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Long, Irma Keele (1918-2000): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-L851

Scope and Contents

Long recalls 20th century central Illinois farm life near Chesterfield, Illinois: education in a one room school and in high school; horses, railroads, automobiles, roads and trips to Springfield; parents and family; her husband's mail job on the railroad; WWII homefront in San Francisco; Chesterfield businesses and the Depression; farming machinery, livestock, crops and the farming community; fishing and hunting; living in Alton, Illinois; social activities, friends and neighbors.

4 tapes, 210 mins., 80 pp. Interview by Jeffrey A. Eldred, 1993-94 OPEN See collateral file

Dates

  • Created: 1993 - 1994

Creator

Extent

6.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Interview and Memoir in Illinois Digital Archives.

http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/uis,2963

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Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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