Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1

Dublin Core

Title

Subject

Richard Rodgers
Betty Turnell
oral history
recording
interview
childhood
Pugh School
Roosevelt Junior High School
Stephen Decatur High School
Millikin University
street cars
unpaved streets
early Decatur
telephone
Mr. Van Pragg
city commissioner
puppet show
automobiles
Blue Book
trains
World War I
John Philip Sousa's band
Great Lakes Training Center
downtown
transfer house
Lincoln Square
interurban
electricity
coal mines
cook stove
out houses
vaudeville theatre
Empress Theatre
Bijoux Theatre
Lincoln Theatre
shopping
salt water taffy
shoes
air conditioning
radio
Gushard Building
WJBL station
First Methodist Church broadcast
radio programming
"The Anvil Chorus"
music
triangle
zylophone
marimba
family orchestra
chimes
oboe
Swarthout Brothers
School of Music
vitaphone programs
Decatur Civic Orchestra
Millikin Orchestra
Charles Lindbergh
newspapers
baseball
shoe business
shoe repair
Feltman and Curm
Northwestern University
Great Depression
Federal Home Loan Act
pasteurization of milk
refrigeration
homogenization of milk
Linn and Scruggs
Gushard store
Mrs. H.I. Baldwin
Mrs. Guy Scovill
delivery

Description

This is the first oral history of Richard Rodgers. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 8 and 15, 1984. The interview includes his childhood, Decatur around World War I, and his work with Linn and Scruggs.

Creator

Interviewee: Richard Rodgers
Interviewer: Betty Turnell

Source

Richard Rodgers

Publisher

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

Date

February 8 and 15, 1984

Contributor

Betty Turnell

Rights

The Decatur Public Library owns and maintains all copyright on materials featured on omeka.decaturlibrary.org. These materials cannot be used without prior consent. Please contact the Local History Room at the Decatur Public Library for more information.

Relation

Linn and Scruggs

Format

.mp3
.pdf

Language

English

Type

oral history

Identifier

OH75

Coverage

oral history, recording, Richard Rodgers, Betty Turnell

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Betty Turnell

Interviewee

Richard Rodgers

Location

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

Transcription

see .pdf

Original Format

cassette tape

Duration

1:32:16
46:46

Bit Rate/Frequency

unknown

Time Summary

unknown

Files

http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/files/original/3c244d2b229b12b8a3181bcc5107c2a6.pdf

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

Collection

Oral Histories

Citation

Interviewee: Richard Rodgers Interviewer: Betty Turnell , “Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1,” Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection, accessed December 21, 2024, http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/items/show/4919.