Reina Yowell, John O'Neil, Lloyd Stanley, and Mrs. Thompson. The first part of the memoir consists of Mrs. Thompson and Reina Yowell discussing Virginia and Beardstown, Illinois: their history, antiques, Civil War, and area cemeteries. The second part features O'Neil's and Stanley's discussion of central Illinois railroads.

1 tape, 120 mins., 30 pp. Interview by Mrs. Oscar Trout, ca. 1972 RESTRICTED: May be read but not quoted, cited or reproduced.

Reina Yowell discusses the town of Virginia, Illinois at the turn of the century: the founding of the town by her great-grandfather Henry Hall, the character and layout of the town, home cooking, early education, and her husband's veterinary practice.

1 tape, 90 mins., 43 pp. Interview by Marjorie Taylor, 1974 OPEN See collateral file