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League of Women Voters - News Articles - Women Voters Boost Yes Vote on Blue Ballot - 1952
Robert H. Kramer's Oral History - Transcription
Tags: 1982, Albert Spaulding, Argenta IL, Benny Goodman, Betty Turnell, big band music, Canada, Carol Lawrence, changes to music, Chicago Symphony, childhood, Cincinnati Symphony, clarinet, classical music, dance bands, Decatur IL, Decatur Municipal Band, Dick Coffeen, Doc Severinsen, interview, Jack Benny, junior high school, Kate Smith, Mattoon IL, Millikin Symphony, Millikin University, Monty Mountjoy, Mt. Zion IL, Murray College, music course, music teacher, National Symphony Orchestra, North Dakota, OH85, oral history, recording, Robert H. Kramer, September 1982, sound recording, Symphony Guild, Taylorville IL, Thompson-Kramer Music, transcription, traveling band
Mrs. Corwin Johns' Interview - Transcription
Tags: "Personal Recollections", 1978, A.P. Hill, Adlai Stevenson, Betty Turnell, Charles Adlai Ewing, childhood, Corn Carnival, DAR, Decatur Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Decatur IL, Dr. and Mrs. Panhallegon, Dr. H.C. Johns, Eugenia Ewing Johns, fire department races, Illinois Board of Agriculture, Illinois Breeders' Association, interview, J. Petticord, Jane Martin Johns, Johns family, Johns Hill, Judge R.W. Race, March 1978, Miss Mary French, Mr and Mrs. Orlando Powers, Mr. and Mrs. Millikin, Mrs. Corwin Johns, Mrs. Oglesby, Natatorium, OH89, Old Decatur, old High School, oral history, recording, Rev. Fielding Ewing, Riverside Park, Samuel Powers, shorthorn cattle, sound recording, swimming lessons, train service, transcription, Wood Street School
Mrs. Horace B. Garman's Oral History (Ethel Garman) - Transcription
Tags: "Crystal Bird" Club, "Decoration Day", "Frolic", "stock company", 1983, African-American girls club, Al Jolson, Alice Evans, army wives, Art Class, Bachrach store, Barney Fulton, Bijou Theatre, Billy Sunday, block man, bond sales drives, Camp Kiwanis, Carnegie Library, childhood, Christmas store, colored girls, Corn Carnival, cottages, Crystal Bird, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Florence Love, Frank Curtis, Gastman School, Georgia Leaflet, Governor Oglesby Mansion, Great Depression, Greenwood Cemetery, Howard W. Schaub, interview, Jake Latham, Jane Hamand, Jane Hamilton, Kiwanis Club, Louis Nichol's candy store, March 1983, Marietta Street School, Miss Abel, Mrs. Alice Bering Evans, Mrs. James Millikin, new city dam, O.W. Smith, OH90, oral history, Powers Grand Opera House, Powers Grant Theatre, president, recording, Red Cross, renovated YWCA building, Roy Christy, Sam Malleous, social work, sound recording, Study Class, transcription, vice-president, World War II, WWII, YWCA
Mrs. Jane Lee's Oral History - Transcription
Tags: "HMS Pinafore", "Little Prince", "Quality Street", "Red Mill", 1990, Alex Van Praag Sr., Armistice Day, Betty Jo Eickenberry, Central Railroad Depot, childhood, classified ad department, DAR, Daughters of the American Revolution, Decatur and Macon County Hospital, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, DHS, DMCH, Dr. Jones, Elmer Nickel, Ethel Parkinson, Fires, Freda Douthit, GAR, Glee Club, Governor Oglesby Mansion board, Grand Army of the Republic, Great Depression, grocery stores, H.C. Schaub, Helen Gorman, Herald & Review, Herald and Review, home birth, Howard Millard, ice block, Illinois Central Railroad, Indian schools, international traveling, Interurban, Interurban station, interview, January 1990, Jeanette MacDonald, Lake Decatur, Lincoln School, Linn and Scruggs, Louise Fyke, Macon County Conservation District, Macon County Hospital, Macon County Newsletter, Marietta School, Moweaqua mine disaster, Mrs. Jane Lee, Mt. Zion IL, OH91, oral history, plays, Poetry, poetry club, recording, Red Cross, Robert Williams, Roosevelt Junior High School, Shellabarger Mansion, sound recording, St. Mary's Auxiliary, stalker, Stephen Decatur Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, streetcar, Switchboard, Toonerville Trolley, transcription, Transfer House, traveling, typing, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Women's Relief Corps, World War I, WWI
Mrs. O.L. Myers' Oral History - Transcription
Tags: "Poor Man's Picnic", 1981, advertising department, August 1981, Betty Turnell, Bookkeeper, caretaker's cottage, Central Junior High School, changes to Decatur, Circus, Corn Carnivals, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Fairview Park, family life, Grand Ave., Great Eastern Tea and Coffeey Company, Hartford House, Herkimer St., interview, James Millikin Homestead, Leader Iron Works, Mrs. O.L. Myers, Oakland School, Ofel Etchison, OH92, oral history, Polish picnic, Pugh School, Pugh St., Pugh Street School, recording, Red Cross hospital, sound recording, Spanish flu, Stephen Decatur High School, Streetcars, summer streetcars, the Elms, Wabash Credit Union, Wabash Railroad, wooden paving blocks
Mrs. Ruth Gibbs' Oral History - Transcription
Tags: 1983, Betty Turnell, Brown, Buddhist Monastery, Camp Milam, Central Jurisdiction, childhood, Christian County, Christian Social Relations, Cleveland Avenue Methodist Church, conversational English, country school, Davidson, Decatur District Women's Foreign Missionary Society, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Dr, Dr. Donald Gibbs, Dr. E.T. Evans, earthquake, Eastern Michigan University, Evangelical United Brethren Church, farm, First Methodist Church, First Methodist Church of Evanston, Garrett Theological Seminary, Great Depression, Harriet Ellis, Illiopolis High School, Imogene, international committee, Interurban, interview, Japan, Jurisdiction Woman's Society, Ladies' Aid Society, Methodist Church combination, Millikin University, Mrs. Conklin, Mrs. E.T. Evans, Mrs. Lucy Oplinger, Mrs. Marksmiller, Mrs. R.C. Augustine, Mrs. Ruth Gibbs, national board, Negro colleges, North-Central Jurisdiction, Northwestern University, November 1983, OH93, oral history, president, recording, SATC, School of Christian Mission, sound recording, Student Army Training Corps, Teacher, teachers' college, transcription, United Methodist Church, Weleyan Service Guild, Women's Home Missionary Society, Women's Society of Christian Service, World War I, WWI, YMCA, Ypsilanti MI
Oma Gardner's Oral History - Transcription
Tags: 1984, American Nurses Association, Betty Turnell, Bolton Act, Cadet Nurses Corps, changes to hospitals, changes to nursing, Decatur and Macon County Hospital, Decatur and Macon County Hospital School of Nursing, Decatur Memorial Hospital, duties of nurses, Ethyl Goss, Florence Nightingale, history of Nursing, Industrial Nurse, interview, James Millikin University, L.P.N., Licensed Practical Nurse, Licensing Act for Nurses, LPN, Miss, Miss Helen Cleland, Miss Nona Ellis, National League of Nursing Education, Nurses Association of Alumnae of the United States and Canada, nursing, nursing in Decatur, OH94, OH94B, Oma Gardner, oral history, pediatric nursing, penicillin, polio vaccine, premie nursery, R.N., recording, Red Cross, RN, Sarah Morris Hospital, School of Nursing, Society of Superintendent of Training Schools, Superintendent of Nurses, transcription, U.S. Public Health Service, William Johns Nurses Residence, World War II, WWII
W.T. Layton's Oral History - Transcription
Tags: "bear crew, "gandy-dancers", 1982, accidents, Allis Chambers, Army, Betty Turnell, braking, Conductor, Decatur IL, diesel engines, firing, freight trains, golf, grandchildren, interview, May 1982, Meyers' Brothers, Norfolk and Western Railroad, OH99, oral history, passenger trains, pension, politics, recording, retirement, social security, Steam Engines, track maintenance, transcription, Travel, W.T. Layton, Wabash Railroad
Photos of South Jasper Street during the 1940's and 1950's
Tags: Aerial View, businesses, Decatur IL., E. Eldorado St., E. Wood St., S. Jasper St., ST821, ST822, ST823, ST824, ST825, Streets