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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 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... 2. 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... 3. 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... 4. Oral history interview with Ralph H. McInnes : December 5 and 11, 1985 McInnes, Ralph H., 1910-2001--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET. Businessman. Interview: Family history -- Growing up on a farm in Ivesdale and Bement area -- Beekeeping -- Depression -- Starting a floral business -- Old cabins in Monticello -- Poor Farm... 5. Oral history interview with Pearl Hosler Scott : September 23, 1982. Scott, Pearl Hosler, 1891-1985--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Homemaker. Interview: Childhood and parents -- Lived in White Heath, Illinois -- Slabtown School House -- Marriages -- Life in the depression -- Stores in Monticello -- Interurban -- Jolly... 6. Oral history interview with Nelson H. Traumbauer : March 23, 1982. Trumbauer, Nelson H., 1896-1992--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET. Banker/Reporter-Linotype Operator/IRS Agent. Interview: Parents and growing up in Iowa -- School -- World War I in the army -- World War I in France -- Depression -- Printing business --... 7. Oral history interview with Myrtle A. Baker McKee : December 19, 1985. McKee, Myrtle A. Baker, 1908-2000--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET: Housewife. Interview: Parents and family -- No electricity -- Depression -- Wars -- Building home. 8. 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... 9. Oral history interview with Mildred Cessna Stoddard : January 17, 1983 Stoddard, Mildred Cessna, 1901-1987--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET. Homemaker. Interview: Parents and childhood -- Schooling -- Father was a buggy payment collector -- Home medicines -- Wedding and honeymoon -- World War I and World War II -- Flu epidemic... 10. 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... 11. 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... 12. 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,... 13. Oral history interview with Lodoska "Dottie" Watts Strawn : September 16, 1982. Strawn, Lodoska ("Dottie") Watts, 1890-1987--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET. Homemaker. Interview: Parents and childhood -- Stores on the Monticello Square -- First husband worked for Sen. Allen F. Moore -- Tuberculosis -- Hospital (TB) and farm -- Interurban --... 14. 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... 15. 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... 16. 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... 17. 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... 18. Oral history interview with Jessie Borror Morgan : January 24, 1983. Morgan, Jessie Borror, 1907-1995--Interviews. CONTENT SHEET. Newspaper Journalist. Interview: Parents and childhood near Rossville, Illinois -- Danville newspaper -- Depression -- World War I -- Flu epidemic -- Rationing during World War II -- Piatt... 19. 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... 20. 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... 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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