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Fromm, a waitress at Maldaner's Restaurant in Springfield for over 25 years, recalls her years of service, changes in the establishment and its operation, Maldaner's specialties, washing the money, customers, interior features and downtown businesses.

1 tape, 68 mins., 38 pp. Interview by Josephine Saner, 1977 OPEN See collateral file

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Frost recalls coal mining work in Alabama and Springfield, Illinois: mining jobs, company houses, stores, scrip pay and wages; mechanization, safety, and equipment; unions and the mine wars; ethnicity and the Depression.

3 tapes, 270 mins. Interview by Barbara Herndon, 1976 OPEN For collateral file see J9/5/24

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Mary Funk and Calista Herndon. Funk and Herndon, proponents of birth control, recall the early efforts of Planned Parenthood in Springfield, attitudes toward birth control since 1918, individuals involved in the organization of Planned Parenthood, and the participation of men in the group.

1 tape, 45 mins., 20 pp. Interview by Susan Sherard, 1975 OPEN See collateral file: Herndon only

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SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT Galt recalls the interior and exterior of the building, particularly the third floor of the bank, the 1937 Ohio River flood, bank employees, and the closing of the bank.

1 tape, 35 mins., 18 pp. Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes and a sketch of the bank's second floor.

Scope and Contents Gardiner, long-time resident of Springfield, discusses jobs he has held, Springfield in the 1920's, businesses, his work as a glazier and union membership. His memoir covers a broad spectrum of public and domestic life in early and mid 20th century: entertainment and recreation, baseball and professional sports, Depression, WWII homefront, defense work at the Allis-Chalmers plant, and discrimination against African Americans. Also mentions such public figures as Will Rogers, Franklin...

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FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Gardner, member of the Springfield's First Congregational Church, discusses the church's destruction by fire in 1956, support from the Temple B'rith Sholom, fund raising and rebuilding, ground breaking ceremony, role of women in the church, and the church's merger with the United Church of Christ.

1 tape, 55 mins., 20 pp. Interview by Henry Russel, 1980 OPEN See collateral file: included with Byerly, Mabel

Scope and Contents Cleo May Garrison, lifelong resident of Elmore in Peoria County, Illinois, discusses life as a women in the 20th century: childhood chores and games, father and brother, home life, entertainment, Depression, school life, lessons and teachers, remedies and illnesses, celebrations and holidays, courtship, marriage and divorce, life as a working mother, role as parent, dealing with husband's death, and role as a grandparent. 5 tapes, 300 mins., 98 pp. Interview by Starla Powell,...

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Gates, daughter of the president of the Illinois Female Academy in Jacksonville, Illinois (now MacMurray College), discusses the academy, her family's arrival in Jacksonville in 1868 and conditions at the school at that time.

1 tape, 35 mins., 8 pp. Interview by Dr. C.P. McKlenlin, 1954 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents Monsignor Jesse Gatton, originally from Pawnee, recalls his lengthy career in the Catholic Church. He discusses his work as chaplain of St. John's Hospital in Springfield, as Diocesan Director of Hospitals and Vicar General, and his retirement. He also discusses his family background and the Catholic Hospital Association with references made to Pawnee in the early 1900's, the 1918 influenza epidemic, WWI, seminary training in Rome, the church in China and the Russian government. Additional...

Scope and Contents LINCOLN MEMORIAL GARDENS PROJECT Gaule discusses her many years of involvement with Lincoln Memorial Gardens in Springfield. She recalls the planning, planting, and maintenance of the grounds, the Indian Council Rings, co-workers, Harriet Knudson (the founder of the Garden), Jens Jenson and his plans for the grounds, volunteers, board members, school groups and educational programs,the Civilian Conservation Corps, and the efforts of the Garden Clubs of Illinois. 4 tapes, 212...