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SPRINGFIELD ROTARY CLUB PROJECT Brosch, Rotary Club member since 1947, discusses the Roy T. Jefferson Memorial Building project, the Rotary International Golden Anniversary held in Springfield, and his correspondence with a Rotary president from Saigon.

1 tape, 90 mins., 3 pp. Interview by P.J. Waggaman, 1988 OPEN See collateral file: correspondence and a draft of Brosch's written memoir

Scope and Contents PRISONER OF WAR EXPERIENCES IN WORLD WAR II David Brown, the flight leader of the 79th fighter group, discusses his experiences as an air force pilot during WWII, the African campaign, and Mareth Line bomb-ing; his capture by Italian soldiers, his escape attempts, internment at the Stalag Luft III prison camp near Sagan, Germany; treatment of prisoners and their relations with captors and other allied prisoners of war. He also discusses prisoner's plans for digging tunnels as a means of...

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Douglas Brown discusses WWII and its impact on local businesses: war-time restrictions, war-time production, rationing, transportation, ordnance plants and military facilities in and around Springfield. References are made to Pearl Harbor and Victory Gardens.

1 tape, 60 mins., 13 pp. Interview by Joanne Wheeler, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

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BLACK COMMUNITY PROJECT LeRoy Brown talks about his experiences farming, his work as a coachman, discrimination encountered in daily life, the 1908 race riot and its aftermath, Springfield neighborhoods, businesses, churches, and schools.

1 tape, 90 mins., 19 pp. Interview by Reverend Negil L. McPherson, 1974 OPEN

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Louise Brown discusses her husband's work in the coal mines in Fulton County, Illinois: mules, wages, strikes, union conflicts and violence, company stores, safety laws and hazards, and attitudes toward coal miners. She also discusses farm life in Buckhart, Illinois and factory work in Canton, Illinois.

1 tape, 90 mins. Interview by Nick Cherniavsky, 1977 OPEN For collateral file see J9/5/24

Scope and Contents FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Ogden Brown, long-time Springfield resident and member of the First Congregational Church, discusses church activities, Fore-Fathers' Day Dinners, destruction of the church by fire in 1956, support from the Temple B'rith Sholom, fundraising and reconstruction, and changes in the church over the years. He also discusses some of the positions he has held within the church including steward-, moderator, a member of the Handy Andys, and a member of the Pulpit...

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Brown, peace activist, discusses St. Louis; Vietnam veterans; birthing issues in Taylorville, Illinois; Sangamon State University; living in the Central American countries of Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Honduras; and social change.

2 tapes, 150 mins. Interview by Peggy Boyer OPEN: narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Brown discusses the impact attending Sangamon State University made on her life. She started SSU and obtained her master’s degree in Legal Studies. Brown continued into law school eventually becoming an immigration lawyer. She recalls classes with SSU professors Bob Sipe and Ron Sakolsy, and remembers writing for “The Radical Therapist” journals. See also D2/1/3 Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project.Digital audio...

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGES Richard Browne discusses issues confronting higher education, the Board of Higher Education's budget matters during the early 1960's, the attitude of larger universities toward the establishment of community colleges, the work of the Junior College Board (1965-1971), his consulting work, and the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention. He relates his experiences as student, instructor and administrator, his tenure as Director of the Illinois Legislative Council,...

Scope and Contents SANGAMON RIVER PROJECT Lloyd and Shirley Brumfield, owners of "Brumie's Bait Shop" near Mahomet, Illinois, discuss life along the Sangamon River. They discuss the fish and wildlife in the area, raising their children on the river, the change of seasons, trapping, hunting, fishing, fish fries and camping as well as the river's dangers. 1 tape, 90 min., 25 pp. Interview by Judith Haynes, 1980 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, correspondence regarding interview and...