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Davenport, Don: Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-D273
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ONE ROOM SCHOOL PROJECT Don Davenport, Barb Evans, George Ginder, and Caroline McCoach. Narrators recall their experiences as students and teachers in small rural schools in Illinois, Missouri and Indiana. They discuss the schools' structures, school activities, curriculum, teachers and students.

1 tape, 32 mins., 8 pp. Interview by Jane Stout, ca. 1972 RESTRICTED: May be read but not quoted, cited, or reproduced. See collateral file For tape see McCoach, Caroline

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

David Needham Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 0032
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This collection contains legal documents including mortgages and warranty deeds for land in Cass County, Illinois, relating to several generations of the Needham family of Virginia, Illinois. Names included are David Needham, James Needham, Cecilia Needham, George S. Needham, Jannett Needham, and Nancy E. Needham. Others include Robert D. Taylor, William Henry Taylor, David and Ann Wight, and Thomas S. Williamson.

Dates: 1874-1944

Davidson, John A. (1924-1997): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-D283
Scope and Contents

"Doc" Davidson, Republican member of the Illinois State Senate, 50th district, discusses his Navy Air Corps service during WWII: kamikazes, fighter planes, and aircraft carriers. He also discusses his Springfield chiropractic practice, his political career, Illinois politics, the Chicago school system, and education in Illinois.

1 tape, 90 mins., 22 pp. Interview by William Ortman, 1989 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes and a photocopied photograph of Davidson

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Davis, Corneal A. (1900-1995): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-D291C
Scope and Contents ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Corneal A. Davis, member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1943-79, discusses his years as a member of the Illinois General Assembly: legislative reform, legislative technique, and his work on legislation involving public aid, welfare, education, the Equal Rights Amendment, and taxation. Also discusses his work on the Advisory Commission on Public Aid, Fair Employment Practices Commission, Appropriations Committee, and the Commission on...
Dates: Created: 1979 - 1982

Davis, Cullom: Interview and Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: O-D292
Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Davis, Emeritus Professor of History at SSU/UIS and retired after 39 years of teaching and participation in the experiment that was Sangamon State University. He started at SSU when the university first began by hiring the faculty, some of whom he described as “de-frocked priests” and “refugees from the campus battles of the 1960s.” Davis started the Oral History Office at SSU as a means to preserve less prominent historical interests such...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Davis, Mack: Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-D295
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STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Mack Davis discusses people who made their living on the Ohio River: riverboat captains, cooks, stewards, and rousters. Also discusses his service as steward, trade routes and cargo, and passenger traffic.

1 tape, 15 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Davis, Topper b. 1949: Interview

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-D298*
Scope and Contents

VIETNAM Davis discusses his experiences in the Vietnamese Conflict: enlistment and basic training in the army, transfer to Vietnam, combat and patrols, R&R, leaving Vietnam and returning to Illinois, and Vietnam Veterans Against the War. He also recalls growing up in Bethany, Illinois.

6 tapes, 540 mins. Interview by Charles Hill, 1982 OPEN see collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Davison, Edward (1908-1996): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-D299
Scope and Contents

SPRINGFIELD MARINE BANK PROJECT Davison, an employee with the Springfield Marine Bank, recalls working conditions at the bank, effects of the Depression and increased automation, services offered, and the type of work performed.

1 tape, 60 mins., 14 pp. Interview by John Bucari, 1973 OPEN See collateral file

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Dawe, Russell (1916-1995): Interview

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-D321*
Scope and Contents Dawe, former coal miner and director of the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals, discusses coal mining in Franklin County, Illinois: coal companies and production, mine shaft support, mine structures, safety, reclamation, company houses, and growing up in Valier, Illinois in a mining family. He discusses the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals, government mining policies, hazards, energy policy and mining skills. 3 tapes, 125 mins. Interview by Barbara Herndon, 1977...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Dawson, Frances (1903-1995): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-D324
Scope and Contents ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Dawson, member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1957-71, recalls her childhood during the first two decades of the century near Des Moines, Iowa, farm activities, her education at Simpson College and Northwestern University, and her participation in Evanston civic organizations. She discusses her years in the Illinois General Assembly, campaigning, legislation regarding education, revenue, water fluoridation public aid, health, welfare,...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

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Sangamon State University 100
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Agendas 39
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Corley, Kevin 34
Sangamon State University 26
Student Services 26
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Library 22
Williams, James D. 21
Bradley, C. Arthur 17
University Legal Counsel 17
Immel, Marilyn Huff 16
Russel, Henry 16
Faculty Senate 15
Educational Leadership Program 14
Taylor, Marjorie 14
Vice President for Academic Affairs (VPAA) 14
Center for the Study of Middle Size Cities 13
Eberle, Eugenia 13
Kniss, Glenn 13
McCarthy, B. David 13
Saner, Josephine B. 13
Armbruster, Sandra Britz 12
University Relations 12
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Kwedar, Melinda 11
Canterbury, Elizabeth 10
Ortman, William 10
Streitmatter, Rodger 10
Moore, Linda 9
Rhodes, Rex 9
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Bomke, Virginia 8
Haynes, Judith 8
Horne, Debbie Springer 8
Klusmeyer, Margaret M. 8
University Assembly 8
Vrooman, John E. 8
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
Business and Administrative Services 5
Campbell, H. Dean 5
Dean of Innovative and Experimental Studies 5
Environmental Studies Program 5
Giesecke, G. Ernst 5
Howarth, Nelson O. 5
Illinois Board of Regents 5
Keiser, John 5
Leamons, Leslie 5
Literature Program 5
MacLean, Kay 5
Welchans, Richard S. 5
Wells, Sara 5
Williams, Elvera L. 5
Bone, Rosalyn L. 4
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
Institute for Public Affairs 4
Institutional Research Office 4
Jett, Linda S. 4
Knepler, Jane E. 4
Krause, Ron 4
Krohe, Jim 4
Lennon, Mike 4
Marshall, Shirley 4
Nachtwey, Matthew R. 4
Oblinger, Carl 4
Public Administration Program 4
Public Affairs Program 4
Rountree, Georgia P. 4
Schramm, Mike 4
Smith, Anna May 4
Spencer, Robert C. 4
Student Senate 4
Television Office 4
University of Illinois 4
Van Lieshout, David 4
Wilson, Clifford Keith III 4
Affirmative Action Office 3
Alepra, Michael E. 3
Alumni Association 3
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