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Bunn, George W. Jr. #1 (1890-1973): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B884G

Scope and Contents

George Bunn, Springfield businessman, discusses his family's history in Springfield: his grandfather's 1840's businesses, formation of the Marine Bank, and the Springfield Watch Company. He recalls his education at Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and Princeton University, work in New York as a reporter and editorial assistant, WWI service, and Springfield during the Depression. He also discusses his involvement with the Abraham Lincoln Association, his tenure as trustee and president of the Public Library Board, War Fund Council 1941-1945, the Springfield Art Association, and the Hobby Horse press.

3 tapes, 222 mins., 57 pp. Interview by Sally Schanbacher, 1972 OPEN See collateral file: Interviewer's notes, a copy of The First Ten Years of the Hobby Horse Press 1934-1944, and article on the Princeton Triangle Club.

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Extent

5.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Interview and Memoir in Illinois Digital Archives.

http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/uis,1183

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Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

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