Pearson, doctor of medicine, recalls early 20th century rural Tennessee life, Washington University, St. Louis, Europe in the 1930s, WWII and Springfield. Also discusses historic preservation of the Clayville Inn near Pleasant Plains.

4 tapes, 200 mins., 61 pp. Interview by Richard Henderson, 1983 OPEN See collateral file

Spencer, founding president of Sangamon State University, briefly recalls his early academic career at Miami University in Ohio and the University of Chicago; private tutoring; University of Rhode Island; his arrival in Springfield to launch Sangamon State University; the acquisition of the Clayville historic site; and restoring houses in Vermont.

1 tape, 45 mins., 16 pp. Interview by Richard Henderson, 1983 OPEN See collateral file