Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Marsh, attorney, recalls his experiences as Special Counsel to Illinois Governor Richard B. Ogilvie (1969-1973). He recounts activities as a chief advisor and trouble-shooter for Ogilvie, dealing with matters such as the institution of a state income tax, fiscal reforms, the 1970 Constitutional Convention, the governor's legislative efforts, transportation projects, and Ogilvie's failed re-election campaign against Dan Walker. He also recalls attending law school at...

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT McCarter recounts his work as director of the Bureau of the Budget and the Department of Finance, the planning and legislative maneuvers behind the Illinois income tax and federal revenue sharing, work with the Department of Revenue, Governor Richard Ogilvie and his administration, and the 1970 Constitutional Convention. Also discusses his education for politics, work for Booz Allen, and his appointment in the Ogilvie administration. 1 tape, 90 mins., 30 pp....

Scope and Contents Henry L. McCarthy discusses his family background, early education and work, the Depression, education at University of Chicago, work at DePaul University, work as regional director of the Social Security Administration, the Social Security Act, the Roosevelt Administration and the New Deal, WWII, service as Commissioner of Welfare in New York City in the 1950's, and his positions in the Illinois Public Aid Commission and Department of Aging. Also discusses Chicago, life in Springfield,...

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ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Michaelson, administrative assistant to Governor Richard Ogilvie from 1969-72, discusses personalities and his role as liaison between the governor's office and several state agencies. Also discusses his political education, the 1968 and 1972 gubernatorial campaign, Governor Ogilvie, General Assembly, and the Ogilvie administration.

4 tapes, 310 mins., 87 pp., plus index Interview by Cullom Davis, 1981 OPEN See collateral file

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Cullom Davis and Linda S. Jett, staff of the Sangamon State University Oral History Office, discuss projects such as the Illinois General Assembly Oral History Program, and activities and changes in the Oral History Office.

2 tapes, 75 min., 24 pp. Interviews by William Day, 1984 and Eleanor White, 1985 OPEN For tape see individual names

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Ozinga discusses the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention and his work on the Revenue and Finance Committee.

1 tape, 30 mins. Interview by G. Cullom Davis, Kim Hoffman, Marilyn Huff Immel, and Timothy J. Jones, 1987 OPEN See collateral file: partial unrevised transcript. Tape also contained John F. Leon interview -- tape inaudible and discarded

Scope and Contents Paludan, Professor of History and holder of the Naomi Lynn Distinguished Chair of Lincoln Studies at the University of Illinois at Springfield (2001-07), recalls his family background, childhood in Canada, Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Glendale California; his early schooling; his parents’ divorce and visits to his father and his mother’s relatives; studies, social activities, sports and friends at Glendale High School; life as a student at Occidental College and his growing interest in history;...

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Parkhurst, Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1959-69, discusses his years in the General Assembly: campaigns, judicial and legislative reforms, reapportionment, anti-crime bills, education legislation and civil rights legislation. Also discusses his years before the General Assembly: family, education, law school and practice, and time in the military. Also the years after: the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention,...

Scope and Contents Personal Papers of G. Cullom Davis include course materials, syllabi, bibliographies and research papers Davis produced as a doctoral student at the University of Illinois; lecture notes, lesson plans, bibliographies and student papers produced and collected when he taught at Indiana University 1967-70. Davis was Assoc. Prof. of History at SSU, 1970-74, and became Prof. of History in 1974. Papers generated after 1970 pertain to SSU; these include material on Clayville, Lincoln Sites, and...

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Perlmutter, director of the boy's clothing department at the Bachrach department store in Decatur, Illinois, discusses her early years in the Bronx, New York, experiences as a buyer for various clothing stores, her marriage and family, moving to Decatur in 1952, the Jewish community in Decatur, and the growth and development of the Bachrach store and its "Mod Shop."

Memoir, 72 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, 1991. RESTRICTED: no legal release.