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League of Women Voters - board meeting - January 1968

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

Tags: Agenda, announcements, Barbara Tilley president, board meeting, Constitutional Convention, Decatur Public Schools, human resources and civil rights and liberties, League of Women Voters, Minutes, Persis Hamilton secretary

League of Women Voters - March 1953 - Board Meeting - Annual Meeting

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

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

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.

This is the oral history of Lester J. Grant. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on March 28, 1988. This interview covered his early life, time as the superintendent of Decatur Public Schools, and his retirement. Included with this oral history is…

Tags: Decatur IL, Decatur Public Schools, Lester J. Grant

Mr. W. Lindley Huff's Oral History

This is the oral history of W. Lindley Huff. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell with his wife, Helen, and granddaughter, Marcia Morey, in June 1979. The interview covered the Huff Lumber Co., his early life, the Great Depression, and his time on…

Tags: Decatur Public Schools, Great Depression, Helen Huff, Huff Lumber Co., Marcia Morey, W. Lindley Huff

Mrs. H.F. Carmichael's Oral History

This is the oral history of Mrs. H.F. Carmichael. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on December 1, 1977. This interview covers her early life, her husband's time in the Decatur Public School System, Billy Sunday's crusade in Decatur, her time in…

Tags: Billy Sunday, Decatur Art Class, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Schools, Mrs. H.F. Carmichael, Roosevelt School, Talking Books

Mrs. Ira N. (Mary) Barnes

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Photograph of Mrs. Mary Barnes (b. 5/13/1838, d. 8/22/1931), the wife of Dr. Ira N. Barnes. Mary Barnes was a charter member of the Decatur Art Class, and taught in the Decatur Public Schools for many years. Mary Barnes was also active in civic…

Tags: 1930, biography, civic educational organizations, Decatur Art Class, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Schools, Ira N. Barnes, Mary Barnes, Mrs. Ira N. (Mary) Barnes, Photo File: Biography