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Brewner, James (1892-1983): Interview
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B759*
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Brewner, coal miner, discusses his mining experiences in DuQuoin, Illinois: work as a trapper, mule driver, and dragline ground man; machinery; the company store; conflicts between unions; and the march on Mulkeytown. He also discusses bootlegging and ethnicity in DuQuoin. 1 tape, 90 mins. Interview by Barbara Herndon, 1977 OPEN For collateral file see J9/5/24
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Bridgewater, Lottie (1877-1978): Interview and memoir
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Identifier: O-B764
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BLACK COMMUNITY PROJECT
Bridgewater, a black resident of Springfield, discusses her employment as a housekeeper in various households, treatment by white employers, social conditions faced by blacks in Springfield and in the South, and difficulties encountered in buying her own home. Other topics include her travels in the United States and the Holy Land, attending the 1955 Baptist World Alliance in England, volunteer work at church and at Memorial Hospital, her family history, Springfield...
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Bringer, Edmund A. (1905-1997): Interview and memor
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Identifier: O-B771
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Bringer, retired Illinois Bell Telephone employee, discusses experiences with Illinois Bell, his education and early employment, improvements in telephone technology, his work teaching safety courses, and working in Cairo during a flood. He also discusses his childhood in the early 1900's, family history, his marriage and raising a family, effects of the Depression, work during WWII and life on the home front. Other topics include his vacations along the East Coast, resorts in Havana,...
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Brittin, Arthur T. (1899-1974): Interview and memoir
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Identifier: O-B777
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SPRINGFIELD RACE RIOT
Brittin, a resident of Sherman, Illinois, relates a second hand account of the 1908 race riot. He discusses his uncle's involvement, lynchings and destruction in the city of Springfield.
1 tape, 90 mins., 5 pp.
Interview by Cullom Davis, 1972
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See collateral file
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Britz, Dorothy Steele (1914-1997): Interview and memoir
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Identifier: O-B778.1
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Britz, daughter of a coal miner, recalls living conditions and family life during the period 1920 through WWII. She describes life growing up in Riverton near the Sangamon River, year-round activities on the river, learning to respect the dangers of the river, her family's first car, housework, and recreation. She also discusses coping during the Depression, towns along the river, coal miners and the Progressive Miners of America in the 1930's, the PMA Women's Auxiliary, life as a young...
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Britz, Dorothy Steele (1914-1997): Interview and memoir
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Identifier: O-B778.2
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SANGAMON RIVER PROJECT
Dorothy Britz recalls her life growing up on the Sangamon River in the town of Riverton. She discusses work and play on the river, dangers on the water, the flood of 1926, the landscape, plants and animals in the area, and river pollution.
Interview by Judy Haynes, 1980
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Memoir included in B778.1
See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photocopied pictures, and samples of Britz's poetry
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Brockmeier, John S. (Reverend) (1894-1976): Interview and memoir
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Identifier: O-B783
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Reverend Brockmeier discusses his involvement in labor unions, church-union relationships, formation of the Progressive Miners of America, struggles between United Mine Workers and the Progressives, and his work in union arbitration and organization. He also discusses his work with the Springfield community and The Western Catholic newspaper, his WCVS radio program, the formation of the Sacred Heart Credit Union, the Springfield Advertising and Public Relations Club, Depression years in...
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Broeker, Loreine b. 1911: Interview and memoir
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Identifier: O-B785
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FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Broeker, member of Springfield's First Congregational Church, discusses the events and activities of her association with the church. She recalls Christmas celebrations, Forefathers' Day Dinners, the destruction of the church by fire in 1956, fundraising and rebuilding, support from the religious community, involvement with the choir, church members and leaders, changes in the church building and activities, and women's groups. Broeker also shares her peanut...
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Brosch, Charles W. Jr.: Interview and memoir
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Identifier: O-B792
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SPRINGFIELD ROTARY CLUB PROJECT
Brosch, Rotary Club member since 1947, discusses the Roy T. Jefferson Memorial Building project, the Rotary International Golden Anniversary held in Springfield, and his correspondence with a Rotary president from Saigon.
1 tape, 90 mins., 3 pp.
Interview by P.J. Waggaman, 1988
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See collateral file: correspondence and a draft of Brosch's written memoir
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Brown, David H. b. 1920: Interview and memoir
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Identifier: O-B811
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PRISONER OF WAR EXPERIENCES IN WORLD WAR II
David Brown, the flight leader of the 79th fighter group, discusses his experiences as an air force pilot during WWII, the African campaign, and Mareth Line bomb-ing; his capture by Italian soldiers, his escape attempts, internment at the Stalag Luft III prison camp near Sagan, Germany; treatment of prisoners and their relations with captors and other allied prisoners of war. He also discusses prisoner's plans for digging tunnels as a means of...
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