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Eugene and Elizabeth Clark discuss their involvement with the organization of the Springfield chapter of the United World Federalists: its founding members, activities and goals, UWF literature, the effects of the McCarthy Era, controversies, and accomplishments.

2 tapes, 125 mins., 32 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, 1973 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Crook attended Sangamon State University taking art and graphics design courses. His applied studies project in 1981 was the creation of a book containing copies of his original artwork and was sold at Shadid’s Book Mart in downtown Springfield. He is a local artist that sold his work at the Old State Capitol Art Fair in downtown Springfield over thirty years. See also D2/1/3 Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project....

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SPRINGFIELD RACE RIOT Cunningham recalls the Springfield 1908 race riot, which she witnessed as a young girl. She also discusses her grandfather William K. Donegan, who was lynched during the riot, discrimination, race relations, and Springfield schools and society.

1 tape, 90 mins., 22 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, et al, 1971 RESTRICTED: May be read but not quoted, cited or reproduced. See collateral file

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Davis, Emeritus Professor of History at SSU/UIS and retired after 39 years of teaching and participation in the experiment that was Sangamon State University. He started at SSU when the university first began by hiring the faculty, some of whom he described as “de-frocked priests” and “refugees from the campus battles of the 1960s.” Davis started the Oral History Office at SSU as a means to preserve less prominent historical interests such...

Scope and Contents Judge DeBoice, a Republican probate judge 1930-50, recalls political figures at the local, state, and national level; presidential campaigns, National Conventions of the 30's and 40's, state and Sangamon County politics, his law practice near Clinton, Dewitt County history, and Illinois land barons. He discusses his family history, military service during WWI, the 1918 influenza epidemic, prohibition, and the effects of the Great Depression. He also recalls a 1916 arson trial tried by Tim...

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Dickerman, SSU Recruiter/Admissions staff member and former SSU student discusses her experiences at Sangamon State University, having graduated in 1986. Barbara and Cullom Davis reminisce about the early days of the university, discussing faculty members, the few buildings on the campus, and the recruitment of students (including Vietnam veterans). SSU was created with a commitment to community activism (including community organizing)...

Scope and Contents Harris, Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1955-61 and Illinois Senate 1961-75, recalls his family background, childhood in Pontiac, Illinois, his father's funeral home business, father's influence, and religious activities of his youth. He also discusses Pontiac during the Depression, Pontiac Prison, local political issues and figures, and his education. 2 tapes, 175 mins., 37 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, 1979 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's...

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Henderson, retired architect, discusses his experiences growing up in Vincennes, Indiana, St. Louis, Missouri, and Springfield, Illinois. In early tapes he focuses on his hobbies of aviation and sketching, his education at the University of Illinois, and his experiences in the United States military. In later tapes he speaks about the architectural offices he worked for and the projects he played a major role in, specifically the Old State...

Scope and Contents Heyman, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright, discusses his interest in architecture and his experiences as fellow at Taliesin. He recalls meeting Frank Lloyd Wright, his apprenticeship, conditions for students at Taliesin in Wisconsin and Taliesin West in Arizona, fellow students and their projects, famous visitors to the studio and Wright's reactions, and design theory. He describes Wright as an employer, teacher, and architect. 3 tapes, 225 mins., 65 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis,...

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Howard, political reporter and statehouse correspondent, recalls personalities and events from his career as a journalist covering Illinois government. He discusses working for the Associated Press, political issues, Depression, violence in the coal mines, Springfield, Governor Horner's administration, Chicago-downstate relations, the 1934 and 1935 Illinois Republican conventions, politics, Stratton and Kerner administrations, the Orville Hodge scandal, reapportionment,...