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Woods, Betty Tabor and Edward English: Interview

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: O-W862*

Scope and Contents

Betty and Edward Woods discuss the history and business of Maldaner's Restaurant in Springfield. They also discuss her father, Walter Tabor, who owned and managed the restaurant; also employees' duties, meals, catering, bakery, and service.

2 tapes, 135 mins. Interview by Jo Saner, 1977 RESTRICTED: May be read but not quoted, cited or published. See collateral file: interviewer's notes, partial transcript.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections

Woods, Mearia (1905-1999): Interview and Memoir

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: O-W865

Scope and Contents

Mearia Woods, teacher, discusses Beardstown, Illinois: floods, local railroads, the 1922 railroad strike, and the Princess and Gem theaters. She also discusses her teaching career.

1 tape, 60 mins., 22 pp. Interview by George Ingle, 1987 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections

Workman, Mayme (1892-1980): Interview and Memoir

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: O-W892

Scope and Contents TELEPHONE PROJECT Workman discusses her career in the telephone business from 1907-1961 as operator, a trainer of operators, traffic supervisor, and member of the Board of Directors of the Independent Telephone Pioneer Association. She recalls various telephone companies, changes in the business over the years, and writing for a telephone trade journal. She also discusses growing up in Springfield and the race riot of 1908. 1 tape, 60 mins., 33 pp. Interview by Thomas Easley,...

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections

Wright, Pauline (1909-1986): Interview and Memoir

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: O-W934

Scope and Contents

SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT Pauline Wright recalls the bank as a resident of an apartment on its third floor. She discusses the building's furnishings and interior, stairways, back hallway, and sidewalks and exterior.

1 tape, 45 mins., 22 pp. Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections

Wright, Ross B. (1891-1977): Interview and Memoir

Collection

Identifier: O-W935

Scope and Contents

Ross B.Wright recalls the 1908 Springfield race riot: incidents, mob violence, rumors, the National Guard, and the sheltering of blacks by whites.

1 tape, 30 mins., 8 pp. Interview by Brian Alexander, 1973 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections

Wright, Roy b. 1913: Interview and Memoir

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: O-W936

Scope and Contents

MENTAL HEALTH CARE PROJECT Roy Wright, employee at Jacksonville State Hospital, discusses changing methods in patient care and treatment, changes in community attitudes toward mental illness, and changes in living conditions and staff in the hospital.

1 tape, 86 mins., 35 pp. Interview by Rodger Streitmatter, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections

Wylder, Harold (1911-1992): Interview and Memoir

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: O-W977

Scope and Contents

SPRINGFIELD MARINE BANK PROJECT Wylder, employee of the Springfield Marine Bank, recalls changes in banking procedures, personal attention to customers, and the bank's facilities.

1 tape, 45 mins., 15 pp. Interview by John Bucari, 1973 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections

Wymore, Maxine Danner (1924-2000): Interview

Collection — Container: Folder

Identifier: O-W989*

Scope and Contents

Wymore discusses serving on the General Government Committee at the 1970 Illinois Constitutional Convention.

Interview by Cullom Davis, Kim Hoffman, Marilyn Huff Immel, and Timothy J. Jones, 1987. OPEN: Narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file: partial unedited transcript.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections

Y2K Contingency Plan Records

Collection

Identifier: UA 0056

Scope and Contents

Each contingency plan contains three templates: the first, administrative information such as unit head and contributors to the contingency process; the second, a chart listing functions of the unit and brief descriptions of the continuity and recovery plans and measure to minimize risk, and the third, a more detailed description for other topics provided in template 2.

Dates: 1999

Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections

Yntema, Jean Busey (1898-2002): Interview and Memoir

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: O-Y69

Scope and Contents Yntema, teacher, discusses early 20th century life in Champaign County, Illinois: upper-class family and home life, childhood, family vacations, women's suffrage, the towns of Urbana and Champaign, Depression, and banking business of the Busey family. She also talks about teaching in Crossnore, South Carolina, trips to Europe, living in Waukegan, Illinois, her husband's family, and her impressions of African Americans. She also briefly mentions the University of Illinois at Urbana, an...

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Found in: UIS Archives/Special Collections

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Woods, Betty Tabor and Edward English: Interview

Woods, Mearia (1905-1999): Interview and Memoir

Workman, Mayme (1892-1980): Interview and Memoir

Wright, Pauline (1909-1986): Interview and Memoir

Wright, Ross B. (1891-1977): Interview and Memoir

Wright, Roy b. 1913: Interview and Memoir

Wylder, Harold (1911-1992): Interview and Memoir

Wymore, Maxine Danner (1924-2000): Interview

Y2K Contingency Plan Records

Yntema, Jean Busey (1898-2002): Interview and Memoir

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