Mrs. Frank M. Ware

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Title

Mrs. Frank M. Ware

Subject

Mrs. Frank M. Ware
Betty Turnell
oral history
recording
interview
Decatur, IL
childhood
George W. Keller
Louisa Newland
Jasper County, IL
grocery store
Dr. N.D. Meyers
Dr. William Barnes
St. Mary's Hospital
Weber Fill
brother's surgery
general labor
Absolum Newland
truck barn
Mr. Barber
Snake Hill
Fairview Park
flood
Forest Grove School
Mound School
Dune School
Cottonwood tree
T.T. Springer
Jackson St. School
Johns Hill
hauling coal
neighborhood picnic
Nelson Park
Warren St. School
Faries Manufacturing Co.
toolmaker
Decatur High School
education
doctor's office
receptionist
Brown's Business College
Leader Iron Works
Staley Company
Helen Harder
William Shorb
short-hand
carbon paper
sales department
purchasing department
accounting department
payroll
bookkeeping machine
Frank Ware
World War I
Decatur Lumber Co.
radio diagrams
crystal radio sets
Postal Service
"speedys" letters
small business
automobile tires
ready-made radios
Great Depression
bank failure
raising plants
Hilltop Greenhouse
Lincoln Flower Shop
greenhouse
cactus
succulents
pottery
World War II
electronic courses
Caterpillar Military Engine Co.
Signal Depot
mortgage
Caterpillar Co
perpetual inventory
cafeteria
Florida
retirement
changes to Decatur
streetcars
Chautauquas
Transfer House
McKinley Assassination
log cabin
First Lutheran Church
new pews
A.G. Webber
voice lessons
Madam Corolla Lous Tuca
choir
singing
Lincoln Coop Apartments
lap rugs

Description

This is the oral history of Mrs. Frank M. Ware. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell on August 31, 1984. The interview includes her childhood and career.

Creator

Interviewee: Mrs. Frank M. Ware
Interviewer: Betty Turnell

Source

Mrs. Frank M. Ware

Publisher

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

Date

August 31, 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

Decatur, IL
Leader Iron Works

Format

.mp3

Language

English

Type

oral history

Identifier

OH54

Coverage

oral history, recording, Mrs. Frank M. Ware, Betty Turnell

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Betty Turnell

Interviewee

Mrs. Frank M. Ware

Location

Decatur, IL

Transcription

none

Original Format

cassette recording

Duration

1:18:01

Bit Rate/Frequency

unknown

Time Summary

unknown

Tags

"speedys" letters, 1984, A.G. Webber, Absolum Newland, accounting department, August 1984, automobile tires, bank failure, Betty Turnell, bookkeeping machine, brother's surgery, Brown's Business College, cactus, cafeteria, carbon paper, Caterpillar Co., Caterpillar Military Engine Co., changes to Decatur, Chautauqua, choir, cottonwood tree, crystal radio sets, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Lumber Co., doctor's office, Dr. N.D. Meyers, Dr. William Barnes, Dune School, education, electronics courses, Fairview Park, Faries Manufacturing Co., First Lutheran Church, Flood, Florida, Forest Grove School, Frank Ware, general labor, George W. Keller, Great Depression, greenhouse, grocery store, hauling coal, Helen Harder, Hilltop Greenhouse, interview, Jackson St. School, Jasper County IL, Johns Hill, lap rugs, Leader Iron Works, Lincoln Coop Apartments, Lincoln Flower Shop, Log Cabin, Louisa Newland, Madam Corolla Lous Tuca, McKinley assassination, mortgage, Mound School, Mr. Barber, Mrs. Frank M. Ware, neighborhood picnic, Nelson Park, new pews, oral history, Payroll, perpetual inventory, Postal Service, pottery, purchasing department, radio diagrams, raising plants, ready-made radios, receptionist, recording, retirement, sales department, short-hand, Signal Depot, singing, small business, Snake Hill, St. Mary's Hospital, Staley Company, Streetcars, succulents, T.T. Springer, toolmaker, Transfer House, truck barn, voice lessons, Warren St. School, Weber Fill, William Shorb, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII

Collection

Oral Histories

Citation

Interviewee: Mrs. Frank M. Ware Interviewer: Betty Turnell , “Mrs. Frank M. Ware,” Decatur Public Library Local History Photo Collection, accessed April 18, 2024, http://omeka.decaturlibrary.org/items/show/4991.