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Bedford, Virginia b. 1910: Interview and memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B390
Scope and Contents
Bedford, an employee of the Pleasant Plains school lunch program, discusses the operation of the school cafeteria, ordering food, menu planning, and working conditions for employees.
1 tape, 30 min., 12 pp.
Interview by Virginia Bomke, 1972
OPEN
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Tape also contains Alice Powers interview
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Bell, Betty Brooks b. 1923: Memoir
Collection — Container: Folder
Identifier: O-B413B
Scope and Contents
INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION
Betty Brooks Bell, wife of William Bell, discusses life in Mexico with her husband beginning in 1949 as members of an IIAA field party working to improve water supplies to towns. She discusses living conditions, language difficulties, raising her two children, hired help, companionship with the other wives, experience with volcanoes, shopping at local markets, trips around Mexico, and items they were able to purchase. She also discusses the...
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Bell, Mary b. 1924: Interview and memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B413M
Scope and Contents
Mary Bell discusses her early family life as the child of Japanese immigrants in Seattle, Washington; growing up in an international community; education at both American and Japanese schools; Japanese customs; her family's visit to Japan in the mid 1930's; and her father's illness which required them to stay in Japan during WWII. She also describes her home life in Japan; temple customs; Buddhist funerals; holidays; education at a Canadian Missionary School; feelings about WWII; wartime...
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Bell, William E. b. 1921: Memoir
Collection — Container: Folder
Identifier: O-B413W
Scope and Contents
INSTITUTE OF INTER-AMERICAN AFFAIRS COLLECTION
William E. Bell, a sanitary engineer, husband of Betty Bell, discusses moving his family to Mexico and later to Costa Rica as part of an IIAA field party from 1949-1954. He discusses how Mexican and American engineers cooperated to design and construct water supply systems, sewage systems, and health centers. He discusses flaws in the programs, difference in attitudes between countries towards public health, and differences in the governments...
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Bellaver, John (1901-1992): Interview and memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B414
Scope and Contents
ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY
Bellaver, coal miner, discusses his experiences working in Illinois coal mines: hazardous working conditions, changes brought by mechanization, the United Mine Workers Union and Progressive Miners of America, Mulkeytown march, and shootings in Taylorville and Springfield. He also talks about his family history, his father's immigration from Italy, relations between different ethnic groups, mining communities, and family support. Also...
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Benedict, Ann b. 1922: Interview and memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B434A
Scope and Contents
WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT
Ann Benedict, wife of Donald Benedict, discusses the development of her personal ideology; teaching experiences; family background; views on feminism, civil rights, and social issues; sexist attitudes in society; women ministers; her involvement in the women's movement; ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment in Illinois through the Religious Coalition for the ERA (RCERA); and her involvement with the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights. ...
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Benedict, Donald b. 1917: Interview and memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B434D
Scope and Contents
WWII CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTORS PROJECT
Donald Benedict, socialist and pacifist, husband of Ann Benedict, discusses his studies at Albion College and Union Seminary; socialism and pacifism; living in Harlem, New York in the 1940's; experiences with racism and coal mine unions in the south; his arrest for refusing to register for the WWII draft; and events which eventually convinced him to enlist in 1945. Also discusses his efforts to promote racial equality; combating police brutality and...
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Bennett, Dr. Basil (1886-1980) : Interview and memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B439
Scope and Contents
SHAWNEETOWN BANK PROJECT
Dr. Bennett, resident of Shawneetown, Illinois since 1916, recalls the location of buildings in the town, the bank's interior, his duties working for the state as a veterinary surgeon, and experiences during the 1937 Ohio River flood.
1 tape, 25 min., 13 pp.
Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1978
OPEN
See collateral file
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Bennett, Joe: Interview and memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B440
Scope and Contents
TELEPHONE PROJECT
Joe Bennett, Illinois Bell Telephone Company employee, discusses Cairo, Illinois; its location and development as a center for river trade on the Mississippi, Ohio, and the Cache Rivers; economic and social concerns; the telephone company; and his father's impressions of the 1937 flood.
1 tape, 45 min., 9 pp.
Interview by Jerry Veach, 1973
RESTRICTED: May be read but cannot be quoted, cited or reproduced
See collateral file
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Benson, Leon (1907-1990):Interview and memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B443
Scope and Contents
Benson, a railroad worker for the Chicago, Burlington, Quincy and Santa Fe railroads in Galesburg, Illinois, discusses changes in railroad technology, work, and travel; railroad structures, engines, and personnel; methods of communication between engineers, crew members, and depots; transportation of grain and livestock; working and living conditions for section gangs; railroad strikes; Galesburg businesses using the railroad; conditions on passenger coaches; mail delivery; and his...
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