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Illinois National Guard parading down N. Main St. in downtown Decatur, IL c. 1918

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Illinois National Guard parading down N. Main St. in downtown Decatur, IL c. 1918

Tags: Decatur, Illinois National Guard, World War I, WWI

Illinois Traction System Employees Marching in the Parade

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WWI - I.T.S. (Illinois Traction System employees) in the Red Cross parade May 1918. See Red Cross 1918, p. 29.

Tags: Decatur IL, I.T.S., Parade, Red Cross, World War I, WWI

J.C. Hostetler's Oral History

This is the oral history of J.C. Hostetler. 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, 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

Jackson School Boys - Red Cross Workers

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WWI - Group Photograph of Jackson School Boys, c. 1918. Writing on photograph "Jackson School Boys - Red Cross Workers"

Tags: Decatur IL., Jackson School, Red Cross, World War I, WWI

Joe Murphy - A True Son of Erin

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Photograph of Joe Murphy on a ship in his Navy uniform during World War I. The back of the photo is labeled "A true son of Erin, Joe Murphy".

Tags: Joe Murphy, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Navy, Roberts Family Collection, World War I, WWI

This is the glass negative of Joseph Means, a U.S. Army soldier in his uniform. He was a member of Battery D, 75th Artillery. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL c. 1918.

Tags: 75th Artillery, Battery D, c. 1918, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Joseph Means, man, negative, Soldier, U.S. Army, uniform, US Army, Wasson Studios, World War I, WWI

Knitting Club, Warren School, Sept 1917

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WWI - Knitting club at Warren Elementary School, Sept. 1917. See Schools of Macon County, pg. 5.

Tags: Children, Decatur IL., Knitting Club, Macon County IL, Warren School, World War I, WWI

Lee D. Pigott's Interview #1

This is the oral history of Lee D. Pigott. 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, fathers' club, forced retirement, Ford Foundation, Gaither farm, Gastman School, Great Lakes Naval Academy, growth pattern, gymnasium, high school diploma, ice wagon, Illinois Junior High School Association, industrial education, interview, janitor, January 1978, Kansas, Kansas City MO, Ku Klux Klan, 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, Murphysburo IL, Naval Aviation, North Central Association, Oakland Junior High School, Oakland School, 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, Spanish flu, staff utilization, Superintendent Engleman, Third United Brethren Church, Torrence Park, 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

Lee D. Pigott's Oral History #2

This is the second oral history of Lee D. Pigott. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in June 1982. The interview includes his time as a minister.

Leo T. Johnson

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Photograph of Leo T. Johnson. He was attended Millikin University, and was the head football coach for 14 years there. Johnson became the track coach at University of Illinois in 1937. He was a past president of the Decatur Kiwanis Club, and a…

Tags: 1917, biography, Decatur Country Club, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Kiwanis Club, head football coach, Leo T. Johnson, Millikin University, Photo File: Biography, president, track coach, University of Illinois, veteran, Wasson Studios, World War I, WWI

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Illinois National Guard parading down N. Main St. in downtown Decatur, IL c. 1918

Illinois Traction System Employees Marching in the Parade

J.C. Hostetler's Oral History

Jackson School Boys - Red Cross Workers

Joe Murphy - A True Son of Erin

Joseph Means - U.S. Army

Knitting Club, Warren School, Sept 1917

Lee D. Pigott's Interview #1

Lee D. Pigott's Oral History #2

Leo T. Johnson