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Oral history interview with Charles Nelson : August 24, 1983.
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| Title | Oral history interview with Charles Nelson : August 24, 1983. |
| Subject | Finson, Charles Nelson, 1915- --Interviews. |
| Description | 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 in Monticello -- Band concerts on the Monticello Square -- Western Days -- Firecracter Festival -- Clubs and organizations. FURTHER BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Graduated from Monticello High School (1932); football and basketball player, class officer, member of Monticello High School's first band; Michigan Cup Award winner (1932) -- Graduated from the University of Chicago School of Business (1936); Rutgers University Graduate School of Banking (1964) -- Associated with family grain elevator for 17 years -- President of the National Bank of Monticello (1957-1982); board member (1957-1992) -- Director of American Bankers Association -- Officer in Illinois Bankers Association -- Assisted in formation of National Graduate School District #25 (Board of Education); Monticello Unit District #25; (Board of Education); Tatman Village; Monticello City Council; Rotary Club; Allerton Public Library -- Past President of Monticello Chamber of Commerce and Kirby Hospital; named Monticello Outstanding Citizen (1981). |
| Contributors | Sue Gortner, interviewer ; Jack Brighton, Digital Conversion Project Coordinator. |
| Date | 1983; produced, 2005. |
| Format | 1 sound disc (ca. 1 hr.) : digital, mono. ; 4 3/4 in + photograph ; interview. |
| Relation to original | Reproduction. Originally recorded: Monticello, Ill., 1983 (1 audiocassette ; analog ; 1/4 in.) |
| Publisher | Urbana, Ill. : WILL Radio/Televison Station. |
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