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Mountz, Homer d. 1990: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-M865
Scope and Contents

Mountz, former director of Springfield Municipal Band, recalls the origination of the municipal band, union pay scale, integration of black and white bands, band members, and performances and parades.

1 microcassette, 60 mins., 16 pp. Interview by John Headrick, 1988 RESTRICTED: no legal release See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Moy, Caryl: Interview and Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: O-M873
Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Moy discusses her experiences as a professor at Sangamon State University in 1972. She helped create the counseling department and develop the Child, Family, and Community Services program. She reminisces about her fellow colleagues and the dedicated students who were able to complete their upper level studies at the newly created SSU. Moy taught classes in marital difficulty and human sexuality, topics that were controversial at the...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Mr. W: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-W1
Scope and Contents

WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT "Mr. W" (real name withheld), jailed for rejection of conscientious objector status for the WWII draft, discusses his Russian Jewish background, family beliefs and socialism, objections to the war, prison, volunteering for non-combatant service, and travel in the Middle East and France.

1 tape, 75 mins., 22 pp. Interview by C. Arthur Bradley, 1988 RESTRICTED: full name restricted until Mr. W's death. See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Mulcahy, Esther K. (1905-1980): Inerview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-M896
Scope and Contents

Mulcahy, teacher, discusses teaching in central Illinois: her education, problems with students, and parochial and public schools. Also recalls her family and childhood activities growing up in Lincoln, Illinois. She also briefly describes her work for Internal Revenue Service.

2 tapes, 73 mins., 21 pp. Interview by Nancy Dosman, 1976 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Munn, Margaret Monaghan (1908-1995): Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-M925
Scope and Contents ADLAI E. STEVENSON II Munn, personal secretary of Governor Stevenson, 1949-52, discusses her work and association with Stevenson: functions and duties of personnel, accomplishments and problems of Stevenson's administration, relations with the press, the presidential campaign of 1952, his last days in office, and his death.4 tapes, 270 mins., 56 pp. Interview by Stephen Bean, 1975 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photographs, photocopies of articles on Stevenson ...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Myers, Alan b. 1904: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-M992A
Scope and Contents

MYERS BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE PROJECT Alan Myers discusses Myers Brothers Department Store in Springfield: his father Louis and and uncles who founded the store, 1924 fire, working at the store, store policies, business and expansion, the family's involvement in the business, community involvement, and retirement.

1 tape, 60 mins., 26 pp. Interview by John Vrooman, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Myers, Albert M. b.1917: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-M992AM
Scope and Contents

MYERS BROTHERS DEPARTMENT STORE PROJECT Albert M. Myers discusses Springfield's Myers Brothers Department Store: his father Albert Sr. and uncles who founded the store, 1924 fire, policies and operating procedures, family involvement in the business, and Antisemitism.

1 tape, 60 mins., 17 pp. Interview by John Vrooman, 1972 OPEN See collateral file: brochure and newspaper article on the store.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Myers, Dr. Virgil b. 1901: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-M993
Scope and Contents FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH Dr. Virgil Myers, minister, recalls life in Ohio and the move to Springfield to minister the First Congregational Church: early farm life, college education in Ohio, the First Congregational Church in Marietta, WWII, the move to Springfield, fire of 1956, assistance from Temple B'rith Sholom, rebuilding the church, his ministry, and the church's centennial celebration.3 tapes, 210 mins., 57 pp. Interview by Constance Bostick, 1975 OPEN See collateral...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Myers, Jacob Duffy (J.D.) (1898-1993): Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-M992JD
Scope and Contents J.D. Myers, journalist, discusses his career in journalism and politics: his work in Dayton, Ohio at the Dayton Journal and Daily News; the Springfield State Journal and the Progressive Miners' Illinois Miner; Governor Henry Horner; and work with the Housing Authority Board and School Board. He also discusses life, family, and the Hungarian colony in Dayton. Also discusses Springfield early through mid 20th century, newspapers, flooding on the Illinois River at Beardstown, Depression, and...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Myers, James E. #1 (1913-2001): Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-M992JE.1
Scope and Contents THE JEWISH EXPERIENCE PROJECT James E. Myers, journalist and writer, discusses the Jewish community in Springfield; family, education, and religion; Springfield in the late 19th and early 20th centuries; anti-Semitism; and Temple B'rith Sholom.1 tape, 60 mins., 37 pp. Interview by Syma Mendelsohn, 1973 RESTRICTED: Neither the tape nor the memoir transcript may be quoted, cited, or published in whole or in part without the written approval of the narrator, James E. Myers, or his...
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