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Emanual Rosenberg's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of Emanual Rosenberg's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on April 6, 1979. The interview includes his career as a lawyer, and the social and religious organizations he's involved in.

Tags: 1979, April 1979, assistant state's attorney, Betty Turnell, Boys' Opportunity Home, childhood, Community Lectures, David Johnson, debating team, Decatur Area Arts Council, Decatur Community concerts, Decatur High School, Decatur Mental Health Center, Departmental School, divorce law, Edwards Hayes, Emanual Rosenberg, Europe, family life, Fortnightly Club, Hannah Gevirtz, Holy Rollers, Horace Garman, interview, Israel, Jackson School, Joseph Rosenberg, Judaism, law school, lawyer, Lincoln Square, Masonic Temple, Millikin building, Mr. Charles Evans, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Northwestern University, OH46, oral history, Parlor Market, Point Downing, recording, SATC, sound recording, Stephen Decatur High School, Student Army Training Corps, Temple B'Nai Abraham, transcription, traveling, United Fund, United Jewish Appeal, Wayne Bickes, Webster-Cantrall Hall, World War I, WWI

Amherst Hardy's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of Amherst Hardy's oral history. He was interviewed by Robert Williams on February 28, 1990. The interview includes his early life, working for the Herald and Review, and his experience during World War II.

Tags: 1990, Amherst Hardy, amphibian forces, assembly plants, Associated Press A-Wire, Barracks, bill collector, Blue Book, Bob Barracks, Bob Yoder, Buryl Engleman, Buses, carnivals, CCC Camp, changes to Decatur, Circus, city hall, Civilian Concentration Corp, Comet automobile, David Felts, Decatur Herald and Review, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Dennis School, destroyer tender repair ship, English major, Espirito Santo, February 1990, flash signals, Football, Forrest Kyle, Great Depression, H. Allen Smith, ham radio, hospital evacuation ship, Howard Millard, interurban line, interview, Jane Lee, Japan, Jeffry automobile, Jitney buses, John Stacey hanging, Kennedy Assassination, Kintner Gymnasium, Layah Riggs, Lincoln Theater, Millikin University, Morse code, Moweaqua coal mine collapse, Mr. Lindsay, Navy, newsboys, newspaper plant, OH58, old courthouse, oral history, Otto Kyle, Pan-American automobile, Paul Aird, police beat, prize fights, Prohibition, PWA, radio man, recording, reporter, Robert Williams, Roosevelt Junior High School, Roosevelt New Deal Program, Sam Tucker, SATC, Shellabarger Building, short wave radio, sound recording, Streetcars, Student Army Training Corps, telegraph reporter, transcription, trip to Maine, vaccinating pigs, Veterinarian, wooden block pavement, World War I, World War II, WPA, WWI, WWII

Ralph Owen's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of Ralph Owen's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 6, 1987. The interview covers childhood, businesses, the Franklin Mall, Franklin Travel Agency, and the Lake Shore Club condominiums.

Martha A. Montgomery's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of Martha A. Montgomery's oral history. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in November 1976. The interview includes her early life, family history, time in the Navy, teaching career, and time spent with the Macon County…

Mr. Donald E. Minton's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of Donald E. Minton's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on November 14, 1988. The interview includes his time with the Decatur Fire Department.

Charles E. Lee's Oral History - Recording

This is the recording of Charles E. Lee's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in December 1980. The interview includes his early life, his education, time in the U.S. Navy, law career, time in the IL state Senate, time as Mayor of…

Photograph of the Agora Society

Photograph of Decatur High School's Agora Society, a literary society, taken in the west end of Fairview Park in the spring of 1914.

Tags: 1914, Agora, Agora Society, Decatur High, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Fairview, Fairview Park, Girls, Group, high school, Literary, park, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools, Society, Spring

Photograph of William F. Smith

Photograph of William F. Smith. He became track team coach at Decatur High School in 1910. He was also a physics teacher.

Tags: 1910, coach, Decatur High, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Herald and Review, high school, Photo File: Schools, Physics, school, Schools, Smith, Staff, Teacher, Track, Wamsley & Wasson, William F. Smith, William Smith

Photograph of the Jacob Henry Coonradt Memorial Tablet

Photograph of the Jacob Henry Coonradt memorial tablet. This tablet, which had resided in Decatur High School, was given in appreciation of the long teaching service Coonradt had given the school. He taught there from September 5th, 1881 to December…

Tags: 1925, Coonradt, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Herald and Review, high school, Jacob Coonradt, Jacob Henry Coonradt, Memorial, Photo File: Schools, school, Schools, Stephen Decatur High School, Tablet, Teacher

Photograph of the Class of 1950 Reunion

Photograph of the Class of 1950 forty year reunion taken during alumni weekend in June of 1990. Names listed left to right.
Row One: William M. Tangney, Merril Cameron Dees '48, Mrs. Staley, Alice Jones Lambrick, Bill Dickinson, Marian Anderson…

Tags: 1950, 1990, Alumni, Alumni Weekend, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Group, high school, High School Reunion, Photo File: Schools, reunion, school, Schools, Stephen Decatur High School

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