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Weber, Jessica: Interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-W389*
Scope and Contents

Weber, writer and journalist, discusses her interest in writing: attending Greenville College, work for Springfield's State Journal-Register, police and legislative reporting, sexism, and writing novels.

2 tapes, 90 mins. Interview by Rhonda Golden, 1983 OPEN: Narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Weitkamper, Reba Alberta (1916-1986): Interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-W438*
Scope and Contents

Weitkamper discusses growing up in Litchfield and Hillsboro, Illinois: family, neighborhoods, holiday activities, and early schooling. She also recalls attending the University of Illinois: professors, courses, dorm life, recreational and social activities. She also describes life in Springfield and Peoria: work at the Illinois State Library, marriage and children, and teaching.

4 tapes, 360 mins. Interview by James P. Coble, 1978 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Weitzel, E. (Father) b. 1927: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-W439
Scope and Contents

GERMAN-AMERICANS PROJECT Father Weitzel discusses the German-American religious community in Springfield and their feelings toward Germany during WWII.

1 tape, 20 mins., 8 pp. Interview by Leslie Leamons, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Welch, Dora (1910-1999): Interview and Interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-W442
Scope and Contents

SANGAMON ORDNANCE PLANT PROJECT Welch discusses her employment at the Sangamon Ordnance Plant in Illiopolis: working conditions, security, production, impact on the community, and transportation.

1 tape, 70 min., 15 pp. Interview by B. David McCarthy, 1989 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Weller, Alice: Interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-W459
Scope and Contents

Weller discusses growing up in coal mining communities in central Illinois; joining the Progressives during the mine wars; gangsters; life in Henderson, Illinois; working in factories; enlistment in the Marines during WWII; and family and post WWII life.

4 tapes, 330 mins. Interview by Michael E. Alepra, 1991 OPEN: Narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Wells, Kenneth F. (1913-1992): Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-W462
Scope and Contents

COAL MINING AND UNION ACTIVITIES PROJECT Wells, President of the United Mine Workers, District 12, discusses John L. Lewis, union activities, coal mining mechanization, and disasters.

1 tape, 82 mins., 20 pp. Interview by Rex Rhodes, 1972 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes and photocopies of articles on John L. Lewis.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Wenschoff, Fred (1884-1977): Memoir

 Collection — Container: Memoir
Identifier: O-W488
Scope and Contents

Wenschoff, German-American coal miner, recalls mining experiences in Mount Olive, Illinois: creation of the Mount Olive Cemetery, the Progressive Miners and United Mine Workers unions, and Eugene V. Debs.

20 pp. Interview by Elizabeth Balanoff, 1970 RESTRICTED: May be read but not quoted, cited or photocopied. See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Wertheim, William (1889-1979): Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-W498
Scope and Contents

Wertheim recalls his livestock business and life in Athens, Illinois in the early 20th century.

1 tape, 65 mins., 20 pp. Interview by Elizabeth Canterbury, 1978 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Wesley, Robert (Bob): Interview and Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: O-W516
Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Robert M. Wesley, the current Executive Director for Regional Medical Programs at the SIU School of Medicine, discusses his early life and experiences at SSU from 1970-1975. Wesley received his bachelor’s from the University in 1973, his master’s in 1975 and also worked for a time in the Center for the Study of Middle Sized Cities. Wesley, himself a Vietnam veteran, recalls that SSU was very open to veterans and other not-traditional students....
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Wheeler, Luther b. 1914: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-W564
Scope and Contents Wheeler discusses his experiences in the U.S. Navy during WWII as an African American seaman: boot camp at Great Lakes Naval Center, sonar training in Miami, Florida, discrimination and segregation, assignment and duties on Subchaser 1264, encounters with submarines, crewmates, "R&R," and his discharge from the Navy. He also recalls his early life in Cairo, Illinois: education, discrimination and segregation, jobs, and the town. He discusses life in Springfield: working at Allis...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

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Center for the Study of Middle Size Cities 13
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Haynes, Judith 8
Horne, Debbie Springer 8
Klusmeyer, Margaret M. 8
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Booth, Byron 7
Boyer, Peggy 6
Dillon, Mary Ann 6
Golden, Rhonda 6
Mendelsohn, Syma 6
Planning and Development Office 6
SSU Foundation 6
Stout, Jane 6
Waggaman, P.J. 6
Alexander, Brian 5
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Dean of Innovative and Experimental Studies 5
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Giesecke, G. Ernst 5
Howarth, Nelson O. 5
Illinois Board of Regents 5
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Leamons, Leslie 5
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MacLean, Kay 5
Welchans, Richard S. 5
Wells, Sara 5
Williams, Elvera L. 5
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Breiseth, Christopher 4
Butler, Homer L. 4
Camp, Dennis 4
Cockrell, John 4
Continuing Education 4
Hasara, Karen 4
Headrick, John 4
Hunt, Nancy 4
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Krause, Ron 4
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Lennon, Mike 4
Marshall, Shirley 4
Nachtwey, Matthew R. 4
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Schramm, Mike 4
Smith, Anna May 4
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Student Senate 4
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University of Illinois 4
Van Lieshout, David 4
Wilson, Clifford Keith III 4
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Alepra, Michael E. 3
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