Browse Items (2 total) Tags: accounting firm Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Added H.G. "Skinny" Taylor This is the oral history of H.G. "Skinny" Taylor. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell. The interview includes his political career. Tags: "common man" retirement, "Mr. Republican", "Three Js", accounting firm, accounting major, appendix surgery, Betty Turnell, Campaign Manager, changes to Decatur, Civil Service, college politics, County Chairman, Decatur IL, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Factories, farming, Flat Rock IL, future of Decatur, Gerald Ford, Governor Green, Great Depression, H.G. "Skinny" Taylor, history/political science major, interview, Jake Hill, John Evans, Judge Baldwin, legionaires, media influence, Millikin University, oral history, patronage system, postmaster, precinct committeeman, psychology minor, recording, Republican Party, Richard Lyons, Richard Nixon, State Chairman of the Republican Party, trucking company, unions, World War I, WWI Edward J. Seymour's Oral History This is the oral history of Edward J. Seymour. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on October 23, 1986. The interview includes his time as a home builder and investment counselor. Tags: 1986, A.G. Edwards Company, accounting firm, Air Force, airplanes, Army, Army Specialized Training program, B-29s, Belleville IL, Betty Turnell, board room, bombs, broker, Carnegie Tech, Chicago IL, childhood, construction company, CPA, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Edward J. Seymour, engineering, family life, gasoline, Globe Balls, Himalayas, home building, housing collapse, India, industrial engineering, interview, investment counselor, link trainer instructor, Loyola University Chicago, North China, Oberweiss Securities of Chicago, October 1986, oleo capsule, oral history, polio, polio vaccine, Quebec Canada, recording, rehabilitation, spinal tap, supplies, Tampa FL, theatre usher, University of Illinois, Webber-Costello Company, world globe, World War II, WWII Featured Item Photos of Staley Viaduct Construction, North 22nd Street, 1927. Photographs of the Staley Viaduct Construction, North 22nd Street, in 1927.