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Leo T. Johnson

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Photograph of Leo T. Johnson. He was attended Millikin University, and was the head football coach for 14 years there. Johnson became the track coach at University of Illinois in 1937. He was a past president of the Decatur Kiwanis Club, and a…

Tags: 1917, biography, Decatur Country Club, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur IL, Decatur Kiwanis Club, head football coach, Leo T. Johnson, Millikin University, Photo File: Biography, president, track coach, University of Illinois, veteran, Wasson Studios, World War I, WWI

Frank N. Goodman

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Photograph of Frank N. Goodman (d. 9/24/1952). He was the operato of the Parlor Market at 103 W. Main St. for 30 years, and retired in 1936. In 1932 he was elected president of the Decatur Credit Rating Bureau, and was reelected for another term. …

Tags: 103 W. Main St., Bert Wallace, biography, Cash Market, Decatur Credit Rating Bureau, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Frank N. Goodman, Merchant St., operator, Parlor Market, Photo File: Biography, president, Wasson Studio

Photograph of Mrs. Minerva Albert R. Taylor

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Photograph of Mrs. Minerva Albert R. Taylor Born 1849; d. 4/21/1938; married to Albert Taylor, 1873. Mr. Taylor was the first President of Millikin University.

Tags: 1873, Albert Taylor, Decatur IL, Herald and Review, Millikin, Millikin University, Minerva Taylor, Mrs. Albert R., Mrs. Minerva Albert R., Photo File: Schools, president, school, Schools, Taylor, Universities, University, Wasson

Photograph of Dr. Albert R. Taylor.

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Photograph of Dr. Albert R. Taylor. Born 10/16/1846; died 8/12/1929; married Minerva Dent, 1873. Education founder of Millikin University and president from 1901-1913 and from 1915-1919. Member of Cumberland Presbyterian church.

Tags: Albert R. Taylor, Albert Taylor, Cumberland Presbyterian, Decatur IL, Dr. Albert R. Taylor, Education Founder, Founder, Millikin, Millikin University, Millikin University President, Photo File: Schools, president, school, Schools, Taylor, Universities, University, Wasson

A.M. Kenney

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Photograph of A.M. Kenney. He was the former presiden of the Citizens National Bank, and resigned in 1929. The photo was taken by Vandeventer around 1917, and used in the Decatur Daily Review.

Tags: 1917, A.M. Kenney, biography, Citizens National Bank, Decatur Daily Review, Decatur IL, Photo File: Biography, president, Vandeventer

Judge William Corwin Johns

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Photograph of Judge William Corwin Johns (d. 6/25/1914). He came to Decatur in 1849, and attended Decatur schools. He served in the Civil War, and attended Lombard University and the University of Michigan. Johns studied law in the law office of…

League of Women Voters - April 1952 - Board Meeting

This is the historical account of the League of Women Voters in Macon County

Tags: Annual Audit, annual meeting Chicago league, April activities, city manager report, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Elizabeth Lupton secretary, housing authority, League of Women Voters, Mrs. Clifford Smith, national convention, new board members, president, presidential candidates, regular board planning meeting, treasurer's report, unit meetings

Photographs of President William Howard Taft.

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Photographs of President Howard Taft. VS33: "William Howard Taft, far left, favored greeters with a fine sample of the famous Taft smile as he stepped off the train for his Decatur visit in 1911. And there in the crowd to record the event was…

Tags: A. R. Taylor, Charles S. Deneen, Chauncey Powers, Famous People, Goodman Band, Governor of Illinois, J. K. Stafford, Millikin University, Mr. & Mrs Jack French, president, Presidential, Supreme Court Justice, Transfer House, U. S. Senator, Visitors, Wabash R. R. Station, William Howard Taft

Mrs. Ruth Gibbs' Oral History

This is the oral history of Mrs. Ruth Gibbs. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in November 1983. The interview includes her work with the United Methodist Church.

Tags: 1983, Betty Turnell, Buddhist Monastery, Camp Milam, Central Jurisdiction, childhood, Christian County, Christian Social Relations, Cleveland Avenue Methodist Church, conversational English, country school, Davidson, Decatur District Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr, Dr. Donald Gibbs, Dr. E.T. Evans, earthquake, Eastern Michigan University, Evangelical United Brethren Church, farm, First Methodist Church, First Methodist Church of Evanston, Garrett Theological Seminary, Great Depression, Harriet Ellis, Illiopolis High School, Imogene Brown, international committee, Interurban, interview, Japan, Jurisdiction Woman's Society, Ladies' Aid Society, Methodist Church combination, Millikin University, Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. E.T. Evans, Mrs. Lucy Oplinger, Mrs. Marksmiller, Mrs. R.C. Augustine, Mrs. Ruth Gibbs, national board, Negro colleges, North-Central Jurisdiction, Northwestern University, November 1983, oral history, president, recording, SATC, School of Christian Mission, Student Army Training Corps, Teacher, teachers' college, United Methodist Church, Wesleyan Service Guild, Women's Home Missionary Society, Women's Society of Christian Service, World War I, WWI, YMCA, Ypsilanti MI

Mrs. Horace B. Garman's Oral History (Ethel Garman)

This is the oral history of Mrs. Horace B. Garman. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on March 31, 1983. The interview includes her childhood and working at the YWCA.

Tags: "Crystal Bird" Club, "Decoration Day", "Frolic", "stock company", 1983, African-American girls club, Al Jolson, Alice Evans, army wives, Art Class, Bachrach store, Barney Fulton, Bijou Theatre, Billy Sunday, block man, Bob Hope, bond sales drives, Camp Kiwanis, Carnegie Library, childhood, Christmas store, colored girls, Corn Carnival, cottages, Crystal Bird, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Florence Love, Frank Curtis, Gastman School, Georgia Leaflet, Governor Oglesby Mansion, Great Depression, Greenwood Cemetery, Howard W. Schaub, interview, Jake Latham, Jane Hamand, Jane Hamilton, Kiwanis Club, Louis Nichol's candy store, March 1983, Marietta Street School, Miss Abel, Mrs. Alice Bering Evans, Mrs. James Millikin, new city dam, O.W. Smith, oral history, Powers Grand Opera House, Powers Grand Theatre, president, recording, Red Cross, renovated YWCA building, Roy Christy, Sam Malleous, social work, Study Class, vice-president, World War II, WWII, YWCA

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