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Speer, Ethel

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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

Speer, Ethel b. 1915: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-SP32
Scope and Contents

SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT Speer discusses her father's association with the Shawneetown Bank; the establishment of the First State Bank of Junction, Illinois; 1937 Ohio River flood; the bank's interior; and people associated with the bank and town.

1 tape, 45 mins., 21 pp. Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date