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Sgro, Italian-American, discusses the Italian-American community in Springfield, the Sgro grocery store, neighborhoods, and German, Irish, and Jewish neighbors.

1 tape, 60 mins., 14 pp. Interview by Jim Krohe, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

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Shade, former mayor of Pekin, Illinois and member of the Illinois House of Representatives, discusses Pekin during the 20th century: local newspapers, the real estate business with his father, education in Pekin, and his early political career as assistant supervisor of Tazewell County and mayor of Pekin, 1939-54.

2 tapes, 145 mins., 52 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, 1980 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photocopies of photographs and articles, and photos.

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Helen Shannon, lifelong resident of Athens, Illinois, recalls early and mid 20th century life in Athens: early schooling, high school, trains, automobiles, and roads, businesses, coal mines, family life and entertainment.

2 tapes, 120 mins., 38 pp. Interview by Elizabeth Canterbury, 1982 OPEN See collateral file

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Herb Shannon of Athens, Illinois, recalls early and mid 20th century life in Athens: family; education in a one room school, businesses, entertainment, and WWII.

2 tapes, 100 mins., 26 pp. Interview by Elizabeth Canterbury, 1982 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents Shannon, coal miner, discusses activities of the United Mine Worker's union in southern Illinois: its organization and administration, elections, finances, contracts, members and offices; union conflicts, strikes and violence; John L. Lewis and the local, national, and international UMW; districts and meetings.  He also discusses coal mining in Zeigler and West Frankfort, Illinois: work as a trapper, mule driver, and mine examiner, shifts and wages, coal types, and electricity in the mines....

Scope and Contents Memories of a Bank is a published compilation of abridged oral histories and a documentary inventory relating to the Shawneetown Bank, prepared by Sangamon State University under contract with the Illinois Department of Conservation. The narrators discuss the structure and furnishings of the former State Bank of Illinois, its history, its personnel, the town of Shawneetown and the disastrous 1937 Ohio River flood.24 tapes, 3 vols., 839 pp. Interviews by Horace Q. Waggoner,...

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SANGAMON ORDNANCE PLANT PROJECT Sheller, farmer, discusses working at the Sangamon Ordnance Plant at Illiopolis: commuter transportation, the housing and boarding of workers, his WWII Navy service, and the impact of the plant on Illiopolis.

1 tape, 45 mins., 17 pp. Interview by B. David McCarthy, 1989 OPEN See collateral file

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Shelly, native resident of Springfield, discusses growing up in the 1920's and 30's: schooling, streetcars, automobiles and neighborhoods. Also discusses his posts in the army during WWII: Camp Roberts in California, the Aleutian Islands and his return to civilian life.

2 tapes, 95 mins., 37 pp. Interview by Todd Shelly, 1976 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes and photographs of Edmund Shelly in the 1920's.

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Shepherd, lifelong resident of Springfield, recalls Springfield in the late 19th and early 20th century: home and family life, churches, schools, childhood dolls, recreation and entertainment, streetcars, neighborhoods and friends.

2 tapes, 100 mins., 57 pp. Interview by Kay McLean, 1975 OPEN See collateral file

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VIETNAM Shepherd discusses his experiences in the Vietnamese Conflict: enlistment in the Air Force, training as a Radio and Production Specialist, transfer to Vietnam, duties as a combat reporter, and return to the U.S.

4 tapes, 360 mins. Interview by Charles Hill, 1982 OPEN See collateral file