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Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1 - Transcription

This is the transcription of Richard Rodgers' first oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on February 8 and 15, 1984. The interview includes his childhood, Decatur around World War I, and his work with Linn and Scruggs.

Tags: 1984, air conditioning, automobiles, Baseball, Betty Turnell, Bijoux Theatre, Blue Book, board room, childhood, chimes, Clothing, Coal Mines, cook's stove, Decatur Civic Orchestra, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Downtown, electricity, Empress Theatre, family orchestra, February 1984, Federal Home Loan Act, Feltman and Curm, FHA, First Methodist Church broadcast, Great Depression, Gushard Building, Gushard store, homogenization, Interurban, interview, John Philip Sousa's band, Lincoln Square, Lincoln Theatre, Linn and Scruggs, marimba, Millikin Orchestra, Millikin University, Music, Musician, Newspapers, oboe, OH75, oral history, pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, sound recording, sound recordings, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, transcription, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone

League of Women Voters - Project - Urban Renewal - 1957 to 1965

This is the historical account of the League of Women Voters of Macon County in Decatur

Tags: 1957, Air Service, Amusements and Recreation, Association of commerce of Decatur Illinois, Banks, brochure, Bus Service, Business indicators for Decatur, Capital expenditures 1955 to 1969, Census facts, Churches, climate, Communications, Cultural activities, Decatur's future, Economic developments, education, Electrical Power, Family income, Farm data, Federal reserve report, Financial institutions, Gas, government, Highways state and federal, Historical, Hospitals, Hotels and Motels, Housing, League of Women Voters, Location, Market data, Motor freight service, natural resources, Newspapers, parks, population, projects, Radio and Television, Railroads, Recreation, Religions cultural and social, Retail trade area, Retailers occupation tax, Sewers, Social Welfare, Soil and crops, State and federal offices, Streets and highways, Taxation, Telephone and telegraph, Transportation, Urban renewal, Urban renewal workshop fact sheet, Utilities, Water

Photos of Review Business Office Staff, Circulation Staff, and Composing Room Staff.

Photograph of the Review Business Office Staff, 1913. Photo of Circulation Staff. Photograph of the Composing Room Staff,

Photos of Review Editorial and Special Writers and City Desk.

Photographs of Review Editorial, Special Writers and City Desk .

Photos of Decatur Newspaper Carriers.

Photographs of Daily Review Newspaper Carriers, Decatur, IL.

Tags: 1916, BS852, BS853, BS854, BS931, Business, Daily Review, Decatur IL., Newspaper Carriers, Newspapers, State Fair

Photos of Typesetting Room and Printing.

Photographs of the Typesetting Room, Printing and an Employee, Daily Review.

Tags: BS850, BS851, BS889, Business, Daily Review, Decatur IL., Employee, Newspapers, Printing, Typesetting

Photos of the Decatur Daily Review Editorial and Special Writers Room. Photos Editorial Room, Review City Desk, Review Business Office, Circulation Staff, and Composing Room.

Photographs of Review--Editorial and Special Writers. Photograph City Desk. Photograph Review Business Office. Photograph Circulation Staff. Photograph Review Composing Room.

Tags: 12/7/1913, 1913, Business, Business Office Staff, circulation staff, City Desk, Composing Room, Daily Review, Decatur IL., E.T. Coleman, Editorial and Special Writers, Jerry Donahue, Newspapers

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