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Residence - 891 W. William - Surface/Snelson Home

These are historical accounts of the residence and its owners at 891 W. William

Mrs. Horace B. Garman's Oral History (Ethel Garman)

This is the oral history of Mrs. Horace B. Garman. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on March 31, 1983. The interview includes her childhood and working at the YWCA.

Tags: "Crystal Bird" Club, "Decoration Day", "Frolic", "stock company", 1983, African-American girls club, Al Jolson, Alice Evans, army wives, Art Class, Bachrach store, Barney Fulton, Bijou Theatre, Billy Sunday, block man, Bob Hope, bond sales drives, Camp Kiwanis, Carnegie Library, childhood, Christmas store, colored girls, Corn Carnival, cottages, Crystal Bird, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Florence Love, Frank Curtis, Gastman School, Georgia Leaflet, Governor Oglesby Mansion, Great Depression, Greenwood Cemetery, Howard W. Schaub, interview, Jake Latham, Jane Hamand, Jane Hamilton, Kiwanis Club, Louis Nichol's candy store, March 1983, Marietta Street School, Miss Abel, Mrs. Alice Bering Evans, Mrs. James Millikin, new city dam, O.W. Smith, oral history, Powers Grand Opera House, Powers Grand Theatre, president, recording, Red Cross, renovated YWCA building, Roy Christy, Sam Malleous, social work, Study Class, vice-president, World War II, WWII, YWCA

September Board of Directors Meeting - 1998

This is the board of directors meeting packet of September 1998. At this meeting the members discussed and reviewed August minutes, city librarian's report, personnel policy and public relations, finance and properties, RPLS, Friends, Foundation,…

Tags: 1998, 3M self check machine, Adult Services, Agenda, art acquisition and display policy, August minutes, bad checks, Baker and Taylor, bills and payroll, board of directors, Board of Trustees, bookmobile schedule, Bright Ideas Grant, budget, children's division, Christmas closings, circ division, circ stats, City Librarian's Report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Decaturnet, Expenditures, finance and property, Foundation, friends, John Moorman, Law and You, Levy Request, library visits, maintenance division, Meeting, Minutes, Parking Lot, personnel policy and public relations, reports, Revenue, RPLS, Sears renovation, September 1998, SOS volunteers, Standards for Illinois Public Libraries, Statistical Report, Summer Reading Program, Tech service, thank you notes, Wasson collection, YWCA

YWCA Evening Gym Class

Negative of the YWCA evening gym class. Top row (left-right): Maud Taggart, Nell Wright, Edna Jones, Lulu Semmel. Second row (left-right): Winifred Carmany, Beulah Potts, Nellie Nolan, Fern Boland, Grace Wells. Third row (left-right): Marie Nolan,…

The Chanticleers - YWCA Basketball Team 1910

Negative of the Chanticleers, a 1910 YWCA basketball team. Left to right: Pearl Kruse, Frances Dutch, Inez Ruckle, Edna Cromer, Edith Cope, Nita Hannum, Gertrude Mallory. The photo ran in Decatur Daily Review on May 15, 1910.

Tags: 1910, associations, basketball, basketball team, Chanticleers, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, negative, Photo File: Associations, YWCA

YWCA Athletic Room

Negative of unknown women using the athletic room at the YWCA.

Tags: associations, athletics room, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, negative, Photo File: Associations, unknown women, YWCA

YWCA Swimming Group

Negative of a group of unknown women playing in the pool at the YWCA.

Tags: associations, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, negative, Photo File: Associations, swimming group, unknown women, YWCA

YWCA Swim Class

Negative of an unknown woman in the pool participating in a YWCA swim class on January 17, 1941.

Tags: 1941, associations, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Photo File: Associations, swim class, unknown woman, YWCA

Synchronized Swimming at the YWCA's Old Pool

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Photograph of synchronized swimming at the YWCA's old pool on May 4, 1944.

Tags: 1944, associations, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, old pool, Photo File: Associations, synchronized swimming, unknown people, YWCA

The Balbach Stars - YWCA Basketball Team 1908

Photograph of the 1908 YWCA basketball team, the Balbach Stars. Back row (left-right): Nita Hannum, Carrie Auer. Front row (left-right): Lora Park, Rose Ruckle, Caroline Metz, Josephine Kirk. The photograph ran in the Decatur Daily Review on…

Tags: 1908, associations, Balbach Stars, basketball, basketball team, Caroline Metz, Carrie Auer, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Josephine Kirk, Lora Park, Nita Hannum, Photo File: Associations, Rose Ruckle, YWCA

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