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Mabel at DHS

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Photograph of Mabel Grubbs and an unknown woman in front of Decatur High School.

Tags: Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Mabel Grubbs, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection, unknown woman

Mabel at DHS

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Photograph of Mabel Grubbs standing outside Decatur High School.

Tags: Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Grubbs family, Mabel Grubbs, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection

Mabel and an Unknown Woman at DHS

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Photograph of Mabel Grubbs and an unknown woman in front of Decatur High School.

Tags: Decatur High School, Decatur IL, DHS, Mabel Grubbs, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection, unknown woman

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.

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

L.V.

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Photograph of Louise Vent with Decatur High School in the background. The photo is labeled "L.V."

Tags: Decatur High School, Decatur IL, DHS, L.V., Louise Vent, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection

L.P.

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Photograph of Leah S. Pelton in front of Decatur High School. The photo is labeled "L.P."

Tags: Decatur High School, Decatur IL, DHS, L.P., Leah S. Pelton, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection

James E. Henson's Oral History

This is the oral history of James E. Henson. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 26, 1984. The interview includes his career as a lawyer, and Decatur when he was young.

Tags: 1984, automobile, Bar Association, bar exam, Betty Turnell, Bloomington IL, childhood, circuit judge, Clara May Morthland Henson, County bridge, County building, county judge, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Departmental School, divorce law, Donald W. Morthland, early Decatur, Emanual Rosenberg, Eva Josephine Young, Fairview Shopping Center, family law, family life, Faries Park, Henson Morthland and Bolin, Henson Morthland and Henson, Illinois Wesleyan University, Interurban, interview, Jackson Street School, James Atlas Henson, James E. Henson, James Millikin University, January 1984, Lake Decatur, law practice, Lost Bridge, Macon County Court, Macon County Jail, Macon County Sheriff, Maffitt Street Bridge, Martin E. Morthland, Masonic Temple, oral history, Ray's Bridge, recording, Richard F. Morthland, Riverside School, Sangamon River, Staley Office Building

Jack Eisele - DHS 1923

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This is the glass negative of Jack Eisele, a Decatur High School student. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in 1923.

Tags: 1923, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, DHS, Glass Negative, Jack Eisele, man, negative, student, Wasson Studios

J. Brant - Decatur High School

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This is the glass negative of J. Brant, taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 20th century. He was a student at Decatur High School when this photo was taken.

Tags: c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, DHS, Glass Negative, J. Brant, man, Wasson Studios

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