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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

Photographs of Spectators Watching Monticello Play Gibson City on 2/15/1966.

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Photographs of spectators watching Monticello High School play Gibson City, it was win number 22 for Monticello.

Tags: 2/15/1966, audience, basketball, Gibson City High School, Monticello High School, Monticello IL., Piatt County IL., Schools, spectators, Sports

Photographs of Coaches at Monticello High School Basketball Game.

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Photographs of the coaches at Monticello Basketball game.

Tags: 2/15/1966, basketball, Coaches, Monticello High School, Monticello IL., Public Schools, Schools, Sports

Photographs Of Sporting Events in Monticello, IL.

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Photographs of Monticello basketball players, coaches, cheerleaders.

Tags: 2/15/1966, basketball, Cheerleaders, Coaches, Monticello High School, Monticello IL., Players, Public Schools, Schools, Sports

Photographs of Decatur High School Games

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Photos of Decatur High School Basketball Games

Tags: 1945, Action, basketball, Decatur High School, Decatur IL., DHS, Game, Pana, Schools

Photographs of Eisenhauer Sports Teams

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Photographs of Eisenhauer Football Team, Basketball Team, and Baseball Teams, State Champions in 1962.

Tags: 1957, 1958, 1962, Baseball, basketball, Decatur IL., Eisenhauer High School, Football, Schools, Sports, State Champions, Teams

YMCA Basketball Team 1909

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Photograph of the YMCA's 1909 basketball team.

Tags: 1909, associations, basketball, basketball team, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Photo File: Associations, unknown boys, YMCA

Photograph of the 1910 YMCA Basketball champion team. Top Row (left-right) Bert Chance, Carl Wise, Raymond Judy, Will Ott, W.H. Duerr. Bottom row (left-row): Elmer Glan, Terry Mahan, Robert Thrift, Ralph Tenney. The photo ran in the Review on…

Tags: 1910, associations, basketball, basketball team, Bert Chance, Carl Wise, champion team, Coach Duerr, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Elmer Glan, Photo File: Associations, Ralph Tenney, Raymond Judy, Robert Thrift, Terry Mahan, W.H. Duerr, Will Ott, YMCA

The Balbach Stars - YWCA Basketball Team 1908

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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

YWCA Basketball Team 1908

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Photograph of the Twenty-Threes, the 1908 YWCA basketball team. Back row (left-right): Bertha Hayden, Vera Gher, Susanne Imboden. Front row (left-right): Mamie Keating, Mabel Fletcher, Lillian Hill, Mrs. Hugh Gates. Photo ran in the Decatur Daily…

Tags: 1908, associations, basketball, basketball team, Bertha Hayden, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Lillian Hill, Mabel Fletcher, Mamie Keating, Mrs. Hugh Gates, Photo File: Associations, Susanne Imboden, Twenty-Threes, Vera Cher, YWCA

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