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Local History Museum and Archive Development Analysis Report - September 2009

This is the local history room and archives development analysis report containing information dealing with asbestos containing material, renovation and construction, options, concerns, center map, and opening bid in September 2009

Tags: asbestos containing material, board of directors, Board of Trustees, concerns, Construction, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Development Analysis Report, Lee Ann Fisher, Local History Room and Archives, opening bid, options, renovation, September 2009

Clarence Sowers' Oral History

This is the oral history of Clarence Sowers. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell. The interview includes his career in construction.

Tags: 1st contract, 8th grade education, Amusement Park, automobile mechanic, bricklayer foreman, bricklayers trade, bull ring, casino, catholic schools, changes in construction, changes to Decatur, childhood, Churches, Construction, Cuba tour, customer loyalty, Decatur IL, Dreamland Park, Fairview Park, family, Florida, freight foreman, future of Decatur, garden, Great Depression, Hawaii, health issues, Indiana, interview, Jasper County IL, Juarez, Linn & Scruggs building, Lodge, Macon School, Mexico, Nassau Bahamas, oral history, Pennsylvania Railroad, photography, recording, retirement, Sarasota FL, shoveling coal, Staley Company, Streetcars, Travel, union, Wabash Railroad, wildcat whistle, World War I, World War II, WPA workers, WWI, WWII

Hugh Baker's Oral History

This is the oral history of Hugh Baker. 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, oral history, pasteurization, Plant 3, public parks, recording, Recreation, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Salvation Army board, sanitary conditions, South Shores, sterilization, tenant's house, The Mueller Land Improvement Trust, University of Michigan, World War I

Construction Grant Agreement Resolution - March 17, 1972

This is the resolution to acknowledge the work accomplished through the Construction Grant Agreement on the renovation of the North St. Building into the new main library building.

Tags: 1972, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Carol A. Brandt, Construction, Construction Grant Agreement, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, March 1972, North St. building, Resolution

Board of Directors Meeting on January 16, 1970

This is the agenda and minutes from the Board of Directors meeting on January 16, 1970. At this meeting, they discussed the reorganization of the books from the closed Dill Branch and what would happen to the Evans Branch now that work was being…

Tags: 1970, Agenda, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Construction, Decatur Public Library, Dill Branch, Evans Branch, January 1970, Minutes, Robert Dumas

Photographs of the Construction of Kintner Gym

Various photographs taken during the construction of Kintner Gym which was built for Decatur High School in 1940.

Tags: 1940, building, Construction, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Gym, Herald and Review, high school, Kintner, Kintner Gym, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools, Stephen Decatur High School, WPA

Photograph of the Wabash R.R. Faries Park Bridge during Construction

Photograph of the Wabash R.R. Faries Park bridge while under construction. This bridge was completed in August of 1907.

Tags: 1907, Bridges, Construction, Decatur IL, Faries Bridge, Faries Park, Herald and Review, Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, train, Trains, Wabash, Wabash R.R.

Photos of Staley Viaduct Construction, North 22nd Street, 1927.

Photographs of the Staley Viaduct Construction, North 22nd Street, in 1927.

Tags: 1927, Construction, Decatur IL., Herald and Review, N. 22nd Street, Photo File: Streets, Staley Viaduct, Streets

Photographs of the Illinois Traction System Subway at Harrison Ave.

Photographs of the Illinois Traction System subway at Harrison Ave. during construction, taken in 1910.

Tags: 1910, Construction, Decatur IL, Harrison Ave., Harrison Subway, Herald and Review, Illinois Traction Railroad, Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, Subway

Photographs of the Illinois Traction System Shops Under Construction

Photographs of the Illinois Traction System shops under construction, date unknown.

Tags: building, Construction, Decatur IL, Herald and Review, Illinois Traction System, Photo File: Railroads, railroad, Railroads, Shops

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