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Photos of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Photographs of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.

Tags: 5/16/1953, Dale Evans, Radio, Roy Rogers, Visitors, VS129, VS130, WMAQ

Photo of WSOY Studio Organ and Piano

Photograph of WSOY studio organ, microphone and piano.

Tags: 10/9/1938, BS825, Business, Entertainment, News, Radio, Recording Studio, WSOY

Photos of People Performing on WSOY Radio Station

Photograph of a group of people around a piano. Photographs of a male performer holding up a record, standing at a microphone.

Tags: 1944, BS2481, BS2482, BS585, Business, Decatur IL., Group Performing, Male Performer, Radio, Radio Station, WSOY

Photo of Men Installing WSOY Call Letters on Building and Interior

Photograph of three men installing WSOY call letters to front of building located at 353 N. Main St., Decatur, IL. Photograph of radio station control room.

Tags: 1942, 353 N. Main St., BS2468, BS2488, building, Business, Control Room, Decatur IL., interior, Radio, Radio Station, WSOY

Photos of WSOY Building and Antennae

Photographs of WSOY Radio Station Building, and Antennae, Pershing Road, Decatur, IL.

Tags: 8/27/1958, Antennae, BS2472, BS2473, BS2480, BS2485, building, Business, Radio, Radio Station, WSOY

Photos of Employees WSOY Radio Station

Photographs of WSOY news reporters, DJ's, control room,

Tags: 1/1/1948, 9/21/1950, BS2466, BS2467, BS2474, BS2475, BS2476, BS2477, BS2478, BS2483, BS2484, Business, Clark, Control Room, Decatur IL., DJ, employees, Jay Giles, News Reporter, Radio, Radio Station, WSOY

Photograph of Morehouse & Wells Co. Building, 134 E. Main St., Decatur, IL.

Photograph of the Morehouse & Wells Co., Building 134 E. Main Street, Decatur, IL. "Morehouse & Wells - after last week's 'Scrapbook' article about the end of Morehouse & Wells retail business in downtown Decatur in 1958 (due to a fire at its…

Tags: 134 E. Main St., 1896, 1909, Auto Accessories, BS1935, BS309, building, Business, Decatur IL., Glass, Hardware, House Furnishings, Morehouse & Wells Co., Paints, Radio, Sporting Goods

Richard Rodgers' Oral History #1

This is the first oral history of Richard Rodgers. 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, oral history, out houses., pasteurization, public transportation, Pugh School, Radio, recording, refrigeration, Richard Rodgers, Roosevelt Junior High School, salt water taffy, shoe repair, Shoe Store, Shoes, shopping, Stephen Decatur High School, Street Cars, Swarthout Brothers, telephones, The Anvil Chorus, Transfer House, triangle, unpaved streets, vaudeville theatre, vitaphone programs, WJBL station, World War I, WWI, xylophone

Dr. Jere Mickel's Oral History

This is the oral history of Dr. Jere Mickel. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in May 1980. The interview includes his career as a theater and speech professor.

Tags: "Blues for Mr. Charlie", "The Rivals", 1980, acting, actor, actors, Albert Taylor Hall, Betty Turnell, Bill Miller, Chairman of department, Chicago IL, Classics, criticism, Dr. Jere Mickel, Episcopal Church, Ford Foundation, Four Year College, G.I. influx, Gianni Schecchi, golden anniversary, Goodman Theatre, Great Depression, Greek, Humanities, interview, Korean War, L.C. McNabb, Latin, Little Theatre Guild, low pay scale, Madame Butterfly, Masonic Temple, May 1980, Millikin University, Mr. Hutchin's Experimental College, Mr. Norville, Mrs. Edith McNabb, oral history, Pandora Players, Peru NE, Ph.D in Theatre and English, Ph.D., plays, prejudice, Professor, Professor of Speech, Radio, recording, retirement pension, Robert Maynard Hutchins, School of Theatre, show business, Sir Anthony, speech, speech training, talking pictures, teaching, telecourse, Texas State College for Women, University of Chicago, University of Montana

Mrs. L.C. (Edith) McNabb's Oral History

This is the oral history of Mrs. L.C. (Edith) McNabb. She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in April 1980. The interview includes her time at Millikin University as a Professor of Speech, her work with WSOY, and her tele-courses on Channel 17 and…

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