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- Tags: Millikin University
Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1
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, oral history, out houses., pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone
J.C. Hostetler's Oral History
Tags: 1985, 250 W. Prairie Ave., 4F, Albany Medical College, Bank Moritorium, Baseball, Bedford IN, Betty Turnell, bond salesman, Brigadier General Albert Decatur Kniskern, business courses, 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 Insurance Company, Northwestern University, oral history, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Quartermaser General's Packing House Division, recording, Robert B. Hostetler, suppurating ear, Susan May Newland, 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
Dr. Jere Mickel's Oral History
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, oral history, Pandora Players, Peru NE, Ph.D in Theatre and English, Ph.D., plays, prejudice, Professor, Professor of Speech, Radio, recording, retirement pension, Robert Maynard Hutchins, School of Theatre, show business, Sir Anthony, speech, speech training, talking pictures, teaching, telecourse, Texas State College for Women, University of Chicago, University of Montana
Dr. H.J. Burstein's Oral History
Tags: 1979, apprentice pharmacist, Article, Betty Turnell, Chicago Dermalogic Society, Citizen's Building, communicable diseases, conservatory, Cook County Hospital, D.M. Swarthout, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Medical Society, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur Oratorio choir, dermatology, District Health Superintendent, Doctor, Dr. H.J. Burstein, family life, February 1979, Gastman School, Goodman Band, Great Depression, Illinois College of Medicine, internship, interview, Lincoln Square Theatre, Marietta School, Max Von Luen Swarthout, medical practice, medical school, Millikin Orchestra, Millikin University, Miss Florence Brown, Music, music festival, neurology, Noah Worcester Dermalogic Society, old Masonic Temple Building, oral history, Professor Neice, recording, residency, St. Mary's Hospital, St. Patrick's Catholic Church, State of Illinois Health Department, University of Cincinnati, University of Illinois, venereal disease, violin lessons, Wood School
Dr. C.R. Cassity's Oral History
Tags: 1989, Adelia Sinkov, algebra, American Mathematical Society, Army Security Agency, Betty Turnell, cathedral, Chief Signal Officer of the Army, childhood, Community Concert Association, computer department, cryptanalysis, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr. C.R. Cassity, electrical contracting business, Elizabeth Smith, Environmental Research Corporation, family life, farm, farming, first street lighting, General Electric, geometry, Hudson River, interview, Masters Degree, mathematics, May 1989, Michigan State University, Millikin University, missile and space division, Music, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, New York City, one-room country school, oral history, Orange NJ, Ph.D, publications, recording, Red Cross, SIAM, St. Paul MN, The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, tunnel, University of Illinois, University of Michigan, Westinghouse, William F. Friedman
William Franklin's Oral History
Tags: 1986, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bill Franklin, Citizen's Building, clients, Customers, Danville IL, Decatur Club, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, insurance business, interview, March 1986, Millikin University, Mobil Corporation, Navy, office manager, oral history, recording, service station, Socony Vacuum Oil Company, St. James School, St. Patrick's Grade School, St. Teresa High School, Stephen Decatur High School, trucking firm, William Franklin, World War II
Dorothy Austin's Oral History
Tags: 1984, Austin family history, Benjamin Austin, Betty Turnell, Blue Mound IL, Bookkeeper, cashier, childhood, Decatur IL, Dennis School, Dorothy Austin, Eleanor Warnick, family history, February 1984, first automobile, former students, George Muirhead, Hieronymous Mueller, interview, J.C. Penney Store, Longview Housing Project, Mary W. French School, Millikin University, Mr. J.C. Penney, Mr. Ullrich, Mrs. Ewing, Oakland School, oral history, Principal, recording, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Stephen Decatur High School, Teacher, teaching, Ullrich School, University of Illinois, William Austin
R. Lee Slider's Oral History
Tags: "para-archaeologist", 1984, archaeological surveys, archaeology, Betty Turnell, Bob Hall, Bruce McMillan, Buses, C.G. Holland, Civil War Roundtable, community transportation, construction business, County Board of Supervisors, cultural interpreter, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, environmentalism, Florence White, Fort Daniel Regional Park, Friends Creek Regional Park, G.I. Bill, Great Depression, Griswold Conservation area, Illinois State Museum, impersonation, interpretive naturalist, interview, January 1984, Korean War, letter for gasoline, Longbons Roofing and Sheet Metal Company, Macon County Conservation District, Macon County Historical Society, Melody Arnold, Millikin University, Navy, Norman Greenberg, Oakley Reservoir, oral history, pre-historic Indian sites, R. Lee Slider, recording, Rock Springs, Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery, Rommel's African Corps, ROTC, Sand Creek Reservation, Smithsonian Institute, The Illinois Conservation Act, Trobaugh log house, vice-president, war trophies, World War II
David Satterfield's Oral History
Tags: "Iron Man" Joe McGinnity, 1983, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Company, A.E. Staley Sr., Baseball, Betty Turnell, Boy Scout camp, Charlie Dressen, Chicago Bears, corn starch, cream corn starch, David Satterfield, Decatur IL, Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur Staleys, DMH, fabric softener, Football, George Halas, interview, January 1983, Lake Decatur, Millikin University, oral history, recording, soybeans, Sta-Puff laundry, Staley Bears, Staley building, Staley Company, Staley Library, Staley Pancake Syrup, staley swimming pool, Staley teams, Staley Viaduct, Staley wing, Wagner fruit drinks, YMCA
Amherst Hardy's Oral History
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