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FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Helen Stephens, member of the First Congregational Church in Springfield, discusses activities and events in the church: Forefather's Day dinners, the 1956 church fire and the temporary move to Temple B'rith Sholom; fundraising, rebuilding, and groundbreaking for the new church; women's activities; and affiliation with the United Church of Christ.

2 tapes, 180 mins., 35 pp. Interview by Henry Russel, 1980 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents Narrators discuss their individual experiences during WWII. George Mella discusses his memories of WWII as a young boy in the Philippines and his encounters with Japanese soldiers. Helen Stephens discusses the WWII homefront as a wife and mother in Springfield. Stuart Anderson discusses WWII as a teacher and part-time worker at a war equipment plant in Milwaukee, Minnesota. 3 tapes, 210 mins., 57 pp. Interviews by Hazel R. Muncy, 1993 OPEN See collateral file: filed under WWII...