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Dorothy Austin's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of Dorothy Austin's oral history. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 21, 1984. The interview includes her family history, childhood, working at J.C. Penney, and her work at Ullrich School.

Lee D. Pigott's Interview #1 - Transcription

This is the transcription of Lee D. Pigott's first oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 30, 1978. The interview includes his youth and his teaching career.

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Mrs. O.L. Myers' Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of the oral history of Mrs. O.L. Myers. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in August 1981. The interview includes her childhood, and early Decatur.

Mrs. O.L. Myers' Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of the oral history of Mrs. O.L. Myers. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in August 1981. The interview includes her childhood, and early Decatur.

Lee D. Pigott's Interview #1 - Recording

This is the recording of Lee D. Pigott's first oral history. 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, OH83, 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, sound recording, Spanish flu, staff utilization, Superintendent Engleman, Third United Brethren Church, Torrence Park, transcription, 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

Dorothy Austin's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of Dorothy Austin's oral history. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 21, 1984. The interview includes her family history, childhood, working at J.C. Penney, and her work at Ullrich School.

Mr. Donald E. Minton's Oral History

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