R. Lee Slider's Oral History

R. Lee Slider's Oral History

R. Lee Slider
Betty Turnell
oral history
recording
interview
Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery
Macon County Conservation District
interpretive naturalist
cultural interpreter
childhood
Navy
Millikin University
community transportation
buses
World War II
ROTC
war trophies
Rommel's African Corps
Japanese midget submarines
scrap drives
letters for gasoline
Decatur High School
Korean War
G.I. Bill
Longbons Roofing and Sheet Metal Company
construction business
Vice-President
Macon County Historical Society
Civil War Roundtable
archaeology
archaeological surveys
C.G. Holland
Smithsonian Institute
Oakley Reservoir
pre-historic Indian sites
Illinois State Museum
"para-archaeologist"
Florence White
Bruce McMillan
Bob Hall
Stuart Struever
Norman Greenberg
The Illinois Conservation Act
Trobaugh log house
Joseph Trobaugh
Melody Arnold
impersonations
land purchase
Friends Creek Regional Park
Griswold Conservation area
Fort Daniel Regional Park
Sand Creek Reservation
Rock Springs
environmentalism

This is the oral history of R. Lee Slider. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 20, 1984. The interview includes his early life, archaeological experience, and work with the Macon County Conservation District.

Interviewee: R. Lee Slider
Interviewer: Betty Turnell

R. Lee Slider

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

January 20, 1984

Betty Turnell

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Macon County Historical Society
Macon County Conservation District

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oral history

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oral history, recording, R. Lee Slider, Betty Turnell

Betty Turnell

R. Lee Slider

Rock Springs Center for Environmental Discovery, Decatur, IL

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