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Harris, Albert (1895-1977): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-H240
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BLACK COMMUNITY PROJECT
Harris, lifelong resident and businessman of Springfield, recalls his experiences as a member of the African American community: social conditions, discrimination, segregation, and businesses. He recalls his own business ventures, including owning a restaurant, grocery store, garbage hauling, real estate, and the rental business. He discusses integrating the job market, 1937 Harris subdivision, Depression, and the 1908 race riot. He also discusses coal mining,...
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Harris, Leota Singleton (1893-1981): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-H242
Scope and Contents
BLACK COMMUNITY PROJECT
Leota Harris, resident of Springfield, since 1896, discusses her life experiences as an African American woman. She recalls her family background, conditions for African Americans, discrimination, businesses, Number 5 Engine House, her job with the Pullman Railroad Car Company, and employment at a beauty salon. She also discusses her aunt Kathryn Johnson who set up the Springfield Chapter of the NAACP and wrote Stealing a Nation, changes in domestic life, holiday...
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Harris, Nina: Interview and Memoir
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Identifier: O-H243
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Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project
Harris discusses her experiences at Sangamon State University, earning her undergraduate degree in 1988 and completing a master’s in public administration when it became the University of Illinois Springfield. She recalls the excellent and caring community-minded professors and particularly recalls classes with Professor Tim Miller.
See also D2/1/3 Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project.Digital audio file, 34 min., 13...
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Harris, William C. b. 1921: Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-H244
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Harris, Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1955-61 and Illinois Senate 1961-75, recalls his family background, childhood in Pontiac, Illinois, his father's funeral home business, father's influence, and religious activities of his youth. He also discusses Pontiac during the Depression, Pontiac Prison, local political issues and figures, and his education. 2 tapes, 175 mins., 37 pp.
Interview by Cullom Davis, 1979
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Harrison, Charles: Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-H245
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STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS
Harrison, operator of the Dayton ferry on the Ohio River, discusses his career on the river in the first half of the 20th century, riverboats, passenger service, people who made their living on the river, logging, fishing, and floods.
2 tapes, 31 pp.
Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957
OPEN: released by John Knoepfle
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Harry Hueser Drawings
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Identifier: MS 0033
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This collection contains drawings with annotations in pencil and ink depicting Hueser's memories of growing up in Chillicothe, Illinois, and Fort Madison Iowa; his education at the University of Illinois and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts; career as a commercial artist with studios in Chicago, and Mt Vernon, New York; and family life with wife, Edith Marjorie Paradise. Drawings largely done from 1977-1978 while living in a nursing home.
Folders 1-2 of Box 1 house MS 0032.
Dates:
1977-1978
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UIS Archives/Special Collections
Harvey, Henry b. ca. 1920: Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-H262
Scope and Contents
WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT
Harvey, WWII Union Seminary conscientious objector, discusses pacifism, consequences for his refusal to register for the draft, his role in the Newark ashram founded by Union Seminary students, and work with Spanish refugees of the Friends Service Committee in France.
1 tape, 90 mins., 29 pp.
Interview by C. Arthur Bradley, 1988
OPEN
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Hasara, Karen: Interview and Memoir
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Identifier: O-H277
Scope and Contents
Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project
Hasara, former state legislator and Mayor of Springfield, was the second person to register for classes at the newly created Sangamon State University in 1970, working for a Psychology degree and a teaching certificate to obtain her goal of becoming a teacher. Class credits were in quarters, grades were only pass/fail, classes were small (10-20), professors were cooperative, and the atmosphere was casual and easy going. She attended a class...
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Hatfield, Doris (1903-1991): Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-H284
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SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT
Hatfield, daughter of Shawneetown's mayor, discusses her family history and recalls the physical features of the bank's interior and exterior, apartment on the second floor, and the Wayne County Historical Society Building.
1 tape, 91 mins., 36 pp.
Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978
OPEN
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Haworth, John: Interview and memoir
Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-H317
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SPRINGFIELD ROTARY CLUB PROJECT
Haworth, former president of the club, recalls club members, activities, and his experiences as a Rotary Club Fellow. Also discusses changes in the organization, increased membership and diversification, and the benefits of membership.
1 tape, 90 mins., 24 pp.
Interview by Mike Schramm, 1988
OPEN
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