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- Tags: 1986
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
Statistical Report December 1986
Special meeting of the Board of Directors August 1986.
Photographs from Decatur Celebration in 1986
Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson's Oral History
Tags: 1986, 4-H, Bethany IL, Betty Turnell, big hook, Boy Scouts, childhood, choir, clothing donation, Decatur IL, Decatur Roundhouse, diesel locomotives, electric welding trade, family life, First United Methodist Church, Forsyth IL, grease cup filler, Great Depression, handyman, Hubert Bankson, interview, labor gang, machinist, machinist's helper, March 1986, Marilyn Bankson, Mexico, mission, Mr. and Mrs. William Bankson, Mrs. William Bankson, Music, North Dakota, oral history, passenger trains, recording, steam crane, Steam Locomotives, train wrecks, Trains, travelling, Wabash Railroad, William Bankson, wrecker, wrecking crew
Monthly meeting of the Board of Directors October 1986.
Tags: 1986, ad hoc committee, Agenda, board of directors, Board of Trustees, book mobile, circ stats, city survey, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, evaluation committee goals, Expenditures, finance and properties committee, Friends of the Library, grant, insurance, James Seidl, maintenance and repairs, Meeting, Minutes, OCLC, Personnel and public relations committee, RPLS, semi-annual book sale, signage, U of I
Monthly meeting of the Board of Directors November 1986
Tags: 1986, Agenda, avenues of excellence, Board Members, board of directors, Board of Trustees, cataloging department, circ stats, city survey, Code revision, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Donations, endowment, evaluation committee, Expenditures, finance and properties committee, James Seidl, Library Code, Meeting, meeting room policy, Minutes, November 1986, OCLC, personnel and public relation committee, Policy Code, PR, RPLS, staff training, vacation time
Monthly meeting of the Board of Directors April 1986
Tags: 1986, Agenda, April 1986, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bookmobile, CD's, circ stats, CLSI, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Expenditures, finance and properties committee, Home Reading Department, IBM-AT computer, in-house survey, James Seidl, maintenance and repairs, Meeting, Minutes, monthly meeting, Personnel and public relations committee, press coverage, Project Read, search committee, telephone system
Loren Boatman's Oral History
Tags: "live line" truck, 1986, August 1986, Betty Turnell, Bill Cecil, boating, cable television, cameras, Carl Hickerson, Carlinville IL, changes to broadcasting, changes to meteorology, Channel 17, childhood, Decatur Celebration, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Don Foreman, government weather observer, interview, J. Giles, Korean War, Lake Decatur, Lakeview High School, lights, live broadcasts, live commercials, Loren Boatman, MacArthur High School, master's degree, meteorologist, Meteorology, microphones, microwave dishes, Navy Indiana State Teacher's College, Northwestern Midshipman School, Northwestern University, oral history, Pacific Ocean, photography, piano, recording, Southern Illinois University, Teacher, Television, travelling, University of Illinois, WAND
Frankye Morgan's Oral History
Tags: "Cotton Ball", 1986, African Methodist Episcopal Church, Awards, beauty school, Betty Turnell, bi-centennial celebration, Black History Week, Blue Mound IL, brotherhood week, car cleaner, car oiler, Centennial School, Central Christian Church, Chatanooga TN, Chicago IL, childhood, choir, cosmetology course, Decatur IL, discrimination, Elementary Education, First Baptist Church Westminster Presbyterian Church, First Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, food awards, Frankye Morgan, Garden Club of Decatur, gardening, gardening awards, Grant's farm, Home Economics, Illinois Junior Academy of Science, integration, interview, January 1986, Joe Russell, John's Hill School, Josie Russell, Leotyne Price, Lincoln School, Madison IL, master's degree, Moler Beauty College, Museum of Science and Industry, Northwestern University, oral history, Parent-Teacher Association, physical education, PTA award, racial relations, racial tension, recording, Redwood Restaurant, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Rosarian, Science, Science Club, science fair, singing, Smith-Hughes Act, Springfield Civic Garden Club, Springfield Garden Club, St. Paul's Lutheran Church, summer school, summer science course, Teacher, teaching, Tennessee State University, U of I Extension department, weather balloon, Wilberforce University, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Xenia OH