Scope and Contents Yntema, teacher, discusses early 20th century life in Champaign County, Illinois: upper-class family and home life, childhood, family vacations, women's suffrage, the towns of Urbana and Champaign, Depression, and banking business of the Busey family. She also talks about teaching in Crossnore, South Carolina, trips to Europe, living in Waukegan, Illinois, her husband's family, and her impressions of African Americans. She also briefly mentions the University of Illinois at Urbana, an...

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Yoakum, coal miner, recalls his career with the Peabody Coal Company: mining conditions, use of mules, mechanization, wages, ethnicity, the structure of mines, and blasting coal.

1 tape, 60 mins., 25 pp. Interview by H. Dean Campbell, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

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Reina Yowell, John O'Neil, Lloyd Stanley, and Mrs. Thompson. The first part of the memoir consists of Mrs. Thompson and Reina Yowell discussing Virginia and Beardstown, Illinois: their history, antiques, Civil War, and area cemeteries. The second part features O'Neil's and Stanley's discussion of central Illinois railroads.

1 tape, 120 mins., 30 pp. Interview by Mrs. Oscar Trout, ca. 1972 RESTRICTED: May be read but not quoted, cited or reproduced.

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Reina Yowell discusses the town of Virginia, Illinois at the turn of the century: the founding of the town by her great-grandfather Henry Hall, the character and layout of the town, home cooking, early education, and her husband's veterinary practice.

1 tape, 90 mins., 43 pp. Interview by Marjorie Taylor, 1974 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents Zarf, Austrian immigrant, discusses growing up in Austria after WWI: family, housing, and schooling; emigration to Springfield, Illinois, Depression, coal mining and mine wars; WWII: enlistment, training, and service and combat in the North African and Italian Campaigns; family life, construction work and projects, and a return visit to Austria. 10 tapes, 600 mins. Interview by Barbara Barnett, 1985 OPEN: Narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral...

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Zeni, who worked in a senior position in the administration of Illinois Governor Richard Ogilvie, discusses his educational experience at Sangamon State University in the very early years. He first attended SSU classes at the First United Methodist Church and Leland Hotel before the campus was completed. Zeni’s undergraduate degree was in Work, Culture and Society and the graduation ceremony was held at the State Armory in 1973. He delivered...

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STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Zenn discusses building coal boats and barges, details of their construction, and relates stories of river life.

2 tapes, 106 min., 25 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

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Ziegler, Presbyterian minister, discusses his life in the ministry: education, theological training and counseling, early ministries, duties and ministry at Westminster Church in Springfield, civic activities, and women in the ministry. He also mentions Blackburn College in Carlinville where he was a member of the board.

3 tapes, 200 mins., 58 pp. Interview by Louise Cragoe, 1980 OPEN See collateral file

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STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Zugelter, riverboat clock puncher, discusses his experiences with Captain Jesse Hughes and his family on the Greene Line and meals served on riverboats.

1 tape, 19 min., 9 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1958 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle