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William Franklin's Oral History
Tags: 1986, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bill Franklin, Citizen's Building, clients, Customers, Danville IL, Decatur Club, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, insurance business, interview, March 1986, Millikin University, Mobil Corporation, Navy, office manager, oral history, recording, service station, Socony Vacuum Oil Company, St. James School, St. Patrick's Grade School, St. Teresa High School, Stephen Decatur High School, trucking firm, William Franklin, World War II
W.T. Layton's Oral History
Tags: "bear" crew, "gandy-dancers", 1982, accidents, Allis Chalmers, Army, Betty Turnell, braking, Conductor, Decatur IL, diesel engines, firing, freight trains, golf, grandchildren, interview, May 1982, Meyers' Brothers, Norfolk and Western Railroad, oral history, passenger trains, pension, politics, recording, retirement, social security, Steam Engines, track maintenance, Travel, W.T. Layton, Wabash Railroad
Thomas W. Samuels' Oral History
Tags: 1980, aldermen, author, Betty Turnell, book, Carrolton IL, changes to Decatur, Charles C. LeForgee, Decatur IL, Decatur in 1914, East St. Louis High School, Fire Department, Harvard, Human Relations Commission, interview, Lake Decatur, law school, lawyer, Lawyer in Action, LeForgee Vail and Miller, Macon County Tuberculosis Sanatarium, November 1980, oral history, race relations, recording, Samuels Miller Schroeder Jackson & Sly, Staley Company, Staley Viaduct, Streetcars, tax law, Thomas W. Samuels, University of Illinois, World War I
Robert Walters' Oral History
Tags: 1985, 6" refractor, amateur astronomer, assignments, Astronomy Club, Betty Turnell, Big Creek, black and white photos, Blue Mound Fair, canvas, ceramics, color photos, Decatur Camera Club, Decatur IL, dog, Fall, First Methodist Church, Halley's Comet, honors, interview, jewelry, Judging, Katie, landscapes, Mr. Pfile, oils, oral history, painting, Pfile's Camera Shop, photo processing, photographs, pottery, realistic painting, recording, Robert Walters, Rock Springs Nature Center, seasons, streams, telescope, Winter, wood carving, World War II, YMCA
Robert H. Kramer's Oral History
Tags: 1982, Albert Spaulding, Argenta IL, Benny Goodman, Betty Turnell, big band music, Canada, Carol Lawrence, changes to music, Chicago Symphony, childhood, Cincinnati Symphony, clarinet, classical music, dance bands, Decatur IL, Decatur Municipal Band, Dick Coffeen, Doc Severinsen, interview, Jack Benny, junior high school, Kate Smith, Mattoon IL, Millikin Symphony, Millikin University, Monty Mountjoy, Mt. Zion IL, Murray College, music course, music teacher, National Symphony Orchestra, North Dakota, oral history, recording, Robert H. Kramer, September 1982, Symphony Guild, Taylorville IL, Thompson-Kramer Music, Tiny Hill band, travelling band
Richard Rodgers's Oral History #2
Tags: 1988, Amusement Park, Betty Turnell, Billy Sunday, carnivals, Circus, clearing tracks, crank, Decatur Club, Decatur IL, December 1988, drainage ditch, Dreamland Park, early 1900s, electric cars, gasoline heater, Home Telephone System, horse-drawn plow, horses, Hotel Orlando, interview, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, Millikin National Bank, oral history, plowing streets, Polar Ice Company, Postal Telegraph, Powers Opera House, Presbyterian Church, recording, Richard Rodgers, Riverside Park, sidewalks, sled, sleigh, Street Cars, Streets, tires, touring car, Western Union, wood block pavement, YMCA
Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1
Tags: 1984, air conditioning, automobiles, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bijoux Theatre, Blue Book, board room, childhood, chimes, Clothing, Coal Mines, cook's stove, Decatur Civic Orchestra, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Downtown, electricity, Empress Theatre, family orchestra, February 1984, Federal Home Loan Act, Feltman and Curm, FHA, First Methodist Church broadcast, Great Depression, Gushard Building, Gushard store, homogenization, Interurban, interview, John Philip Sousa's band, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, marimba, Millikin Orchestra, Millikin University, Music, Musician, Newspapers, oboe, oral history, out houses., pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone
Richard E. Reeves' Oral History
Tags: 1988, Africa, Air Force, airplane mechanics, Annual Conference, April 1988, Architectural Drafting, Architecture, Aviation Cadet, Barnes Hospital, Bert Templeton, Betty Turnell, Building Committee, Burks Pumps, Children, council of ministries, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Company, Dr. Paul Burt, educational wing of church, engineering, Executive Vice-President, Faculty, First United Methodist Church of Decatur, Ghana, interview, Joyce Reeves, jurisdictional conference, Kenya, Liberia, missionary work, Mississippi, mock-ups, national church, nurse's training, official board, oral history, parish relations, pastor, Pentagon, Ploughboy Prom, Rantoul IL, recording, recruitment college tour, Richard E. Reeves, salesman, San Francisco, Sertoma Club, Sierra Leone, St. Louis MO, Student Council, Sunday school teacher, teaching aids, UMCOR, United Methodist Committee on Relief, University of Illinois, US Office of Education, Vice-President of Engineering, Vice-President of Marketing, Washington University, water and sanitation problems, Webster-Cantrall Hall, Weldon IL, Wells, Wesley Foundation, World War II, WWII, Yale University
Residence - 890 W. William - G.E. Moeller Home
Tags: 1915-1974, Architecture in Chicago and in Mid America, Article, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, description, Encyclopedia of American Biography, floor plan, G.E. Moeller, George May, George Moeller, Gladys Moeller, Herald and Review, History, Howard Van Dorin Shaw, interview, John McEvoy, John Wiegal, Judd Gustin, Leah Gustin, Macon County Coordinating Council, Margaret Meyer, Mary McEvoy, Obituary, owners, photo, Register of Old Buildings
Residence - 715 E. Whitmer - Whitmer House
Tags: 1866-1974, Albert Condell, Anna Whitmer, Article, assessor's office, biography, Blanche Brown, Centennial History of Decatur and Macon County, Charles Allison, Charlotte Meyer, Charlotte Meyer Collection, City of Decatur and Macon County, description, Emma Condell, floor plan, Henry Whitmer, Herald and Review, History, History of Macon County, interview, Joanna Condell, Mabel Richmond, Macon County Coordinating Council, Majore Warnick, Margaret Lyon, Margaret Meyer, Mrs. Paul Lyon, Obituary, Olive Warnick, owners, photos, Portrait and Biographical Record, Ralph Brown, Recorder of Deeds, Register of Old Buildings, Samuel Jack, Stamper and Condell Store, Whitmer House, Whitmer Place, William Forin, William Martin
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Archie J. Ryan
This is the glass negative of Archie J. Ryan of Hammond, IL. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early…