Scope and Contents Howarth, mayor of Springfield in the 1950's and 1960's, discusses the city of Springfield, his family, early education, playing basketball, dating, growing up in the 1920's, attending the University of Illinois and law school, Depression, employment with Prudential Insurance Company, and marriage. He also recalls his WWII navy service in the Pacific Theater: basic training, combat experiences, and Japan. Also discusses post-WWII Springfield: law practice, battling vice, corruption, and...

Scope and Contents Howarth, former Springfield mayor and assistant state's attorney, discusses the city's efforts in the 1940's to eradicate gambling, graft and other vice problems. He discusses raids on gambling dens, the Good Government League, and the Committee to Study Traffic Problems. 1 tape, 75 mins., 16 pp. Interview by Jonelle B. Stock, 1973 RESTRICTED: material may not be quoted or cited without the Howarth's permission. See collateral file: interviewer's notes and photocopied...

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Student papers and projects of Nelson Howarth's Spring 1972 class on Local Governmental Problems. The student papers were published together into a booklet entitled "An Analysis of Five Poblems of Local Governments in the Springfield (Illinois ) Statistical Metropolitan Area." Subjects include annexation, housing, implementation of the Emergency Employment Act, proliferation of local governments, and recreation.

Scope and Contents Several Illinois political figures, members of the media, the Illinois State Police, and a teacher recall the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the events which followed. They discuss their reaction to the assassination, the shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald, security measures, television coverage, Lyndon B. Johnson, and the findings of the Warren Commission. Chamberlain, William (1931-1972), 1 tape, 13 mins., 7 pp. Coleman, Dale (1929-1983), 1 tape, 13 mins., 7 pp....

Scope and Contents Papers of Nelson Howarth, Assistant State's Attorney for Sangamon County, Illinois 1948-1949, Mayor of Springfield 1955-1959 and 1963-1971. Born in Green County, Indiana and raised on farms in Illinois, he received a law degree from the University of Illinois in 1934 and was an attorney in private practice when not in public office. Correspondence, transcripts of speeches and radio broadcasts, court records, clippings, photographs, brochures, programs and memorabilia documenting...