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Dr. C.R. Cassity's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of Dr. C.R. Cassity's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on May 19, 1989. The interview includes his family and career in mathematics.

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Photographs of Oglesby School Fathers Club

Photographs of the Oglesby School fathers club taken at an unknown date.

Tags: Club, Decatur IL, Fathers, Fathers Club, Instruments, Music, Oglesby, Oglesby School, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools

Photograph of Paul Skinner

Photograph of Paul Skinner, an assistant professor of music. Photo taken on April 17th of 1957.

Tags: 1957, Assistant, Decatur IL, Millikin, Millikin University, Music, Paul Skinner, Photo File: Schools, Professor, Professor of Music, school, Schools, Skinner, Universities, University

Photograph of Harold A. Cole

Photograph of Harold A. Cole. Cole became piano and pipe organ instructor at Millikin University in September of 1909. He was a graduate of New England Conservatory of Music in Boston.

Photograph of Students of the Decatur College of Music

Photograph of students going to or coming back from a trip taken in front of the Decatur College of Music and Rembrandt Studios. This photo was taken some time in the 1920's.

Tags: 1920's, bus, Decatur College of Music, Decatur IL, Decatur School of Music, Martin, Music, Nancy Martin, Opal Orlovich, Orlovich, Photo File: Schools, Rembrandt Studios, Rembrant, school, Schools, Seitz, Seitz Studio, Students, trip

Photographs of the Interior of Decatur High School

Photographs of the interior of Decatur High School including the gym, auditorium, the girls locker room, a science classroom and the music room taken around 1940.

Photograph of the Rhythm Band

Photograph of the rhythm band taken in 1937.

Tags: 1937, Band, Decatur IL, Group, Herald and Review, Miscellaneous, Music, Photo File: Recreation, RC89, Recreation, Rhythm, Rhythm Band

Photograph of Edward G. Powers on horseback. Edward died in 1950 at the age of 89, rides one of the several horses his family always kept when this picture was taken in June, 1908. Although there were motor cars in Decatur in that year, the horse…

Tags: biography, Cerro Gordo IL., Decatur IL., Drama, Edward G. Powers, horses, J. K. Stafford, Mr. & Mrs Jack French, Music, Opera, Photo File: Biography

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