Galt, James
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Galt, James (1920-2005): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-G139
Scope and Contents
SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT
Galt recalls the interior and exterior of the building, particularly the third floor of the bank, the 1937 Ohio River flood, bank employees, and the closing of the bank.
1 tape, 35 mins., 18 pp.
Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978
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See collateral file: interviewer's notes and a sketch of the bank's second floor.
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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,...
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