Mrs. Erma Wait Cook's Oral History

Mrs. Erma Wait Cook's Oral History

Erma Wait Cook
Betty Turnell
oral history
recording
interview
Decatur, IL
childhood
W. Main St.
Wood Street School
Mary French School
junior high school
Decatur High School
Millikin University
Anna B. Millikin Home
Women's Club
Wait-Cahill Wholesale Company
travel
Packard automobile
interurban
streetcar
Decatur Hotel and the Arcade
Transfer House
Downtown Decatur
St. Nicholas Hotel
fires
Morehouse and Wells
Lincoln Theatre
stage plays
vaudeville
Country Club
changes to Decatur

This is the oral history of Erma Wait Cook. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 14, 1985. The interview covers her family's businesses in Decatur, and her childhood.

Interviewee: Erma Wait Cook
Interviewer: Betty Turnell

Erma Wait Cook

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

August 14, 1985

Betty Turnell

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Decatur Hotel and the Arcade
Lincoln Theatre

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English

oral history

OH96

oral history, recording, Erma Wait Cook, Betty Turnell

Betty Turnell

Erma Wait Cook

Decatur, IL

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