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	Browsing item(s) in Monticello Oral Histories\nReplicas and Objects of the Giertz Education Center, Krannert Art Museum\nWilliam R. Thompson Digital Collection -- Tuskegee Airmen\nHistoric Champaign County -- Neighborhoods and Homes\nWatseka Public Library\n results 1-20 of 36 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Oral history interview with Joseph Francis Allman, Jr. : June 6, 1984. Allman, Joseph Francis, 1918-1996--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Doctor. Interview: Parents and grandparents -- Globe Theatre -- Schooling -- Depression and farm foreclosures -- Childhood friends and chores -- World War II in the Navy -- Wife and children... 2. Oral history interview with Eleanor Miller Anderson : March 24, 1983. Anderson, Eleanor Miller, 1918- --Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Monticello Ice Plant. Interview: Parents -- Miller Ice Plant and delivering ice -- Monticello Locker & Dairy Plant -- Doctors -- Toys to needy families -- Telephone and party lines -- Monticello... 3. Oral history interview with Francis "Andy" Anderson : March 24, 1983. Anderson, Francis, 1895-1991--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Banker. Interview: World War II and the news reels at the movies -- Monticello Society of 400 -- First State Bank -- Policemen in Monticello -- Being mayor of Monticello -- American Legion... 4. Oral history interview with William E. Baird : February 10, 1983. Baird, William E., 1900-1987--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: School administrator. Interview: Childhood and parents -- Growing up on a dairy farm -- Schooling -- World War I -- Superintendent of Monticello City schools -- Monticello schools -- Rotary... 5. Oral history interview with Coral Winsor Barnes : February 18 and 23, 1982. Barnes, Coral Winsor, 1900-1995--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: High school teacher; Piatt County Assistant Superintendent of Schools; Country Companies Insurance Agent. Interview: Parkland College beginnings -- Parkland College -- Monticello city council... 6. Oral history interview with Kenneth Robert Bauman : July 25, 1983. Bauman, Kenneth Robert, 1912-1990--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Funeral director. Parents and childhood -- Transfer House (Interurban depot) in Decatur -- Schooling -- Memories ofWorld War I -- Worked at Decatur review newspaper -- Worked at Staley Factory... 7. Oral history interview with Joe Valentine Bennett : April 13th 1983. Bennett, Joe Valentine, 1911- --Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Petroleum station. Interview: Childhood and parents -- Schooling -- Cheese factory history -- Shell Oil Company service station -- Deep Rock Service Station -- Piatt County Selective Service... 8. Oral history interview with Ruth Honselman Brown : September 30, 1982. Brown, Ruth Honselman, 1900-1992--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Teacher. Interview: Parents -- Honselman Cabin -- Schooling -- Teacher's Institute in Normal -- Teaching school -- Depression -- Quarantine and scarlet fever -- Teaching Sunday school at... 9. Oral history interview with Myrlin Franklin Buckingham : May 9, 1984. Buckingham, Myrlin Franklin, 1914- --Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Employee at Allerton House. Interview: Parents and growing up on a farm in Cerro Gordo, Illinois -- Schooling -- Chauffeur for Adolph Mueller of Decatur -- Depression -- World War II service... 10. Oral history interview with Hester Nina Milligan Combes : September 16, 1982. Combes, Hester Nina Milligan, 1890-1987--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET. Pepsin Factory Worker/Telephone Company Worker. Interview: Parents and childhood -- Schooling in Cisco -- Pepsin Factory -- Telephone Company -- Ice Plant -- Locker Plant -- Hot Lunch program... 11. Oral history interview with Marian DeBore Dighton : May 16, 1983. Dighton, Marian DeBore, 1910-1993--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Nurse. Interview: Parents -- Nursing school -- World War I memories -- Depression -- County health nurse -- Quarntine for scarlet fever -- Monticello school nurse -- Meeting husband and... 12. Oral history interview with Ford M. Dubson : February 1, 1983. Dubson, Ford M., 1895-1990--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Postal worker; Famer. Interview: Parents and childhood -- Growing up on a farm -- Haneline school house and Piatt school house -- World War I overseas -- Dog fighting in World War I -- Water... 13. Oral history interview with Reba Aline Peabody Edie : September 23, 1982. Edie, Reba Aline Peabody, 1903-1983--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: School teacher. Childhood and parents -- Teaching in Monticello -- Courtship and marriage -- Edie's law practice -- Interurban -- Depression and banks closing -- Old Opera House/Community... 14. Oral history interview with Charles Nelson : August 24, 1983. Finson, Charles Nelson, 1915- --Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Grain business/First National Bank. Parents -- W.L. Finson Grain Elevator -- Schooling -- Depression -- Interurban and the trains -- World War II -- National Bank of Monticello -- Businesses... 15. Oral history interview with Emil Fox : February 11, 1982. Fox, Emil, 1896-1985--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Part owner, Tylac Company in Monticello. Interview: Parents and childhood in Germany -- Coming to the United States -- Working in Decatur, Illinois -- Trains -- Becoming a United States... 16. Oral history interview with Leah May Sipe Fox : February 9, 1982. Fox, Leah May Sipe, 1886-1987--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Organist for silent pictures and vaudeville; Part owner Tylac Company in Monticello. Interview: Parents and grandparents -- Teaching piano music -- Living in Atwood -- Met husband -- Life... 17. Oral history interview with Lula Mae Stanley Gaskill : October 27, 1983. Gaskill, Lula Mae Stanley, 1920- --Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Librarian. Interview: Childhood and parents -- Schooling -- Typhoid fever -- Depression -- Started at Allerton Library in 1957 -- Survey of community needs -- Summer Reading Program -- Remodeling... 18. Oral history interview with Herbert Harlan Kaiser : December 22, 1982. Kaiser, Herbert Harlan, 1900-1987--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Lawer; Title Company. Interview: Parents and grandparents -- Family home located on Monticello Square -- Monticello's first grocery -- Old Methodist Church -- Grandfather coming to Piatt... 19. Oral history interview with Florence Ethelyn Rankin Kirkland : December 20, 1982. Kirkland, Florence Ethelyn Rankin, 1891-1987--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET. Legal Stenographer. Interview: Parents and childhood -- Union School House in Slabtown -- Working for attorneys Edie and Shonkwiler -- Brown's Business College -- Socials -- Country Doctors... 20. Oral history interview with Lois Lilly : February 28, 1983. Lilly, Lois, 1912- --Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: School teacher. Interview: Parents and growing up on the farm (Tatman farms) -- Mother taught school at Piatt School House and Union ("Slabtown") School House -- Games as a child (lotto,... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 36 item(s)  page 1 of 2 : ( <<  1  2  >> ) :: previous : next
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