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Lawler, Elizabeth

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Lawler, Elizabeth (1904-1994): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-L423E
Scope and Contents

SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT Elizabeth Lawler, resident of Shawneetown, recalls the design and construction of the Shawneetown Bank, teller's cages, offices, stairway, upper rooms, carriage house, and iron fence. Also recalls bank personnel and the 1937 Ohio River flood.

1 tape, 38 mins., 23 pp. Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Shawneetown Bank Project: Memories of a Bank: Memoirs

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-SH26
Scope and Contents Memories of a Bank is a published compilation of abridged oral histories and a documentary inventory relating to the Shawneetown Bank, prepared by Sangamon State University under contract with the Illinois Department of Conservation. The narrators discuss the structure and furnishings of the former State Bank of Illinois, its history, its personnel, the town of Shawneetown and the disastrous 1937 Ohio River flood.24 tapes, 3 vols., 839 pp. Interviews by Horace Q. Waggoner,...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date