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Petersen, Sangamon State University employee from 1970-73, discusses the beginning of the University: recruiting students, admissions, university governance and academic planning.

1 tape, 90 mins., 28 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, 1973 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Scariano, member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1957-73, discusses his election in 1956, the Illinois Crime Investigation Commission, legislative and judicial reform, education and state universities and the administration of Governor Otto Kerner. Also discusses his earlier years in Chicago, his education, law school, and his law practice.21 tapes, 1110 mins., 2 vols., 217 pp., plus index Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner and...

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Shade, former mayor of Pekin, Illinois and member of the Illinois House of Representatives, discusses Pekin during the 20th century: local newspapers, the real estate business with his father, education in Pekin, and his early political career as assistant supervisor of Tazewell County and mayor of Pekin, 1939-54.

2 tapes, 145 mins., 52 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, 1980 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photocopies of photographs and articles, and photos.

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ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Tagge, former newspaper political editor, discusses efforts to establish the McCormick Place convention center in Chicago, opposition to and support of the project, Chicago and Illinois politics, the Clem Graver kidnapping, and involvement of the Chicago Tribune. Also mentions Illinois State Senators and Representatives, other politicians, and legislative bills.

3 tapes, 250 mins., 43 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, 1984 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents Toigo discusses Governor Henry Horner and Illinois politics in the 1930's: work with state sales tax system, citizenship and naturalization, the Council for Democracy, and installation at Lincoln's tomb of a stone from Rome's ancient wall of Servius Tullius by Italian Ambassadors. He also discusses his earlier life: Italian-American background and the Italian communities in Benld and Springfield; jobs in coal mines, hardware and furniture stores; the mine wars and the Mulkeytown march; and...

Scope and Contents Tuggle, employee of Bachrach's Department in Decatur, Illinois from 1955 until 1982, recalls working his way up from stock boy to General Manager, Vice President-Merchandise Manager and Executive Vice President. He discusses his early years in California and on a farm near Warrensburg, Illinois, his family, experiences in positions of increasing responsibility at the Bachrach store, its layout, relations with Henry and Edward Bachrach, their business philosophies, fellow employees,...

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Ulery, farmer, discusses early 20th century rural life near Morrisonville, Illinois: parents' life and work, early schooling, religious life, teaching in a one room school, dairy farming, farm neighbors, butchering, woodworking and blacksmithing, WWI and the Depression, and furniture making.

5 tapes, 450 mins., 106 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, 1977 RESTRICTED: Ulery estate retains copyright. See collateral file See also MC 48: Oscar L. Ulery Papers and Diaries, 1901-1977

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Wymore discusses serving on the General Government Committee at the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention.

Interview by Cullom Davis, Kim Hoffman, Marilyn Huff Immel, and Timothy J. Jones, 1987. OPEN: Narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file: partial unedited transcript.