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MYERS BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE PROJECT Morris Myers, son of Louis Myers, one of the founding brothers, discusses Myers Brothers Department Store: early business, family involvement, policies, branch stores, expansion of the Springfield store, employment of African Americans, and the Springfield community.

1 tape, 60 mins., 19 pp. Interview by John Vrooman, 1973 OPEN See collateral file

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Mary Nachtwey recalls growing up in Lansing, Iowa, education in Dubuque, training to be an airplane pilot, and raising a family in Springfield, Illinois.

2 tapes, 135 mins. Interview by Matthew R. Nachtwey, 1991 OPEN: narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. For collateral file see Nachtwey, Robert A.

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Robert Nachtwey, doctor of medicine, discusses growing up in Lansing, Iowa, studying at Notre Dame and St. Louis Universities, internship at the Mayo Clinic, WWII service as captain and medic, and practicing internal medicine in Springfield, Illinois.

10 tapes, 840 mins. Interview by Matthew R. Nachtwey, 1991 OPEN: narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file: interviewer's notes and a partial unrevised transcript.

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Nardulli, currently Vice-President for Government Relations for the Illinois Banker’s Association, discusses her Sangamon State experiences. She graduated in 1984 with an undergraduate degree in communication and went to work immediately in the press room of the Democrat staff under House Speaker Michael Madigan. Nardulli reminisces about her classes with SSU professors: Mary Bohlen, Alex Casella, Mike Duvall, Roy Wehrle, and Jo Warfield....

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Newman, is currently the Executive Director of the Springfield Housing Authority and is working on a doctorate in Public Administration at UIS. She graduated from Sangamon State University in 1991 with an undergraduate degree and started working on a master’s degree in Public Administration, obtaining the master’s from the University of Illinois Springfield in 1995. Newman remembers classes with professors Tim Miller and Randy Kucera. See...

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Newman, former owner of Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago, discusses his interest in Lincoln, his association with Carl Sandburg and other Lincoln biographers, and Lincoln's life.

1 tape, 90 mins., 14 pp. Interview by Brian Alexander, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

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Newton discusses enlisting in the Air Force as a nurse, serving in Vietnam at Da Nang, her nursing duties, and attitudes towards the Vietnam War.

1 tape, 90 mins., 13 pp. Interview by Charles Hill, 1984 OPEN See collateral file: photocopies of an military newsletter in Vietnam, a newsletter of military women, and newspaper articles on nurses in Vietnam.

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COAL MINING AND UNION ACTIVITIES PROJECT Nickey, niece of John L. Lewis, recalls her uncle's career in coal mining union activities, political activities and his family life.

1 tape, 41 mins., 20 pp. Interview by Rex Rhodes, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

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Nieman and Trout discuss riverboats on the Illinois River and Beardstown, Illinois.

1 tape, 90 mins., 7 pp. Interview by Mrs. Al Davis, 1963 RESTRICTED: May be read but not quoted, cited, or photocopied. See also T758 Trout, Hurley

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Norton, the first superintendent of the Illinois State Archives, discusses her accomplishments in archival work, work and personnel at the Illinois State Archives, and her retirement and travel. The memoir also includes a short interview with Alvin Rountree, who discusses his career under Ms. Norton.

1 tape, 90 mins., 16 pp. Interview by Georgia Rountree, 1972 OPEN See collateral file