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Charlotte Wait Holder's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Charlotte Wait Holder's oral history. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 10, 1985. This interview covers her life in decatur in the early 1900s.

Tags: 1985, Arcade Hotel, August 1985, Betty Turnell, Charlotte Wait Holder, Decatur IL, early Decatur, Fairview Park, Fishing Club, OH22, oral history, recording, sound recording, South Side Country Club, transcription

Wilfred Miller's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Wilfred Miller's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Trunell on June 28, 1985. The interview includes his time with the Post Office.

Tags: 1985, assistant postmaster, Betty Turnell, changes in Postal Service, Ft. Bragg, June 1985, Korean Conflict, New York City, OH34, oral history, Post Office, postmaster, recording, sound recording, transcription, Wilfred Miller, World War II, WWII

Donald Oppedal's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Donald Oppedal's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on May 24, 1985. The interview covers his time in the Navy and his retirement in Decatur.

Donald Muirhead's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Donald Muirhead's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell November 11, 1985. The interview includes his childhood, changes to farming, and his volunteerism.

Hugh Baker's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Hugh Baker's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on June 28, 1985. The interview includes his time working for the Mueller Company, and his father's dairy farm.

Tags: 1985, alcoholism committees, automobiles, Betty Turnell, building homes, changes to milking, Chatanooga TN, childhood, City Milk Inspector, civic boards, company town, Construction, Cows, Dairy Farm, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Mental Health Center, diptheria, electricity, epidemic, family life, farm, farmhouse, farming, Great Depression, harvest dinners, hired hands, hobbies, Hugh Baker, interview, June 1985, Liberty Bonds, marine engineering, Mary W. French School, mechanical engineering, Milk Delivery, Mueller City, Mueller Company, Mueller family, Mueller IL, Mueller Pottery Plant, naval architecture, OH65, oral history, pasteurization, Plant 3, public parks, recording, Recreation, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Salvation Army Band, sanitary conditions, sound recording, South Shores, sterilization, tenant's house, The Mueller Land Improvement Trust, transcription, University of Michigan, World War I, WWI

J.C. Hostetler's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of J.C. Hostetler's oral history . 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, Betty Turnell, bond salesman, 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 Company, Northwestern University, OH74, oral history, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Quartermaster General's Packing House Division, recording, Robert B. Hostetler, sound recording, sound recordings, suppurating ear, Susan May Newland, transcription, 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

League of Women Voters - Correspondence - 1985 - Decatur IL

This is a historical account of correspondence of the League of Women Voters of Macon County pertaining to correspondence with state and national representatives.

League of Women Voters - Projects - Marital Rights -1985

This is a historical account of the League of Women Voters of Macon County in Decatur

Tags: 1985, Child custody, Child support, Child support enforcement, Consensus discussion of divorce law in Illinois, Consensus report form dissolution of marriage, League of Women Voters, maintenance, Mandatory child support guidelines, marital rights, projects, Property Division, Visiting Divorce court rules

Robert Walters' Oral History

This is the oral history of Robert Walters. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in 1985. The interview covers his passion for painting and photography.

Mrs. Erma Wait Cook's Oral History

This is the oral history of Erma Wait Cook. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 14, 1985. The interview covers her family's businesses in Decatur, and her childhood.

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