Scope and Contents This file contains information on several oral history projects. These include the Shawneetown Bank project, the Illinois General Assembly project, the Illinois Governors project, the Quincy project, the Bradley University Italian/American project, the National Ragtime and Jazz Archives, the McLean County YWCA, and the New Mexico Heritage Center. There are photographs and correspondence concerning these projects. Also included is administrative material such as personnel files,...

Scope and Contents Oral History Tapes & Memoirs, consisting of oral history interviews recorded on cassette tapes and conducted by the the Oral History staff and others since 1972. The memoirs are edited typed transcripts of the taped interviews. The master copies of the tapes and memoirs are stored in the Oral History Master Manuscript and Collateral file (file cabinets). Most typed memoirs are open for research, but some are closed and a few others may not be copied. The collateral files contain...

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Included in this collection is the information that was gathered over the course of the research about the governors and their respective interviews. There is also grant requests and correspondence between the leaders of the project and their funders, also including reports.