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SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT Eswine, Shawneetown resident, discusses his family background, riverboats and lightkeeping, the Ridgeway Bank and the 1913 flood. He recalls Shawneetown businesses, the old log schoolhouse, residents, bank interior, electricity and fuel sources, and the 1937 Ohio River flood.

1 tape, 62 mins., 29 pp. Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978 OPEN See collateral file

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Ettinger recalls army life during World War II as an army photographer: being drafted, training, stations in the South Pacific, work and life in Australia and New Guinea, assignments, and encounters with the Japanese.

3 tapes, 270 mins. Interview by William Hayden Ettinger, 1988-89, 1991 RESTRICTED: No legal release.

Scope and Contents ADLAI E. STEVENSON PROJECT Evans, secretary of Adlai Stevenson from 1947 to 1961 and assistant editor of the Adlai Stevenson papers, discusses her relationship with Stevenson and recalls her secretarial duties, Stevenson's 1948 gubernatorial campaign, his governorship, aides and officials, his divorce, and social life in the Governor's Mansion. She recalls his switch from governor to presidential candidate in 1952, his defeat, the 1956 presidential campaign, speeches, his law practice, the...

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TELEPHONE PROJECT Evers discusses his career with the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, work as a commercial manager, changes in technology and service, disaster and emergency situations, the company's relationship with the community, preparing the telecommunication system for Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and reaction of the community to the university.

1 tape, 45 mins., 14 pp Interview by Jerry Veach, 1973 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Everson discusses her experience at Sangamon State University as a professor of English for over 30 years and as an administrator serving on committees to create the university infrastructure in the early years. She came to SSU when it first started because it allowed her and her husband to teach at the same university; other university staff and colleagues included former President Naomi Lynn and Vice-president Wayne Penn. See also D2/1/3...

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Ezell, currently the Director of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, attended Sangamon State University in 1974 and earned a master’s degree in literature but had almost as many credits in history, citing experiences with professors Howard Moon, Ed Ezell, and Cullom Davis. Ezell was a student worker in Brookens library as a cataloger with memories of the paper card file. See also D2/1/3 Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History...

Scope and Contents Towfig Arjmand, Harry Talivaldis Azeris, Choon Bong Choi, Jane Lloyd Jackman, Sergio Rabinovich, Victor Franz Ferdinand Karl Maria Trautmann. Narrators discuss their native homelands, family, religious faiths, holidays, university and medical education, childhood activities, brief history of their original country, and their reasons for coming to the U.S. Arjmand, an anesthesiologist from Iran, discusses the revolution of 1978, the Jewish religion, and the Iranian government. Azeris, a...

Scope and Contents Subhash Chaudhary (b. 1948), Humphrey W. R. ("Joe") Fluckiger b. 1922, Luise Frieda Schaefer Kuehn (b. 1916 ).Chaudhary, pediatrician, recalls his early years in Sonepat, India, his family, and Indian culture and customs; his education at the All India Institute of Medical Services in New Delhi; his internships in the U.S.; his employment at the Southern Illinois School of Medicine in Springfield; his wife, in-laws, and children. Fluckiger, in family practice, recalls...

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SANGAMON ORDNANCE PLANT PROJECT Fanale, a Riverton resident, discusses his employment as supervisor at the Sangamon Ordnance Plant in Illiopolis during WWII, and recalls accidents at the plant, transportation, buildings, plant employees, working hazards, storage igloos, and plant security.

1 tape, 54 mins., 26 pp. Interview by B. David McCarthy, 1989 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents Fancher discusses coal mining in Herrin and Springfield, Illinois, and in Alabama: coal mining work, uses of coal, union activities in Illinois and Alabama, UMW and PMA union conflicts, conflicts with management, organization of the Progressive Miners, union offices and resolutions, meetings, and members; John L. Lewis; the March on Mulkeytown, violence, and strikes. He also discusses growing up in Alabama in a coal mining family, hunting wild hogs, and prohibition. 5 tapes, 450...