Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT William Day, former reporter for the Illinois State Journal, recalls his experiences covering statehouse affairs, the operations and personalities of Illinois government, Illinois politicians and journalists, Springfield in the 1930's, and the work of the Illinois Legislative Council. He discusses Paul Powell, Henry Horner, John Touhy, Richard Ogilvie, Dan Walker, and the Orville Hodge scandal. He describes his work for Illinois Issues, DuPage County Life, Bloomington...

Scope and Contents CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Bill and Gladys Day, members of Springfield's Christ Church, recall church members, leaders, and activities. They discuss the choir, rectors, women's auxiliary, clubs and organizations, changes in dress, architecture, doctrine, services, and membership which have taken place over the years. They also compare their experiences at Christ Church to other Episcopalian churches they have attended. 2 tapes, 180 mins., 58 pp. Interview by Sandy Armbruster, 1981...

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT De Grazia, former campaign manager and deputy to governor Dan Walker, discusses his education and early involvement in politics; managing Abner Mikva's 1955 campaign for state representative, service as Executive Director of the Committee on Illinois Government and of the Democratic Federation of Illinois. He discusses Walker's gubernatorial campaign and governorship; meeting Walker; the 1970 campaign for governor, campaigning techniques, commercials and the media, and...

Scope and Contents Judge DeBoice, a Republican probate judge 1930-50, recalls political figures at the local, state, and national level; presidential campaigns, National Conventions of the 30's and 40's, state and Sangamon County politics, his law practice near Clinton, Dewitt County history, and Illinois land barons. He discusses his family history, military service during WWI, the 1918 influenza epidemic, prohibition, and the effects of the Great Depression. He also recalls a 1916 arson trial tried by Tim...

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Deck discusses her experiences as a young women during WWII on the homefront in St. Louis: marrying a soldier, home life, rationing, coping with the absence of her husband, and children. Also mentions St. Louis before the war, high school, and attending Monticello College in Godfrey, Illinois.

1 tape, 45 mins., 17 pp. Interview by Jeffrey A. Eldred, 1993 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Dellinger, one of eight Union Seminary students jailed for refusing to register for the draft during WWII, discusses the events and people who have influenced his pacifism, his decision not to register, and his subsequent prison terms. He also discusses his involvement with various radical causes, publication of his magazine Liberation, organizing the Intentional Community at Glen Gardiner, New Jersey, Dr. Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights...

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WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT Elizabeth Dellinger, wife of one of the eight WWII conscientious objectors from Union Seminary, discusses the influences which led her to pacifism/socialism, the effects of her husband's trial and prison terms on the family, her family's alternative lifestyle, her relationship with her husband, communal life, and feminism.

1 tape, 90 mins., 19 pp. Interview by C. Arthur Bradley, 1989 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROJECT DeLong, former attendant and manager of the laundry at the Jacksonville State Hospital, recalls her employment in the hospital's laundry, patients working in the laundry as therapy, conditions at the hospital for patients and employees, living conditions for employees on the hospital grounds, conditions at the hospital during the Depression and WWII, a fire at the hospital, and new facilities. 1 tape, 46 mins., 25 pp. Interview by Rodger Streitmatter,...

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Dickerman, SSU Recruiter/Admissions staff member and former SSU student discusses her experiences at Sangamon State University, having graduated in 1986. Barbara and Cullom Davis reminisce about the early days of the university, discussing faculty members, the few buildings on the campus, and the recruitment of students (including Vietnam veterans). SSU was created with a commitment to community activism (including community organizing)...

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See W840 Women's Rights Project

Barbara Dickerman, Jacqueline Ferguson, and Karen Hasara. Narrators discuss their lives during the women’s movement in the 1960s, their opinions of women’s organizations and leaders, and their work for the ERA and in the National League of Women Voters. Hasara (R) is a former Illinois State Representative and Senator and Mayor of Springfield, Illinois.

3 tapes, 150 min., 60 pp. Interviewed by Margaret Herath, 1998 OPEN