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Wayham, Nona (1884-1982): Interview
Wayham recalls rural life in Green and Jersey Counties, Illinois during the late 19th and early 20th century: entertainment, quilting parties, ice cream and box socials, Carrollton High School, courtship, nursing, farm life, people and neighborhoods in Jerseyville, homemade foods, raising chickens, and life in a nursing home.
10 tapes, 475 mins.
Interview by Theresa Baker, 1975
OPEN
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Weber, George (1886-1973): Interview and Memoir
Weber discusses rural life in the Midwest from the late 19th century onward: homesteading in Oklahoma, farming in North Dakota, and running a livery stable. He also discusses the people of Nauvoo, Illinois, operating taverns, ranching in the West, and serving on the police force in Hamilton, Illinois.
1 tape, 65 mins., 30 pp.
Interview by William Ortman, 1972
OPEN
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Weber, Jessica: Interview
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.
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Weitkamper, Reba Alberta (1916-1986): Interview
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
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Weitzel, E. (Father) b. 1927: Interview and Memoir
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
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Welch, Dora (1910-1999): Interview and Interview
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
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Weller, Alice: Interview
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
Wells, Kenneth F. (1913-1992): Interview and Memoir
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.
Wenschoff, Fred (1884-1977): Memoir
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.
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Wertheim, William (1889-1979): Interview and Memoir
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
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