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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
Photos of Trucks Stuck in the Franklin Street Subway
Tags: Decatur IL., S. Franklin St, ST816, ST820, Streets, Subway, Wrecks
Photos of South Franklin Street Subway
South Franklin Street Subway
Construction
Demolition
Decatur, IL.
Tags: Construction, Decatur IL., Demolition, Icy Conditions, S. Franklin St., ST814, ST815, ST817, ST818, ST819, Streets, Subway, Winter
Photo of Franklin Street Opening
Photos of South Franklin Street
Tags: Aerial View, businesses, Decatur IL., South Franklin Street, ST810, ST811, ST812, Streets
Lee D. Pigott's Oral History #2
Tags: 1982, Baptist Church, basketball, Betty Turnell, boys' club, Cameron MO, Cleveland Avenue Baptist Church, Decatur High School, Decatur IL, Decatur Ministerial Association, Decatur Public Schools, Dr. Cameron Harmon, Durfee School, education, Epworth League, interview, June 1982, Kansas City MO, ladies' Sunday School class, Lee D. Pigott, Malleable Iron Company, manual training, McKendree College, Methodist Church, Millikin University, ministry, Missouri Conference, Missouri Wesleyan College, Murphysboro IL, Naval Air Force, Naval Aviation, OH101, oral history, Principal, Prof. Cole, recording, religious life, superintendent of schools, transcription, U.S. Naval Force, World War I, WWI
