Tags: 1950, 1990, Alumni, Alumni Weekend, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Group, high school, High School Reunion, Photo File: Schools, reunion, school, Schools, Stephen Decatur High School

Photographs of the Interior of Decatur High School

Photographs of the interior of Decatur High School including the gym, auditorium, the girls locker room, a science classroom and the music room taken around 1940.

Photographs of the Exterior of Decatur High School

Photographs of Decatur High School taken shortly before it was demolished in 1977. The High School was built at 400 N Franklin St. in 1911.

Tags: 1/20/1977, 1977, building, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Demolition, exterior, Facade, Franklin St., high school, James A. Woodruff, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools, Stephen Decatur High School, Woodruff

Photographs of the Exterior of Decatur High School

Photographs of the exterior of the Decatur High School main building taken at an unknown date and Kintner Gym taken in 1940.

Tags: 1940, building, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, exterior, Gym, Herald and Review, high school, Kintner, Kintner Gym, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools, Stephen Decatur High School, WPA

Photographs of the Construction of Kintner Gym

Various photographs taken during the construction of Kintner Gym which was built for Decatur High School in 1940.

Tags: 1940, building, Construction, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Gym, Herald and Review, high school, Kintner, Kintner Gym, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools, Stephen Decatur High School, WPA

Jim Culbertson's Oral History

This is the oral history of Jim Culbertson. He was interviewed by Shirley Kistler on 4/5/2017. The interview covers his time in Springfield, with the Springfield Municipal Band, at Western Illinois University, student teaching, how he learned to…

Tags: Decatur IL, Jim Culbertson, MacArthur High School, Springfield IL, Springfield Municipal Band, Stephen Decatur High School, student teaching, Western Illinois University

1977 Stephen Decatur High School Decanois

This is the 1977 Stephen Decatur High School Decanois yearbook.

Tags: 1977, Decanois, Decatur IL, high school, Stephen Decatur High School, yearbook

1976 Stephen Decatur High School

This is the 1976 Stephen Decatur High School Decanois yearbook.

Tags: 1976, Decanois, Decatur IL, high school, Stephen Decatur High School, yearbook

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