Browse Items (68 total)
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Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 | This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. | 1968 | September 13, 2017 |
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Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 | This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. | 1968 | September 28, 2017 |
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Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 | This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. | 1968 | September 28, 2017 |
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Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 | This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. | 1968 | September 28, 2017 |
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Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 | This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. | 1968 | September 28, 2017 |
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John Percy Oral History Interview | This oral history interview with John Percy was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. In this interview, John Percy describes his experience as a P-47 Fighter-Bomber Pilot in the European theater of World War II, his childhood in rural Illinois, learning to fly, his career after the military as a corporate pilot for State Farm Insurance, and his involvement on the board of the Prairie Aviation Museum. |
October 6, 2001 | March 17, 2018 |
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Roland Harris Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Roland Harris describes growing up in Alhambra and Highland in the 1930s. He then discusses his service during World War II. Next, Harris describes his funeral home business in Highland. The interview ends with a description of his work with the Highland Historical Society and the Highland News Leader newspaper. | October 15, 2016 | December 7, 2016 |
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Rita Bonds Oral History Interview | Rita Bonds describes her experiences living in different states with her husband, who was in the Air Force. She also describes working for Owens-Illinois Glass Company in Alton, Illinois. She briefly discusses her work as secretary for the NAACP in Alton. | October 16, 2016 | January 27, 2017 |
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Bryan Mathis Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Bryan Mathis describes his childhood in Venice, Illinois, and his experiences as an African-American man growing up in the area during the era of desegregation. He describes the various forms of bigotry and racism he's faced in the communities of Venice, Madison, Granite City, and St. Louis, as well as his feeling about the communities of Venice and Granite City today. He also discusses his work as a paperboy in Venice, what it was like growing up in the Venice housing projects, getting cut from the Venice High School Basketball team the year they won the State Championship (1975), and going to SIUE and the Mississippi River Festival in the late 70s. | October 18, 2016 | December 1, 2016 |
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Charles Jackson Oral History Interview | In this oral history, Charles Jackson discusses his family's involvement with the Western Military Academy in Alton. He describes his experience of attending a military high school, as well as how the military academy prepped its cadets for careers in the service. He describes why the military academy was shut down, and later his career as an educator for Triad High School. | July 16, 2017 | February 2, 2018 |