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

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Title

Subject

Mrs. Horace B. Garman
Ethel Garman
Betty Turnell
Oral History
recording
interview
Macon County, IL
childhood
Marietta Street School
Gastman School
Three-I baseball
Corn Carnival
Louis Nichol's candy store
Bijou Theatre
Sam Malleous candy store
Carnegie Library
Alice Evans
Miss Abel
Florence Love
"Miss Jane Hamilton"
Jane Hamand
Lincoln photographs
YWCA
Billy Sunday
tabernacle
Frank Curtis
president of YWCA
Crystal Bird
colored girls
"Crystal Bird" Club
Georgia Leaflet
Greenwood Cemetery
Decoration day
Study Class
art class
Mrs. James Millikin
Mrs. Alice Bering Evans
Governor Oglesby Mansion
"Frolic"
Howard W. Schaub
Fran Lyons
Red Cross
bond sales drive
new city dam
Johnny Weismueller
Powers Grand Theatre
Powers Grand Opera House
Christmas store
Great Depression
block man
Jake Latham
renovated YWCA building
Ray Christy
Camp Kiwanis
Barney Fulton
cottages

Description

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.

Creator

Interviewee: Mrs. Horace B. Garman
Interviewer: Betty Turnell

Source

Mrs. Horace B. Garman

Publisher

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

Date

March 31, 1983

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

YWCA

Format

.mp3
.pdf

Language

English

Type

oral history

Identifier

OH90

Coverage

oral history, recording, Mrs. Horace B. Garman, Betty Turnell

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Betty Turnell

Interviewee

Mrs. Horace B. Garman (Ethel Garman)

Location

Decatur, IL

Transcription

see .pdf

Original Format

cassette tape

Duration

57:58

Bit Rate/Frequency

unknown

Time Summary

unknown

Files

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

Collection

Oral Histories

Citation

Interviewee: Mrs. Horace B. Garman Interviewer: Betty Turnell , “Mrs. Horace B. Garman's Oral History (Ethel Garman),” Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection, accessed December 22, 2024, http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/items/show/4950.