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Jane Hamand Correspondence Collection finding aid #5.001

This is the finding aid for the Jane Hamand Correspondence Collection (5.001).

Tags: 5.001, collection, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, finding aid, Jane Hamand, Jane Hamand Correspondence Collection, September 2014

Jane Conklin Bering's Oral History

This is the oral history of Jane Conklin Bering. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in May 1977. The interview covers her life in Decatur, playing golf, and working with the Red Cross.

Tags: Decatur IL, family history, golf, Jane Conklin Bering, Red Cross

Jan De Graff

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Photograph of Jan De Graff, a prominent Decatur contractor in the early 1900s. He mainly worked as a general contractor who erected many of the foremost residences. This photo was taken by Vandeventer, and used in the Decatur Daily Review on…

Tags: 1911, biography, contractor, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Jan De Graff, Photo File: Biography, Vandeventer

James Snoke - 2 Children

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This is the glass negative of James Snoke's two children of Cisco, IL. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: 2 children, c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Children, Cisco IL, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, James Snoke, negative, two children, Wasson Studios

James Siburt's Oral History

This is the oral history of James Siburt. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 31, 1984. The interview covers his time working for the Railway Express.

James S. Carter

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Postcard of James S. Carter (d. 4/27/1922). He was the oldest man at the time that was born in Decatur. Carter was a prominent member in Masonry, and one of the oldest members of the Dunham Post #141 of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was a…

Tags: 152 W. Prairie St., 1917, accountant, biography, Civil War, Decatur Club building, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Dunham Post #141, GAR, Grand Army of the Republic, James S. Carter, Masonry, Photo File: Biography, postcard, veteran

James Monroe Willard

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Photograph of James Monroe Willard; (died 4/18/1940). Macon County pioneer and extensive landowner. He was once vice president of the Municipal Electric Co. and was treasurer of the Culver Monument Co. in about 1900. Later he was one of the owners of…

Tags: biography, Continental Electric Co., Culver Monument Co., Decatur IL., James Monroe Willard, James Willard, Macon Lodge No. 8, Masons, Municipal Electric Co., Nicholson Photo Decatur, Photo File: Biography, Summit Lodge No. 431