Butcher, Irene (1902-1975): Interview and memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B971
Scope and Contents
Butcher, Springfield businesswoman and owner of the Butcher Tavern, discusses Springfield in the early 1900's: its citizens and businesses, downtown, changes from rural to urban atmosphere, prohibition, race relations, and the Chinese regiment at Camp Lincoln during WWII. Also discusses her father's work as a coal miner in Pennsylvania and his role as co-founder of the United Mine Workers in that state, John F. Kennedy's assassination, the American system of government, political parties, and Illinois politics.
3 tapes, 270 mins., 67 pp.
Interview by Bill Bergen, 1974
OPEN
See collateral file: interviewer's notes and Butcher's obituary
Dates
- Other: Dummy Date
Creator
- Butcher, Irene (Person)
Extent
5.00 items
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Butcher, Irene (Person)
- Bergen, Bill (Person)
- Title
- Archon Finding Aid Title
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- Other Unmapped
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- Undetermined
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Repository Details
Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
archives@uis.libanswers.com
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
archives@uis.libanswers.com