Browse Items (64 total)
- Tags: interview
Residence - 600 Powers Lane - Dr. Everett J. Brown Home
Tags: 1913-1974, Article, assessor's office, biography, Charlotte Collection, Charlotte Meyer, city directory, conversation, description, Dr. Everett J. Brown, drawing, floor plan, Florence Wood, Herald and Review, History, History of Macon County, home tour, interview, Jack Brown, Joseph and Marian Ankenbrandt, Lake City Publishing, Macon County Coordinating Council, Otiuary, owners, photos, Portrait and Biographical Record, Register of Old Buildings, Robert Wood, William and Grace Wood, William Nelson
Residence - 580 Powers Lane - TH Benton Blackstone Home
Tags: 1909-1974, Alvin Schaar, Article, assessor's office, Beautiful Home at the End of Powers Lane, biography, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, city directory, description, drawing, Edward Freyfogle, Helen Beeson, Herald and Review, History, interview, Macon County Coordinating Council, Margaret Blackstone, Marguerite Blackstone, Obituary, owners, photos, Register of Old Buildings, TH Benton Blackstone, William Hays
Residence - 321 W. William - Caldwell Home
Tags: 1887-1974, Article, Bernard Bradley, biography, Bradley Brothers Store, Caldwell House, Caldwell Livery, Carl Birk, Centennial History of Decatur and Macon County, Charles Caldwell, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, CM Caldwell, david Davis, description, Evelyn Caldwell Bradley, floor plan, Frank Harpstrite, Governor Bruce, Gustavis Smith, Herald and Review, History, interview, John Birk, Luther Ferris, Mabel Richmond, Macon County Coordinating Council, Margaret Meyer, Martha Sue Birk, Nettie Caldwell, Obituary, owners, Pernell Outten, photos, Portrait and Biographical Record, Register of Old Buildings, Robert Montgomery, Viola Harpstrite
Residence - 307 W. William St - Parke Home
Tags: 1866-1974, Article, biography, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, Decatur Diary, description, Elizabeth Parke, Firestone Factory, Guy Parke, Harvey Firestone, Herald and Review, History, interview, Macon County Coordinating Council, Margaret Meyer, Mrs. Harvey Firestone, Mueller Factories, Obituary, owners, Parke Firestone Wedding, Parke Home, photos, Portrait and Biographical Record, Progressive Decatur, Register of Old Buildings, T. O. Smith, V. H. Parke and Sons Company, Virgil Parke, William C. Parke
Residence - 1004 W. Wood - Shea Home
Tags: 1885-1974, articles, Charles Miller, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, Delta Delta Delta, floor plan, H. S. Evans, interview, James Beaumont, John Hall, John Shea, Kay Hall, Lewis Casner, Louis Miller Burks, Lusannah Shea, Macon County Coordinating Council, Mary Beaumont, Mary Miller, Millidek, photos, Register of Old Buildings, William Walters
Residence - #3 Millikin Place - William Grady Home
Tags: 1910-1974, Architecture Ambition and Americans, Article, assessor's office, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, city directory, description, drawing, Ester Grady, floor plan, Harold R. Marquardt, Herald and Review, History, interview, Macon County Coordinating Council, Margaret Meyer, McKim Mead White, Millikin Place, Obituary, owners, P. Duane and Lynn Potter, Paul Potter, photos, Register of Old Buildings, Sarah Grady, William Grady
Ralph Owen's Oral History
Tags: 1987, Army, Betty Turnell, Chanute Air Field, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Franklin Mall, Franklin Travel Agency, Gebhart family, history of Lake Shore Drive, Hobby House Toyland, ice cutting company, interview, January 1987, Lake Shore Club, Lake Shore Drive, Maffit St. Bridge, Mr. Allen, Mr. Maffit, oral history, Ralph Owen, recording, Sangamon River, World War II, WWII
R. Wayne Gill's Oral History
Tags: "Stuck at Taylor's College", 1980, academy, Albert Taylor Hall, Aston Hall, athletic director, Barracks, basketball, basketball and track coach, Bethany College, Betty Turnell, Bill Muer, business manager, Business Manager Emeritus, changes to Millikin University, Charlene Wood, chemistry, childhood, City of Decatur, Clyde Hart, coach, Davida McCaslin, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, dormitories, Dr. Albert Taylor, Dr. Claire A. Garber, Dr. Fellows, Dr. J. Roger Miller, Dr. John C. Hessler, Dr. Malone, Dr. McKay, Dr. Tyler, Dr. William Casey, engineering, Flora IL, G.I. Bill, Gastman School, Gorin Library, Grace Patton Conant, Griswold Physical Education Center, Hank Gill, Industrial Arts Department, interview, James Millikin, Jimmy Ashmore, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Lake Geneva WI, Liberal Arts Building, March 1980, Millikin National Bank, Millikin University, Norman Wann, Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, oral history, Powers Building, Professor L.M. Cole, Professor Townsley, R. Wayne Gill, recording, Recreation Department, SATC, School of Music, Scovill Science Hall, Secretary-Treasurer, Student Army Training Corps, Superintendent of Recreation, veterans, vocational training, West Virginia, William Henderson, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
R. Lee Slider's Oral History
Tags: "para-archaeologist", 1984, archaeological surveys, archaeology, Betty Turnell, Bob Hall, Bruce McMillan, Buses, C.G. Holland, Civil War Roundtable, community transportation, construction business, County Board of Supervisors, cultural interpreter, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, environmentalism, Florence White, Fort Daniel Regional Park, Friends Creek Regional Park, G.I. Bill, Great Depression, Griswold Conservation area, Illinois State Museum, impersonation, interpretive naturalist, interview, January 1984, Korean War, letter for gasoline, Longbons Roofing and Sheet Metal Company, Macon County Conservation District, Macon County Historical Society, Melody Arnold, Millikin University, Navy, Norman Greenberg, Oakley Reservoir, oral history, pre-historic Indian sites, R. Lee Slider, recording, Rock Springs, Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery, Rommel's African Corps, ROTC, Sand Creek Reservation, Smithsonian Institute, The Illinois Conservation Act, Trobaugh log house, vice-president, war trophies, World War II
Professor Glen R. Smith's Oral History
Tags: 100 companies, 4-day week, 4hr courses, advisors, Alpha Kappa Psi, assistant professor, banquet, Betty Turnell, Business Administration, business machines, caroling, CCI Delegate, Chairman of Business Department, Chairman of History Department, changes to courses, Cherokee Indians, childhood, cookies, Daniel Gage, Dean C.L. Miller, Dean of Liberal Arts, Dean of School of Business and Industrial Management, Decatur IL, Director of Business Placement, Dr. Bill Williams, Dr. Clyde Dennis, Ed Plungis, faculty athletic representative, First National Bank of Decatur, former students, fraternities and sororities finances, future of Millikin, General Motors Central Foundry, Glen R. Smith, grocery book, high school, honors, Illinois Bell telephone, interview, interview rooms, interviews, John Waller, junior college, Kansas, Kansas City MO, letters of appreciation, manager, Millikin newspaper, Millikin radio station, Millikin Tea, Millikin University, new buildings, Oklahoma, oral history, placement forms, President Roger Miller, Principles of Economics, Professor Emeritus, Ralph Allen, ranches, Recognition, recording, retirement, rising enrollment, School of Nursing, student, student life, Summer placement, Teacher, Television, textbooks, University Center, Veterans Administration, Veterans Bill, Veterans' Counselor, World War II, yearbook dedication