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Lockhart, Charles S. (1903-1994): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-L811
Scope and Contents

BLACK COMMUNITY PROJECT Lockhart, firefighter, recalls working in the Springfield Fire Department: race discrimination, neighborhoods, churches, and the black community in Springfield; Depression; and employment and politics in the black community. Also discusses work in coal mines and as Springfield Golden Gloves boxing coach.

1 tape, 90 mins., 52 pp. Interview by Reverend Negil L. McPherson, 1974 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Loftus, Katherine Virginia (1919-1999): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-L827
Scope and Contents

Virginia, wife of the late Jack W. Loftus, describes his service in Decatur City government for 25 years as an elected and appointed official: the Council/Manager and Commission forms of city government; city politics; and problems of retirement. Also discusses her life and family in Decatur.

2 tapes, 120 mins., 41 pp. Interview by Mark W. Sorensen, 1978 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photocopies of newspaper clippings on Jack W. Loftus.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Logan, John A. b. 1908: Memoir

 Collection — Container: Folder
Identifier: O-L828
Scope and Contents INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION Logan, a retired civil engineer, recalls his early life and education, and discusses his work with the IIAA in the Amazon Valley Program in Brazil: languages, his positions, public health facilities and measures, Brazilians, life, culture, government and the Amazon River region. 22 pp. Interview by James D. Williams, 1985 Donated by the Oral History Research Office, Columbia University, New York RESTRICTED: May be read but not...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Logan, Willis (Bill): Interview and Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: O-L828W
Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Logan enrolled at Sangamon State University in 1970 at the downtown registration center set up in the Myers Building. He wanted to go into public service and so wanted to attend the new public affairs school opening in Springfield. He was able to take CLEP courses that brought him up to junior level so he could begin his undergraduate degree in psychology. Logan worked for Governor Jim Edgar and several mayors of Springfield, including...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Logsdon, Anna Lucille (1912-1992): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-L829A
Scope and Contents

Anna Lucille Logsdon discusses family and community social life in Litchfield, Illinois in the early 20th century: children's games and toys, community entertainment, the impact of railroads on Litchfield, schooling, small town cultural life and WWI.

1 tape, 45 mins., 20 pp. Interview by David Logsdon, 1973 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Logsdon, Catherine b. 1912: Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-L829C
Scope and Contents

SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT Catherine Logsdon, a Shawneetown native, describes the Shawneetown Bank: its lobby, offices, vault, furnishings, upstairs rooms, apartment tenants, and the bank in the late 19th century. She also mentions family and businesses.

1 tape, 45 mins., 29 pp. Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Logsdon, Harley Edgar (1905-1991): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-L829H
Scope and Contents Harley Edgar Logsdon (married to Anna Logsdon) recalls recreation and entertainment around Litchfield, Illinois in the early 20th century: dances, Chautauquas, athletic clubs, boxing, wrestling, basketball, horse racing, cars and roads, and bicycles. Also discusses family, farm life, moving, schooling, clothing, and his experiences cutting timber. 3 tapes, 195 mins., 86 pp. Interview by David Logsdon, 1973 RESTRICTED: tape may not be quoted or cited. Transcript OPEN. See...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Lohman, Carol: Interview and Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: O-L832C
Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Lohman was a member of the Springfield Committee for Higher Education that started meeting in 1966 to start the new university in the capitol city. The name – Sangamon State University – was selected from nominations by the public and was so named after the Sangamon River that flows through the area. She discusses the uniqueness of SSU because it was a junior/senior level university, unlike any other higher education institution in the State...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Lohmann, Martin B. (1881-1980): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-L832
Scope and Contents ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Lohmann, Democratic member of the Illinois State State, recalls the years before the General Assembly: family, childhood, work, and local politics in Pekin, Illinois where he served as alderman, city clerk and city commissioner. He then discusses his years in the General Assembly as a State Representative (1922-32) and as a State Senator (1932-53): political acquaintances, road and bridge legislation, campaigning and constituent service,...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

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. ...
Dates: Created: 1993 - 1994

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Center for the Study of Middle Size Cities 13
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Rhodes, Rex 9
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Haynes, Judith 8
Horne, Debbie Springer 8
Klusmeyer, Margaret M. 8
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Vrooman, John E. 8
Booth, Byron 7
Boyer, Peggy 6
Dillon, Mary Ann 6
Golden, Rhonda 6
Mendelsohn, Syma 6
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SSU Foundation 6
Stout, Jane 6
Waggaman, P.J. 6
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Howarth, Nelson O. 5
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Smith, Anna May 4
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University of Illinois 4
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Wilson, Clifford Keith III 4
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Anderson, Marilyn 3
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