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SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT Caldwell discusses Shawneetown and the Shawneetown Bank, the Justice of the Peace office in the bank basement, and describes the building's lobby, vault, stairway, offices, and kitchen.

1 tape, 68 mins., 42 pp. Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes and photocopy of newspaper photo of the Shawneetown Merchants baseball team.

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CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Callarman, member of Christ Church, recalls her membership with the church, family, church members, cooking, and women's groups at Christ Church in Springfield.

3 tapes, 270 mins., 25 pp. Interview by Sandra Armbruster, 1982 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Camp, former English professor at Sangamon State University, discusses his many years of service at the university. He was hired by George Cohen as part of what was intended to be a diverse faculty at SSU when it first opened, taught classes at the downtown locations because the campus was not complete, and looked forward to teaching only junior and senior students at the new upper-level only university. See also D2/1/3 Alumni SAGE Society...

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MOWEAQUA COAL MINE Campbell recalls Moweaqua, Illinois: family, childhood games and chores, a job in an Gary, Indiana steel mill, and the effects of the 1932 Christmas Eve mine disaster.

1 tape, 60 mins., 14 pp. Interview by Debbie Springer Horne, 1994 Donated by the Moweaqua Coal Mine Museum RESTRICTED: May be read, quoted or cited but not reproduced.

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STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Campbell, resident of Jeffersonville, Indiana, discusses building boats at the Howard Shipyard, family, and riverboats.

1 tape, 12 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

Scope and Contents Campo, Italian immigrant, discusses life in the early 20th century: early years in Sicily and emigration to Springfield; railroad employment; unions, boarding houses, and working conditions as a coal miner in Pawnee, Kincaid, Taylorville, and Divernon; army experiences during WWI; managing Springfield restaurants: Gingham Gardens, Villa Valenca, and Travelers Inn; prohibition; working as a sales representative for Goebel Brewery; managing a food stand in the Illinois State Capitol;...

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Cantrall, farmer, discusses rural life in the late 19th and early 20th century near Springfield: family life, a trip to Yellowstone National Park, education, employment, 1908 race riot, WWI, insurance business, hunting and farming.

2 tapes, 180 mins., 44 pp. Interview by Elizabeth Canterbury, 1973 OPEN See collateral file

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ITALIAN-AMERICANS PROJECT Cardose discusses Springfield and the Italian-American community: businesses, activities, the Italian Consulate, immigrants, and the Roman Culture Society.

1 tape, 40 mins., 15 pp. Interview by John Bucari, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

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Carlson, lifelong resident of Virginia, Illinois, recalls family history, grandparents, Cass County in the 19th century, and quiltmaking.

1 tape, 45 mins., 28 pp. Interview by Marjorie Taylor, 1974 OPEN See collateral file tape also includes SU21 Sudbrink, Mary

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STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Captain Clare Carpenter and Tom Kenny discuss their experiences working on the Ohio river: towboats, loading coal, and piloting.

1 tape, 45 min., 11 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle