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Reward Resolution - April 26, 1971

This is a resolution authorizing a reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone that damaged library property.

Tags: 1971, Albert K. Miller, April 1971, board of directors, Board of Trustees, Carol G. Brandt, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Library, Resolution, reward, reward resolution, vandalism

Richard A. Wilson

Photograph of Richard A. Wilson. He was a real estate and insurance agent in Decatur in the early 1900's. He was also notary public and had his offices at 133 E. Prairie St. where the Cahill Real Estate office is now located. Found no further…

Tags: 133 E. Prairie St., biography, Cahill Real Estate, Decatur IL., insurance, Notary Public, Photo File: Biography, real estate, Richard A. Wilson

Richard E. Reeves' Oral History

This is the oral history of Richard E. Reeves. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on April 19, 1988. The interview includes his childhood, family life, work, and missionary work with the First United Methodist Church.

Tags: 1988, Africa, Air Force, airplane mechanics, Annual Conference, April 1988, Architectural Drafting, Architecture, Aviation Cadet, Barnes Hospital, Bert Templeton, Betty Turnell, Building Committee, Burks Pumps, Children, council of ministries, Decatur IL, Decatur Public Company, Dr. Paul Burt, educational wing of church, engineering, Executive Vice-President, Faculty, First United Methodist Church of Decatur, Ghana, interview, Joyce Reeves, jurisdictional conference, Kenya, Liberia, missionary work, Mississippi, mock-ups, national church, nurse's training, official board, oral history, parish relations, pastor, Pentagon, Ploughboy Prom, Rantoul IL, recording, recruitment college tour, Richard E. Reeves, salesman, San Francisco, Sertoma Club, Sierra Leone, St. Louis MO, Student Council, Sunday school teacher, teaching aids, UMCOR, United Methodist Committee on Relief, University of Illinois, US Office of Education, Vice-President of Engineering, Vice-President of Marketing, Washington University, water and sanitation problems, Webster-Cantrall Hall, Weldon IL, Wells, Wesley Foundation, World War II, WWII, Yale University

Richard F. McEvoy

Photograph of Richard F. McEvoy (d. Feb 15, 1931). He was born in Decatur and was a blacksmith by trade. For many years he was employed at the Wayne Sulkeyette and Road Cart Co. He later worked for Townsend Bros. and still later for Bowman bros. He…

Tags: biography, blacksmith, Bowman Bros., Decatur IL., Decatur Review, Decatur Volunteer Firemen Assoc., File Photo: Biography, Nevada, Richard F. McEvoy, Townsend Bros., Volunteer Fireman, Wayne Sulkeyette and Road Cart Co.

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

Richard Rodgers's Oral History #2

This is the second oral history of Richard Rodgers. He was interviewed by Betty Turnell on Decatur 12, 1988. This interview included information about Decatur in the early 1900s.

Right of Way and Track Map - Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Western RR, Operated by Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (6/30/1918)

These maps show Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Western RR right of way and track in and near the Wabash RR's roundhouse and yards. The Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Western RR was operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. The map was…

Tags: #8.003, 1918, 6/30/1918, B&O, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Cincinnati Indianapolis and Western RR, collection, Decatur IL, E. Eldorado St, ISHRAB-2017-25-20, ISHRAB-2017-25-6, map, Railroad Map Collection, right of way, Streets, Track, Wabash Roundhouse, Wabash yards

Right of Way and Track Map - Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Western RR, Operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (6/30/1918)

This map shows the right of way and track of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Western RR along State Road 36 through the lands of Samuel M.C. Davis, Henry W. Davis, John S. Kiser, Allen Travis, N.L Prather, James Millikin, and Ambrose Greenfield.…

Right of Way and Track Map - Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Western RR, Operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (6/30/1918)

This map shows the right of way and track of the Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Western RR along State Road 121 in Long Creek Township. The track runs through land belonging to Miller S. Fietrow, W.M. Davis, Samuel B. Wortman, Sylvester C. Davis,…

Right of Way and Track Map - Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Western RR, Operated by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (6/30/1918)

This map shows Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Western RR's right of way and track between Fairview Ave. and N. Water St. This right of way is on Wabash RR track. Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Western RR was operated by the Baltimore and Ohio…

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