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Becker recalls early 20th century life in Springfield: her family and home life; education at Sacred Heart Academy and the Bettie Stuart Institute; funerals; childhood games; neighborhoods; and volunteer activities. She also mentions the homefront during WWI and WWII, the 1908 race riot, and Springfield entertainments.

2 tapes, 180 mins., 75 pp. Interview by Kay MacLean, 1975 OPEN See collateral file

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Frances Chapman, a lifelong resident of Springfield, recalls the early 20th century there: family life, schooling, businesses, neighborhoods, social activities, 1908 race riot, Illinois State Fair, and horse and trolley transportation. She also recalls her travels.

2 tapes, 135 mins., 57 pp. Interview by Kay MacLean, 1975 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes and photocopy of Commerce News, July, 1909 issue.

Scope and Contents Irwin, daughter of businessman Eugene Hemmick and Frances Thayer Hemmick, recalls her family and social life at the turn-of-the-century in Springfield. She discusses the family store and the merchandise sold there, domestic chores and hired help, entertainment and social functions, home life, the family garden, downtown businesses, transportation, a 1908 trip to Arizona, her school days, and the WWI and WWII homefront. She also mentions the activities of the Daughters of the American...

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Leach, coal miner, recalls the different positions and duties he held in various coal mines in and around Springfield, equipment used, the UMW and PMA unions, and his family.

2 tapes, 135 mins., 52 pp. Interview by Kay MacLean, 1975 OPEN See collateral file

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Sayre discusses rural life in Petersburg and central Illinois during the 20th century: farming, homemade foods, home entertainment, family life, marriage, divorce, and children. Also discusses her volunteer work and the Lincoln Memorial Gardens.

3 tapes, 240 mins., 73 pp. Interview by Kay MacLean, 1973 OPEN See collateral file