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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

Photograph of a Decatur High School Postcard

Photographs of a Decatur High School postcard from an unknown date. This is the first high school building, built in 1869 at Broadway and North Streets in Decatur before the second high school was building was built on N. Franklin Street in 1911.

Tags: 1869, Broadway St., building, C. U. Williams, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, exterior, Franklin St., high school, James A. Woodruff, James Woodruff, North St., Old, Original, Photo File: School, postcard, school, Schools, Woodruff

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.

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