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Photo of Music Event at DHS Athletic Field

Photograph of people at Decatur High School athletic field watching students perform.

Tags: 7/19/1951, Decatur High School, Decatur IL., DHS Athletic Field, EV100, Events, Festivals, Music

Photos Decatur High School Reunions

Photograph of Decatur High School Reunion, 11/16/1952. Photograph of Decatur High School 35th Reunion 9/10/1960.

Tags: 11/16/1952, 9/10/1960, Decatur High School, Decatur IL., DHS, EV207, EV208, Events, Festivals, Macon County IL., Reunions

Charles E. Lee's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Charles E. Lee's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in December 1980. The interview includes his early life, his education, time in the U.S. Navy, law career, time in the IL state Senate, time as Mayor of…

Mr. Donald E. Minton's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Donald E. Minton's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on November 14, 1988. The interview includes his time with the Decatur Fire Department.

Martha A. Montgomery's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Martha A. Montgomery's oral history. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in November 1976. The interview includes her early life, family history, time in the Navy, teaching career, and time spent with the Macon County…

Ralph Owen's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Ralph Owen's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 6, 1987. The interview covers childhood, businesses, the Franklin Mall, Franklin Travel Agency, and the Lake Shore Club condominiums.

Amherst Hardy's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Amherst Hardy's oral history. He was interviewed by Robert Williams on February 28, 1990. The interview includes his early life, working for the Herald and Review, and his experience during World War II.

Tags: 1990, Amherst Hardy, amphibian forces, assembly plants, Associated Press A-Wire, Barracks, bill collector, Blue Book, Bob Barricks, Bob Yoder, Buryl Engleman, Buses, carnivals, CCC Camp, changes to Decatur, Circus, city hall, Civilian Concentration Corps, Comet automobile, David Felts, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Dennis School, destroyer tender repair ship, English major, Espirito Santo, February 1990, flash signals, Football, Forrest Kyle, Great Depression, H. Allen Smith, ham radio, hospital evacuation ship, Howard Millard, interurban line, interview, Jane Lee, Japan, Jeffry automobile, Jitney buses, John Stacey hanging, Kennedy Assassination, Kintner Gymnasium, Layah Riggs, Lincoln Theater, Millikin University, Morse code, Moweaqua coal mine collapse, Mr. Lindsay, Navy, newsboys, newspaper plant, OH58, old courthouse, oral history, Otto Kyle, Pan-American automobile, Paul Aird, police beat, prize fights, Prohibition, PWA, radio man, recording, reporter, Robert Williams, Roosevelt Junior High School, Roosevelt New Deal Program, Sam Tucker, SATC, Shellabarger Building, short wave radio, sound recording, Streetcars, Student Army Training Corps, telegraph reporter, transcription, trip to Maine, vaccinating pigs, Veterinarian, wooden block pavement, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII

Emanual Rosenberg's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Emanual Rosenberg's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on April 6, 1979. The interview includes his career as a lawyer, and the social and religious organizations he's involved in.

Tags: 1979, April 1979, assistant state's attorney, Betty Turnell, Boys' Opportunity Home, childhood, Community Lectures, David Johnson, debating team, Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur Community concerts, Decatur High School, Decatur Mental Health Center, Departmental School, divorce lawn, Edwards Hayes, Emanual Rosenberg, Europe, family life, Fortnightly Club, Hannah Gevirtz, Holy Rollers, Horace Garman, interview, Israel, Jackson School, Joseph Rosenberg, Judaism, law school, lawyer, Lincoln Square, Masonic Temple, Millikin building, Mr. Charles Evans, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Northwestern University, OH46, oral history, Parlor Market, Point Downing, recording, SATC, sound recording, Stephen Decatur High School, Student Army Training Corps, Temple B'Nai Abraham, transcription, traveling, United Fund, United Jewish Appeal, Wayne Bickes, Webster-Cantrall Hall, World War I, WWI

R. Lee Slider's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of R. Lee Slider's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 20, 1984. The interview includes his early life, archaeological experience, and work with the Macon County Conservation District.

Tags: "para-archaeologist", 1984, archaeological surveys, archaeology, Betty Turnell, Bob Hall, Bruce McMillan, Buses, C.G. Holland, Civil War Roundtable, community transportation, construction business, County Board of Supervisors, cultural interpreter, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, environmentalism, Florence White, Fort Daniel Regional Park, Friends Creek Regional Park, G.I. Bill, Great Depression, Griswold Conservation area, Illinois State Museum, impersonation, interpretive naturalist, interview, January 1984, Korean War, letter for gasoline, Longbons Roofing and Sheet Metal Company, Macon County Conservation District, Macon County Historical Society, Melody Arnold, Millikin University, Navy, Norman Greenberg, Oakley Reservoir, OH50, oral history, pre-historic Indian sites, R. Lee Slider, recording, Rock Springs, Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery, Rommel's African Corps, ROTC, Sand Creek Reservation, Smithsonian Institute, sound recording, The Illinois Conservation Act, transcription, Trobaugh log house, vice-president, war trophies, World War II, WWII

William Franklin's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of William Franklin's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on March 18, 1986. The interview includes his childhood, work in insurance, and family life.

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