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Dr. C.R. Cassity's Oral History

This is the oral history of Dr. C.R. Cassity. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on May 19, 1989. The interview includes his family and career in mathematics.

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Grain Business is Good!

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Photograph of E. Coole standing in front of a haystack. Photo is labeled: "Grain Business is Good!"

Tags: E. Coole, farming, grain business, haystack, Mabel Grubbs Roberts, Roberts Family Collection

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.

Photograph of Hamilton E. Adams, taken by Vandeventer Studios of Decatur IL, and published in the Decatur Daily Review on January 4, 1928. Adams was a retired farmer from Piatt County, and lived at 252 E. Condit St. in Decatur. He was a member of…

Tags: 1928, 252 E. Condit St., biography, Civil War, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, farmer, farming, Hamilton E. Adams, LaPlace Ill. GAR, Photo File: Biography, Piatt County, Vandeventer, veteran

Henry B. Barnhart

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Photograph of Henry B. Barnhart (d. 7/28/1924), a Civil War veteran and active member of the GAR. He was a carpenter and farmer, and retired in 1905. After retirement, he started investing in real estate and owned several valuable city properties. …

Tags: 1912, biography, carpenter, city property, Civil War veteran, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, farmer, farming, Henry B. Barnhart, Photo File: Biography, real estate investing

Hugh Baker's Oral History

This is the oral history of Hugh Baker. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on June 28, 1985. The interview includes his time working for the Mueller Company, and his father's dairy farm.

Tags: 1985, alcoholism committees, automobiles, Betty Turnell, building homes, changes to milking, Chatanooga TN, childhood, City Milk Inspector, civic boards, company town, Construction, Cows, Dairy Farm, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Mental Health Center, diptheria, electricity, epidemic, family life, farm, farmhouse, farming, Great Depression, harvest dinners, hired hands, hobbies, Hugh Baker, interview, June 1985, Liberty Bonds, marine engineering, Mary W. French School, mechanical engineering, Milk Delivery, Mueller City, Mueller Company, Mueller family, Mueller IL, Mueller Pottery Plant, naval architecture, oral history, pasteurization, Plant 3, public parks, recording, Recreation, retirement, Roosevelt Junior High School, Salvation Army board, sanitary conditions, South Shores, sterilization, tenant's house, The Mueller Land Improvement Trust, University of Michigan, World War I

Tags: "The Cannon Ball", 1977, automobile factory, bass drum, Betty Turnell, Bluebird, Canada, Canadian National Railroad, Cannon Ball, cement company, Charlie Cunningham, Decatur IL, Douglas Air Craft, Dr. Barnardo's Homes, farm work, farming, Feltwell England, Foreman, freemason, Grand Truck Railroad, Holmes Foundry, homestead farm, Imperial Oil Refinery, Infants' School, Inglewood Ontario, interview, John Day, London England, Marysville MI, Mason, Montreal Quebec, Music, National Guard, Norfolk County, November 1977, oral history, orphanage, paint shop, painter, painting, passenger trains, personnel, physical abuse, pigiron, Poetry, Port Huron MI, recording, retirement, round house, Sarnia Ontario, Steam Engines, tannery, The Great Lakes Navigation, Toronto Ontario, travelling, Tunbridge Wells England, visit to England, Wabash Railroad, Wills-St. Clair car, World War II

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Dr. C.R. Cassity's Oral History

Grain Business is Good!

H.G. "Skinny" Taylor

Hamilton E. Adams

Henry B. Barnhart

Hugh Baker's Oral History

Jacob Hanes

Jacob Hanes

Jacob Hanes

John Day's Oral History

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