Eswine, Carl
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Eswine, Carl (1902-1988): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-ES93
Scope and Contents
SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT
Eswine, Shawneetown resident, discusses his family background, riverboats and lightkeeping, the Ridgeway Bank and the 1913 flood. He recalls Shawneetown businesses, the old log schoolhouse, residents, bank interior, electricity and fuel sources, and the 1937 Ohio River flood.
1 tape, 62 mins., 29 pp.
Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978
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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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