John Day's Oral History

Dublin Core

Title

Subject

John Day
Betty Turnell
oral history
recording
interview
Decatur, IL
childhood
London, England
Hanwell, England
orphanage
Dr. Barnardo's Homes
Tunbridge Wells, England
foster home
Infants' School
Feltwell, England
Norfolk coat
Canada
Montreal, Quebec
Toronto, Ontario
Inglewood, Ontario
physical abuse
school
farm work
tannery
bridge work
mechanic's helper
Great Lakes Navigation
Canadian National Railroad
the round house
steam engines
Imperial Oil Refinery
Blue Water Bridge
Port Huron, MI
Holmes Foundry
pigiron
Freemason
Charlie Cunningham
cement company
automobile factory
Wills-St. Clair car
Marysville, MI
balloon tires
Grand Truck Railroad
Wabash Railroad
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Bluebird
Cannonball
paint shop foreman
personnel
National Guard
World War II
Douglas aircraft
Thor missiles
Mildenhall Air Base
Norfolk County
travelling
retirement
painting
Wabash paint patterns
poetry
"The Cannon Ball"
bass drum
music

Description

This is the oral history of John Day. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on November 29, 1977. The interview includes his time in an English orphanage, growing up in Canada, and his work with the Wabash Railroad.

Creator

Interviewee: John Day
Interviewer: Betty Turnell

Source

John Day

Publisher

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

Date

November 29, 1977

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

Wabash Railroad

Format

.mp3
.pdf

Language

English

Type

oral history

Identifier

OH82

Coverage

oral history, recording, John Day, Betty Turnell

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Betty Turnell

Interviewee

John Day

Location

Decatur, IL

Transcription

see .pdf

Original Format

cassette tape

Duration

1:04:23

Bit Rate/Frequency

unknown

Time Summary

unknown

Files

Tags

"The Cannon Ball", 1977, automobile factory, bass drum, Betty Turnell, Bluebird, Canada, Canadian National Railroad, Cannon Ball, cement company, Charlie Cunningham, Decatur IL, Douglas Air Craft, Dr. Barnardo's Homes, farm work, farming, Feltwell England, Foreman, freemason, Grand Truck Railroad, Holmes Foundry, homestead farm, Imperial Oil Refinery, Infants' School, Inglewood Ontario, interview, John Day, London England, Marysville MI, Mason, Montreal Quebec, Music, National Guard, Norfolk County, November 1977, oral history, orphanage, paint shop, painter, painting, passenger trains, personnel, physical abuse, pigiron, Poetry, Port Huron MI, recording, retirement, round house, Sarnia Ontario, Steam Engines, tannery, The Great Lakes Navigation, Toronto Ontario, travelling, Tunbridge Wells England, visit to England, Wabash Railroad, Wills-St. Clair car, World War II

Collection

Oral Histories

Citation

Interviewee: John Day Interviewer: Betty Turnell , “John Day's Oral History,” Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection, accessed December 22, 2024, http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/items/show/4929.