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Lee D. Pigott's Interview #1 - Transcription

This is the transcription of Lee D. Pigott's first oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on January 30, 1978. The interview includes his youth and his teaching career.

Tags: 1978, AB degree, Ada Holtwick Caudle Pigott, aluminum scrap drive, Antoinette County KS, apprenticeship, Armistice Day, aviation mechanic, basketball, Betty Turnell, boys' club, cabinet making, car repair man, Carpenter's Union, Centennial Junior High School, Charles Lee, childhood, Christmas program, Christopher Wren tower, corporal punishment, counseling departments, Cy Gentry, Decatur Board of Education, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Kiwanis Club, Decatur Public Schools, Dennis School, distributive education, diversified occupations, Dr. Cameron Harmon, Dr. Lloyd Trump, Durfee School, Durfee School principal, Enlistment, farmhand, father's club, forced retirement, Ford Foundation, Gaither farm, Gastman School, Great Lakes Naval Academy, growth patter, gymnasium, high school diploma, ice wagon, Illinois Junior High School Association, industrial education, interview, janitor, January 1978, Kansas, Kansas City MO, Ku Klux Clan, Lebanon IL, Lee D. Pigott, Lee Decatur Pigott, Lincoln School, Little 19 Basketball Tournament, Logan School, machinist, Malleable Iron Company, manual training, Mary W. French School, master's degree, Mayor, McKendree College Academy, Methodist Church, Millikin University, Miss Elizabeth Crowder, Mobile and Ohio shop, mothers' club, Mr. Jones, Murphysboro IL, Naval Aviation, North Central Association, Oakland Junior High School, Oakland School, OH83, Oke Summers, Oklahoma, Old Clothes Day, oral history, Pekin IL, Pekin Starch, Pfeifer, Pines Community Center, Principal, PTA, quitting school, R.S.W. McDavid, Railroad YMCA, recording, Roosevelt Junior High School, sound recording, Spanish flu, staff utilization, Superintendent Engleman, Third United Brethren Church, Torrence Park, transcription, truancy, Ulrich School, University of Illinois, vocational automobile mechanics, vocational building trades, vocational cabinet making, vocational drafting, vocational electricity, vocational sheet and metal, vocational work, Warren School, wheat harvest crews, wooden paddle, Woodrow Wilson Junior High School, Woodworking, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII, YMCA, young people's group

R. Wayne Gill's Oral History - Transcription

This is the transcription of R. Wayne Gill's oral history. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in March 1980. The interview includes his time at Millikin University both as a student and an employee.

Tags: "Stuck at Taylor's College", 1980, academy, Albert Taylor Hall, Aston Hall, athletic director, Barracks, basketball, basketball and track coach, Bethany College, Betty Turnell, Bill Muer, business manager, Business Manager Emeritus, changes to Millikin University, Charlene Wood, chemistry, childhood, City of Decatur, Clyde Hart, coach, Davida McCaslin, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, dormitories, Dr. Albert Taylor, Dr. Claire A. Garber, Dr. Fellows, Dr. J. Roger Miller, Dr. John C. Hessler, Dr. Malone, Dr. McKay, Dr. Tyler, Dr. William Casey, engineering, Flora IL, G.I. Bill, Gastman School, Gorin Library, Grace Patton Conant, Griswold Physical Education Center, Hank Gill, Industrial Arts Department, interview, James Millikin, Jimmy Ashmore, Kirkland Fine Arts Center, Lake Geneva WI, Liberal Arts Building, March 1980, Millikin National Bank, Millikin University, Norman Wann, Northwestern Military and Naval Academy, OH84, oral history, Powers Building, Professor L.M. Cole, Professor Townsley, R. Wayne Gill, recording, Recreation Department, SATC, School of Music, Scovill Science Hall, Secretary-Treasurer, sound recording, Student Army Training Corps, Superintendent of Recreation, transcription, veterans, vocational training, West Virginia, William Henderson, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII

Lee D. Pigott's Oral History #2

This is the second oral history of Lee D. Pigott. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell in June 1982. The interview includes his time as a minister.

Photographs of Spectators Watching Monticello Play Gibson City on 2/15/1966.

Photographs of spectators watching Monticello High School play Gibson City, it was win number 22 for Monticello.

Tags: 2/15/1966, audience, basketball, Gibson City High School, Monticello High School, Monticello IL., Piatt County IL., Schools, spectators, Sports

Photographs of Coaches at Monticello High School Basketball Game.

Photographs of the coaches at Monticello Basketball game.

Tags: 2/15/1966, basketball, Coaches, Monticello High School, Monticello IL., Public Schools, Schools, Sports

Photographs Of Sporting Events in Monticello, IL.

Photographs of Monticello basketball players, coaches, cheerleaders.

Tags: 2/15/1966, basketball, Cheerleaders, Coaches, Monticello High School, Monticello IL., Players, Public Schools, Schools, Sports

Photographs of Eisenhauer Sports Teams

Photographs of Eisenhauer Football Team, Basketball Team, and Baseball Teams, State Champions in 1962.

Tags: 1957, 1958, 1962, Baseball, basketball, Decatur IL., Eisenhauer High School, Football, Schools, Sports, State Champions, Teams

Pugh St. Boys Basketball Team

This is a glass negative of the Pugh St. Boys Basketball Team. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: basketball, boys, c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, negative, Pugh St., Pugh St. Boys Basketball Team, Team, Wasson Studios

Girls Junior High Basketball Team - 1918

This is the glass negative of the girls Junior High basketball team. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in 1918.

Tags: 1918, basketball, Charles Wasson, Charles Wasson Photo Collection, Decatur IL, Girls, Girls Junior High Basketball Team, Glass Negative, junior high school, negative, Team, Wasson Studios

Jasper St. Basketball Team

This is the glass negative of the Jasper St. basketball team. The photo was taken by Charles Wasson of Wasson Studios in Decatur, IL in the early 1900s.

Tags: basketball, boys, c. 1910, Charles Wasson, Children, Decatur IL, Glass Negative, Jasper St., Jasper St. basketball team, negative, Team, Wasson Studios

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