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Forbes, Lydia b. 1922: Memoir
Collection — Container: Folders
Identifier: O-F744
Scope and Contents
Mrs. Forbes discusses her life in a Quaker family and recalls work at Blackburn College in Carlinville, Illinois and its development from 1949 to 1986. She also discusses WWII as the wife of a conscientious objector, her work during the war at a mental hospital, living in England, and her recollections of Ecuador. Also mentions Adlai Stevenson, the Depression, and Japanese internment camps.
104 pp.
Interview by Chester Rhodes, 1986
OPEN
See collateral file
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Foreman, Helen Louise Cleary (1904-1991): Interview
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-F761*
Scope and Contents
Foreman, teacher and former Mayor of Jacksonville, Illinois, discusses her early life in Jacksonville: family, her father's teaching career with the deaf, friends and neighbors, neighborhoods and parks, early education and Routt High School, homemade foods, home life, summer vacations in Michigan, and streetcars and automobiles. She discusses attending Illinois College, classmates there, WWI homefront, discrimination against Catholics and blacks, and Jacksonville businesses. 15...
Dates:
Created: 1989 - 1991
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Forsyth, Don b. 1908: Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-F775
Scope and Contents
ADLAI E. STEVENSON II
Forsyth, close friend and political ally of Adlai Stevenson, recalls their relationship over the years: Stevenson's presidential campaigns, governorship, and cabinet appointments; serving on the Illinois Veterans Commission; and the Democratic party and its activity in Sangamon County. He also discusses his political career and his support of Paul Douglas in his senatorial campaign of 1948. 1 tape, 90 mins., 25 pp.
Interview by Stephen Bean, 1975
OPEN...
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
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Fowler, Naomi: Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-F829
Scope and Contents
SPRINGFIELD INTERNATIONAL VISITORS COMMISSION
Fowler, a member of the Commission, recalls her co-workers, the Commission's goals, as well as the work they performed in Springfield.
1 tape, 30 mins., 9 pp.
Interview by Byron Booth, 1991
OPEN
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date
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Frain, Susan: Interview
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-F843*
Scope and Contents
Frain discusses growing up in an Irish Catholic family in St. Louis; St. Louis University and Washington University; work in Springfield, Illinois for the Illinois Coalition Against Domestic Violence; rape and violence against women; the Equal Rights Amendment; peace activities; and living in Nicaragua: culture, religion, and government.
3 tapes, 200 mins.
Interview by Peggy Boyer, 1986
OPEN: Narrator reserves right to review edited transcript.
See collateral file
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Other: Dummy Date
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Francis, Earleen Allen b. ca. 1915: Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-F847
Scope and Contents
Francis, member of the Army Nurse Corps stationed in the Philippines, discusses her experiences during WWII as a prisoner of war of the Japanese army at the Santo Tomas Internment Camp in Manila. She recalls the conditions and treatment of prisoners, and the events of her imprisonment. She also discusses her early life in Kentucky and Southern Illinois: family and social life, domestic and social aspects of her adolescence, early nursing career in Chicago and Oklahoma; life in the...
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Other: Dummy Date
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Frasco, William (1889-1979): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-F861
Scope and Contents
ITALIAN-AMERICANS PROJECT
William Frasco, Italian-American, discusses operating a grocery store in Riverton, Illinois, and recalls stories from the Prohibition years and the mine wars of the 1930's.
1 tape, 35 mins., 12 pp.
Interview by John Bucari, 1972
OPEN
See collateral file
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Other: Dummy Date
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Frazee, Howard (1904-1985): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-F869
Scope and Contents
Frazee, civil engineer, discuses family, childhood and adolescence, early forms of transportation in Springfield, streetcars, trolleys, interurbans, and automobiles; school years, WWI, social life of the 1920's, birthday celebrations, and family vacations. He also talks about his father's dental practice, an uncle's medical practice, his own engineering training, early jobs, work for the railroad, paving Springfield's streets, work at Camp Butler, Civilian Conservation Corps, surveying work,...
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Other: Dummy Date
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Frederick, Dave (1912-1984): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-F873
Scope and Contents
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Frederick, member of the First Congregational Church, recalls the church's destruction by fire in 1956, support from the Temple B'rith Sholom, and the fundraising and groundbreaking of the new church building. Also discussed are the various events held at the church, the choir, and Sunday school.
2 tapes, 99 mins., 24 pp.
Interview by Henry Russel, 1980
OPEN
See collateral file: see Mabel Byerly file
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Other: Dummy Date
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Fribley, John W. (1906-2002): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-F911
Scope and Contents
ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM
Fribley, a Democratic member of the Illinois State Senate from 1934-1952 representing the 40th district, recalls his political career: legislative achievements in transportation, oil and gas regulation, and mine safety; Illinois political figures including Adlai Stevenson, Paul Powell and Henry Horner; political issues of the 1930's and 40's; and the relationship between Chicago and downstate and between the mayor of Chicago and the governor....
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Other: Dummy Date
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UIS Archives/Special Collections
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