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Frazee, Howard (1904-1985): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-F869

Scope and Contents

Frazee, civil engineer, discuses family, childhood and adolescence, early forms of transportation in Springfield, streetcars, trolleys, interurbans, and automobiles; school years, WWI, social life of the 1920's, birthday celebrations, and family vacations. He also talks about his father's dental practice, an uncle's medical practice, his own engineering training, early jobs, work for the railroad, paving Springfield's streets, work at Camp Butler, Civilian Conservation Corps, surveying work, and service on a military railroad crew in India during WWII.

4 tapes, 360 mins., 65 pp. Interview by Linda S. Jett, 1979 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photo of Frazee, photocopied article on Frazee, essays written by Frazee, and a brief history of Frazee, his father, and his children.

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Extent

6.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Interview and Memoir in Illinois Digital Archives.

http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/uis,2057

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Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

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