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Ferguson, Ann (1903-1986): Interview
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-F381A*
Scope and Contents
Ferguson discusses coal mining in Mt. Olive, Illinois: her husband's work, mining conditions, mine fires, organization of the Progressive Miners and its Women's Auxiliary, the Mulkeytown March, strikes, violence and mine wars, Depression, John L. Lewis, and Mother Jones.
1 tape, 90 mins.
Interview by Nick Cherniavsky, 1976
OPEN
For collateral file see J9/5/24
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Ferguson, Margaret (1904-1979): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-F381
Scope and Contents
BLACK COMMUNITY PROJECT
Ferguson, African-American resident of Springfield, discusses her family background, conditions for African-Americans, employment and unemployment, segregation and discrimination, the 1908 race riot, neighborhoods and businesses, Bunn Park, education and counseling students in the schools. She discusses changes in Springfield, attending the University of Illinois receiving a degree in Home Economics, marriage, and her husband's early death. She also recounts her...
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Ferrara, Barbara: Interview and Memoir
Collection
Identifier: O-F412
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Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project
Barbara Ferrara, in 2010 the Associate Director of the Center for State Policy and Leadership at UIS, reminisces about her career at the University. A 35 year employee of SSU/UIS, Ferrara discusses her experiences as a researcher and project manager within the University’s public affairs division. She recalls a number of projects in which the University conducted research and program evaluation on behalf of Illinois state agencies and her...
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Feuer, Hyman A. (1915-1996): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-F434
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Feuer, president of General Automotive, discusses growing up in Springfield during the Depression and the effects on the family, business and on local coal miners. He recalls his education, his family history as immigrants from Poland, and his service in the air force during WWII. Feuer also discusses his Jewish background, attending synagogue, and recalls family stories and radio programs.
2 tapes, 80 mins., 23 pp.
Interview by Byron Booth, 1988
OPEN
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Fisher, Jack b. 1927: Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-F534
Scope and Contents
Fisher, long-time resident of Springfield, discusses his education in grade schools and the Springfield High School class of 1944. He recalls his teachers and classmates, and Springfield in the 1940's. References are made to Vachel Lindsay and the Broadwell family.
2 tapes, 233 mins., 53 pp.
Interview by Thomas L. Nolan, 1986
OPEN
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Fitzgerald, Andrew (1908-1994): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-F515
Scope and Contents
PRISONER OF WAR EXPERIENCES IN WORLD WAR II
Fitzgerald discusses his experiences serving in the army during WWII, taking part in the landing at Anzio, Italy, capture by the Germans, internment at Stalag VIIA and Stalag IIB, conditions and treatment as a POW, escape and reunion with American forces. He recalls the work he performed on a cooperative farm while in the German prison camps, Christmas 1944, and discusses the long term effects of his POW experience. 1 tape, 90 mins.,...
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Fitzgerald, Marvel (1905-1991): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-F576
Scope and Contents
TELEPHONE PROJECT
Fitzgerald, employee of Illinois Bell Telephone Company, discusses his experiences working for Illinois Bell. He recalls a fire at the company offices in 1927, effects of the Depression and WWII, customer billing procedures, changes in technology, and a 1947 strike. Also mentions Springfield transportation developments.
1 tape, 70 mins, 23 pp
Interview by Thomas Easley, 1973
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FitzJerrell, Fannie (1872-1978): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-F579
Scope and Contents
FitzJerrell recounts growing up on a farm in the late 1800's, her family life and background, Civil War experiences of her father, marriage to a doctor and life as a doctor's wife, her husband's medical practice and psychiatry work, raising her children, family vacations, and a lengthy illness she endured in the 1920's. She discusses some of the problems associated with her advancing age and living in a nursing home. A reference is made to FitzJerrell's father hearing Abraham Lincoln speak....
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Fitzpatrick, J.R. "Bud" (1895-1982): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-F582
Scope and Contents
Fitzpatrick, Springfield resident and businessman, recalls his neighborhood, lumber business, sponsorship of numerous athletic teams, effects of the Depression, involvement with the publication The Citizens Tribune, local political campaigns, violence during the mine wars, service on the Illinois Boxing Commission and Golden Gloves, and sponsorship of semi-professional softball including the Fitzpatrick Lumberjacks. He recalls a softball game played between the Lumberjacks and Joe Louis's...
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Flesher, Maurice (1909-1991): Memoir
Collection — Container: Folders
Identifier: O-F631
Scope and Contents
ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Flesher, resident of Taylorville during the mine wars, recalls the violence between the Progressive Miners Union and the United Mine Workers, arrival of the FBI, arrests of miners, arrival of the National Guard, company towns, and conditions for miners during the strike.
16 pp.
Interview by Carl Oblinger, 1985
RESTRICTED: no legal release
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