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STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Marshall discusses boats, whistles, smokestacks, floods, packet lines, his family, and stories about Ohio's rivers.

1 tape, 15 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

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BLACK COMMUNITY PROJECT Alice Martin recalls rural Illinois life in the early 20th century: growing up near Rochester; Springfield race riot of 1908; racial discrimination, prejudices, and segregation; her involvement in women's organizations; and her travels.

2 tapes, 180 mins., 55 pp. Interview by Reverend Negil L. McPherson, 1974 OPEN See collateral file

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Jack E. Martin, mechanic, discusses life in the Springfield area in the early 20th century: farming, chauffeuring, Depression, being one of the first African Americans to own and operate a garage, working as a mechanic for the state, race relations, neighbors and recreational activities.

3 tapes, 217 mins., 38 pp. Interview by Jan Smith, 1974 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Martin remembers arriving at Sangamon State University in the early 1970s in a Volkswagen van. She could see little bit of campus with no permanent buildings and a lot of cornfields. Martin discusses her experience at Sangamon State as a “wife of” a faculty member and later when she became an educator with the Learning Center for students. See also D2/1/3 Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project.Digital audio file, 65...

Scope and Contents Massaro, electrical engineer, discusses immigration from Italy, his father's work in the coal mines, and life in Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Chicago. He discusses life in Springfield: high school, working in the coal mines, the mine wars, Depression, Prohibition, and bootlegging; education at Springfield Junior College and the School of Mines at Rolla, Missouri; employment in engineering department at Emerson Electric, assayer for Utah Copper Company, at Allis Chalmers, and at...

Scope and Contents ADLAI E. STEVENSON II Masters discusses Adlai Stevenson II: his problems and achievements, the 1952 and 1956 campaigns, and social and political life at the Governor's Mansion. Also discusses her interest and involvement in the League of Women Voters and Democratic affairs. 1 tape, 79 mins., 26 pp. Interview by Stephen Bean, 1975 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photographs, and articles about Stevenson volunteers, governor's mansion, and his presidential...

Scope and Contents Masters discusses her involvement with a variety of civic, political, and educational institutions in Springfield: Lincoln Library, Springfield Municipal Opera, teaching at Springfield College, the Illinois Board of Regents, Sangamon State University, and the League of Women Voters. She also discusses growing up in St. Louis, attending Washington University, teaching English, marriage and her husband, her support of Adlai Stevenson II and her art. 52 pp. Interview by Eugenia...

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Maurer recalls country life in Cass County, Illinois; farming tasks; home life; social activities; Depression; and WWII.

1 tape, 90 mins., 34 pp. Interview by Mary Ann Dillon, 1974 OPEN See collateral file

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STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS McCann recalls his career as a riverboat clerk and purser: boats and personnel who worked in the Pittsburgh trade and the Greene Line on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers.

1 tape, 13 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT McCarter recounts his work as director of the Bureau of the Budget and the Department of Finance, the planning and legislative maneuvers behind the Illinois income tax and federal revenue sharing, work with the Department of Revenue, Governor Richard Ogilvie and his administration, and the 1970 Constitutional Convention. Also discusses his education for politics, work for Booz Allen, and his appointment in the Ogilvie administration. 1 tape, 90 mins., 30 pp....