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SPRINGFIELD ROTARY CLUB PROJECT LaRue discusses his membership in the Springfield Rotary Club, and his personal involvement in the club's activities.

1 tape, 90 mins., 8 pp. Interview by P.J. Waggaman, 1988 OPEN See collateral file

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MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROJECT Lasley, a recreational therapist, discusses her career and duties at Jacksonville State Hospital, patient recreation, volunteer programs, the hospital greenhouse and farm, epidemics, and employee conditions.

1 tape, 40 mins., 21 pp. Interview by Rodger Streitmatter, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

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SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT Elizabeth Lawler, resident of Shawneetown, recalls the design and construction of the Shawneetown Bank, teller's cages, offices, stairway, upper rooms, carriage house, and iron fence. Also recalls bank personnel and the 1937 Ohio River flood.

1 tape, 38 mins., 23 pp. Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT Lucille Lawler, a leading local historian in Gallatin County Illinois, discusses the historical background of the bank, and the ownership the bank building and its lot. Also provides information on the people employed or associated with the bank and their descendants. Lawler also discusses the records of the Shawneetown Federal Land District. 2 tapes, 135 mins., 44 pp. Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's...

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Leach, coal miner, recalls the different positions and duties he held in various coal mines in and around Springfield, equipment used, the UMW and PMA unions, and his family.

2 tapes, 135 mins., 52 pp. Interview by Kay MacLean, 1975 OPEN See collateral file

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Leahy, former tax collector, recalls life in Auburn, Illinois: childhood, marriage and family, the town, farming techniques, WWI, and changes in the Catholic Church.

3 tapes, 270 mins. Interview by Shirley Marshall, 1980 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Clyde Lee, Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1939-41 and 1947-67, and member of the Illinois State Senate 1941-45, discusses his early life on a farm, education at Mt. Vernon Township High School, early jobs, entry into politics, service as City Treasurer and County Treasurer, and marriage. He discusses the first years of his career in the Illinois House and Senate; activities and leaders in the House, 1940 State...

Scope and Contents Dr. Edwin A. Lee, doctor of medicine and surgeon in Springfield, recalls his education and experiences as a doctor and African American: education at Talladega College, Morehouse College, and Meharry Medical College; his duty as a medical officer in the Army in the South Pacific during WWII; his residency at St Mary's Hospital, St. Louis; and the circumstances that led to him to Springfield to take up private practice. He also discusses his efforts to abolish racial discrimination in...

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SANGAMON ORDNANCE PLANT PROJECT Herb Lee, Illiopolis resident, recalls the Sangamon Ordnance Plant during WWII: employment on the ordnance survey gang, local reaction, wages, phasing out the plant, and his employment at DeKalb Poultry after it purchased the plant. Also recalls security, rail-roads, and housing sites for the plant.

1 tape, 48 mins., 16 pp. Interview by B. David McCarthy, 1989 OPEN See collateral file

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William F. Lee, railroad worker, recalls the different tasks he performed while working for the railroad, different types of railroad engines, and difficulties encountered on railroad runs. Also discusses farm work before he came to Springfield, Springfield businesses, the 1908 race riot, Illiopolis ammunition camp, Camp Ellis, and the Ku Klux Klan.

4 tapes, 303 mins., 65 pp. Interview by Frederick G. Fliege, 1973 OPEN See collateral file