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Public Building Structures - Alice G. Evans' Public Library - 1429 North Jasper

This is the historical account of the public building structure of Alice G. Evans' Public Library

Tags: articles, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, city directory, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Durfee School, E. J. Kibele, Herald and Review, library, Macon County Opportunity Corp., photos, S. A. Clausen

Photographs Durfee School Kindergarten Class

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Photographs of Children in Kindergarten Class at Durfee School, 1941.

Tags: 5/20/1941, Decatur IL., Decatur Public Schools, Durfee School, Kindergarten, Schools, Students

Photographs of Durfee School and H. B. Durfee

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Photograph of first Durfee School Building, School with addition and H. B. Durfee.

Tags: 1015/1934, 1892, 1910, building, Decatur Public Schools, Durfee School, H. B. Durfee, Herald and Review, Schools, Students

Photographs of Students at Durfee School, Decatur, IL.

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Durfee School Classroom Photographs taken in 1931.

Tags: 2/25/1931, Classroom Pictures, Decatur IL., Durfee School, Group Photographs, Group Pictures, Schools

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.

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

Photograph of the Durfee School Building

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Photograph of the Durfee School building taken in 1910.

Tags: 1910, building, Decatur IL, Durfee, Durfee School, exterior, Herald and Review, Photo File: Schools, school, School Building, Schools

Photographs of the Durfee School Nursery and Kindergarten

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Photographs of the Durfee School nursery and kindergarten taken on May 20th, 1941.

Tags: 1941, Children, Classroom, Decatur IL, Durfee, Durfee School, Kindergarten, Nursery, Photo File: Schools, Playing, school, Schools

Various Class Photographs from Durfee School

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Various class photographs from Durfee School taken on February 25th, 1931.

Tags: 1931, Children, Class, Class Photo, Classes, Decatur IL, Durfee, Durfee School, Group, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools

Photograph of the Durfee Library Branch

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Photograph of the Durfee branch library which was the first branch of the Decatur Public Library. It was located in the Durfee school building and it moved to the Alice G. Evans branch library.

Tags: Alice G. Evans, Alice G. Evans Branch, Branch, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Durfee, Durfee Branch, Durfee School, First Branch, library, Library Branches, Location, Photo File: Library, Public, Public Library

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