Frazee, Howard (1904-1985): Interview and memoir
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
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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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Creator
- Frazee, Howard (Person)
Extent
6.00 items
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Frazee, Howard (Person)
- Jett, Linda S. (Person)
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Repository Details
Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository
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