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Call Number
88-101

Physical Description

46 pages; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 135 minutes; index; photocopies of magazine article, biographical data sheet

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Huk, Chrystyna

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Babcock describes growing up in a rural area outside of Paoli, including the advent of plumbing, telephone, electricity, and home appliances. He also discusses leisure activities and the one-time social importance of the Orange County courthouse square. Further, he describes how the community viewed World War II, the Vietnam War, and the Civil Rights and Women's Rights movements. Finally, he discusses the evolving state of the community and its school system.

James A. Babcock, born in 1937, is a long-time resident of Paoli, Indiana. He was educated in its public schools and later returned to the area after college and serving in the United States Army. He became a teacher, assistant principal, and then principal of Paoli High School.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Army ROTC
  • Carpenter Bus Sales, Incorporated
  • Cook Field
  • Paoli Classroom Teachers Association
  • Strand Theater
  • Western Kentucky University
• • Occupation Names
  • high school principal
  • teacher
• • Personal Names
  • Cook, John
  • Nixon, Richard Milhous
  • Roberts, Wilson
• • Place Names
  • Alaska
  • Anderson, Indiana
  • French Lick, Indiana
  • Greencastle, Indiana
  • Orleans, Indiana
  • Sandy Hook, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • church attendance
  • clothing
  • collective bargaining
  • drugs
  • home canning
  • ice boxes
  • Indiana education standards
  • local business
  • marching band
  • plumbing
  • rationing
  • school accreditation
  • school dress code
  • suburbs
  • teachers unions
  • television
  • Veterans Day
  • Vietnam War
  • Vietnam War veterans
  • Watergate
  • women's movement
  • World War II
  • Civil Rights Movement

Call Number
88-099

Physical Description

48 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 115 minutes; index; biographical data sheet, postcard of Orange County

Interviewer
Huk, Chrystyna

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Marshall Howard "Bill" Barnes was born in 1915 in Williams, Indiana, and spent the great majority of his life in Paoli, Indiana. He recalls life in the town over the years, especially in the nineteen twenties and nineteen thirties regarding automobiles, leisure activities, and schooling. He also describes the myriad of jobs he held over the years, including painter, fireman, newspaperman, clock custodian (for the Paoli courthouse clock), and movie projectionist. The interview was never completed due to the illness and subsequent death of the interviewee.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • D.E. Howard and Company
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Hoosier American
  • Orange Countian
  • Paoli News
  • Paoli Republican
• • Occupation Names
  • clock custodian
  • fire chief
  • fire fighter
  • hotel worker
  • newspaper reporter
  • painter
• • Personal Names
  • Hollingsworth, John
• • Place Names
  • Jeffersonville, Kentucky
• • Subjects
  • automobiles
  • electricity
  • elementary school
  • films
  • fire fighting
  • gardening
  • Great Depression
  • ice boxes
  • leisure activities
  • linotype
  • newspapers
  • offset printing
  • World War II industry

Call Number
88-097

Physical Description

49 pages; 4 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 230 minutes; index

Interviewer
Huk, Chrystyna

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Hazel Laura Bosley, born on May 11, 1899, recalls her childhood and life at the beginning of the twentieth century, including growing up in a log home with eight siblings and her parents. She discusses the Great Depression, during which she and her family canned beans, vegetables, and fruit, made butter, and ground wheat into flour for themselves. She remembers horse-driven school wagons in Paoli, Indiana, her one-room school, and her chores and family life. In addition, she comments on the children's games she played, cooking in that time period, the traditions of Sunday dinner after attending church, quilting, and homemakers' clubs.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Hoosier Homemakers
• • Occupation Names
  • farmer
  • quilter
  • teacher
• • Place Names
  • Orange County, Indiana
  • Orleans, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • church attendance
  • community life
  • Great Depression
  • vegetable canning

Call Number
88-096

Physical Description

55 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 103 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Huk, Chrystyna

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Cora Brown, born on April 5, 1913, recalls her youth and life in Paoli, Indiana. She describes farm and small town life in the area before and after World War I. She discusses automobiles, the importance of the Baptist church to community activities, and community life in general. In addition, she comments on the women's rights movement, the tumultuous decade of the nineteen sixties, the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, and local economic changes. She also speaks of her uncle's death in a robbery by Clyde Barrow, of Bonnie and Clyde fame, and notes their deaths.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • 4-H Club
  • Baptist Young Persons Union
  • Dupont Norton Hospital
  • West Baden Springs Hotel
• • Occupation Names
  • cotton picker
  • farm worker
  • nurse
  • pecan picker
  • seamstress
• • Personal Names
  • Barrow, Clyde
• • Place Names
  • French Lick, Indiana
  • Hills County, Texas
  • Hillsboro, Texas
  • Jeffersonville, Kentucky
  • Louisville, Kentucky
  • Southern Indiana
  • Texas
• • Subjects
  • African-Americans
  • automobiles
  • Baptist church
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • community life
  • electricity
  • farm life
  • homemakers clubs
  • local economy
  • local fairs
  • local transportation
  • military desertion
  • nineteen sixties
  • race relations
  • radio
  • Sunday school
  • television
  • Vietnam War
  • women's movement
  • World War I
  • World War II

Call Number
88-071

Physical Description

98 pages; 5 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 225 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Bethel Cornwell, born in 1915 and a graduate of Paoli High School, discusses her childhood and education in Orange County and reflects on various changes during her lifetime. Cornwell details the circumstances of her daily life as a child and later her experience as a college student in Terre Haute. She also elaborates on her career as a teacher. The interview offers insight into Paoli and surrounding towns during the Great Depression and considers the various societal and technological changes that have taken place in the last seventy years.

• Keywords
• • Family Names
  • Chastain
  • Martin
• • Occupation Names
  • teacher
• • Place Names
  • Livonia, Indiana
  • Millersburg, Indiana
  • Terre Haute, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • African-Americans
  • Baptist church
  • childhood
  • community life
  • country schools
  • drugs
  • farm life
  • gender roles
  • Great Depression
  • Punkin Center
  • sex education
  • societal changes
  • teaching
  • technology

Call Number
88-082

Physical Description

31 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Green, Maria

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Paoli resident Brenda Cornwell, born in 1948, discusses her life in the town. She recalls Saturday night social gatherings, high school sports, school, Vietnam, and national events such as the assassination of John F. Kennedy. She shares her thoughts on the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small town.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Progress-Examiner
• • Place Names
  • Crawford County, Indiana
  • Orleans, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • community activities
  • family history
  • high school sports
  • John F. Kennedy assassination
  • local crime
  • music
  • Paoli public schools
  • small town advantages
  • small town disadvantages
  • travel
  • Vietnam War

Call Number
88-088

Physical Description

73 pages; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 125 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Huk, Chrystyna

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Mable Davis, born 1897, discusses her life growing up in a small town in the early twentieth century through her married years. She recalls school, courting, social events, and the emergence of the automobile. She discusses the impact of national events such as World War I, the Great Depression, World War II, and women's rights.

• Keywords
• • Subjects
  • automobiles
  • community activities
  • courtship
  • diseases
  • drugs
  • family history
  • Great Depression
  • Paoli public schools
  • small town advantages
  • small town disadvantages
  • technology
  • United States Civil War pensions
  • women's movement
  • World War I
  • World War II

Call Number
88-092

Physical Description

40 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 170 minutes; index; newspaper clipping

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Green, Maria

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Musician Lotus Dickey, born in 1911, in Muncie, Indiana, speaks about his family genealogy, factory work, world wars, and the technological changes that occurred during his life. He shares anecdotes about his and his parents' lives, such as his father's strength, walking to school, or visiting the home of Annie Oakley.

• Keywords
• • Place Names
  • Darke County, Ohio
  • Greenville, Ohio
• • Subjects
  • factory work
  • family history
  • farming
  • generational differences
  • Great Depression
  • munitions plant
  • music
  • technology
  • World War I

Call Number
88-086

Physical Description

36 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 95 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Huk, Chrystyna

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Arthur Dillard, born in 1938, discusses his life in Paoli, Indiana. His earliest memories are of patriotism and the return of World War II veterans, followed by the Korean War and McCarthyism. Later, during college, he recalls the death of President John F. Kennedy, Vietnam, and the hippie movement. Dillard has fond memories of Paoli and describes both the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small town.

• Keywords
• • Subjects
  • carnivals
  • community activities
  • community changes
  • employment
  • hippies
  • John F. Kennedy assassination
  • Korean War
  • McCarthyism
  • Paoli public schools
  • small town advantages
  • small town disadvantages
  • town square
  • Vietnam War

Call Number
88-067

Physical Description

115 pages; 5 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 220 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Restricted: open transcripts, tapes closed

Scope and Content Note

Lucille Dillard, born in 1918, grew up in Paoli, Indiana. She recounts her early childhood experiences about World War I, school, home life, strawberry picking, Prohibition, and the Great Depression. During World War II, she and her husband moved around the country to work on construction of defense plants, and later she recalls her experience in factory work, particularly sewing. She also discusses social events, holidays, celebrations, and the benefits of living in a small town.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • JayC Store
• • Place Names
  • Childersburg, Alabama
  • Orange County, Indiana
  • Washington County, Indiana
• • Personal Names
  • Oakley, Lucille
  • Stout, Owen
• • Subjects
  • chair factory
  • church
  • community activities
  • community attitudes
  • factory work
  • family history
  • gender attitudes
  • Great Depression
  • Paoli public schools
  • Prohibition
  • sewing
  • small town advantages
  • small town disadvantages
  • strawberry picking
  • suffrage
  • town square
  • vote buying
  • World War I
  • World War II
  • writing

Call Number
88-075

Physical Description

96 pages; 4 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 125 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Winston Flick and his wife Evelyn, graduates of French Lick and Paoli High Schools, respectively, discuss their experiences as part-time farmers in Orange County. Evelyn Flick reflects on her years of working outside the home as a bookkeeper. They provide details about daily life on the farm, particularly when they were milking cows. The Flicks speak about the square in Paoli and the Saturday evening activities held there. They also mention some of the changes that have taken place and believe that people will return to a life in the country.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Turner's Creamery
• • Place Names
  • French Lick, Indiana
  • Moore's Ridge, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • babysitters
  • community attitudes
  • family relations
  • farm life
  • gender roles
  • Methodist church
  • milking
  • parades
  • Quakerism
  • Sabbath
  • square dancing
  • temperance
  • women workers

Call Number
88-078

Physical Description

70 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 120 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Mabel Fultz, born in 1927, and her aunt Ethel Hollen, born in 1910, discuss their early childhoods, family genealogy, socializing around the town square, and home life. Hollen relates her experiences working in the basket factory during the Great Depression, piece work, and discusses the other factories in the area. The impact of the Quaker church is mentioned several times including its slave cemetery and underground railroad. Finally, part of a tape of Fultz's father was played in which he discusses goods prices, a fire at the basket factory, and basketball.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Hons Department Store
  • Knox-Hutchinson Furniture Factory
  • Kroger Company
  • West Baden Springs Hotel
• • Place Names
  • French Lick, Indiana
• • Place Names
  • basket factory
  • community activities
  • family history
  • Great Depression
  • piecework
  • Quaker church
  • town square

Call Number
88-081

Physical Description

53 pages; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 110 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Mabel Gray, born in 1912, reflects on her life with Add Gray and their country store, Punkin Center, which opened in 1922. She talks about how the store opened and why it was a success. She describes the store's atmosphere and the services it provided. She also discusses the kind of customers that came in. Mrs. Gray discusses the circumstances of the store's closing in 1970 and its current status as an historic building. She also addresses the changes in modern society and the diminishing population in the area.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Punkin Center
• • Personal Names
  • Jackson, Gerald
• • Place Names
  • Livonia, Indiana
  • Millersburg, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • Amish
  • local economy
  • trucking

Call Number
88-089

Physical Description

43 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 105 minutes; no index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Hunter, Julie

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Exum Hall, born in 1928 and a graduate of Paoli High School, discusses his early memories and life-long commitment to farming. He is joined later in the interview by his wife, Blanche, who recounts how the couple met. Mr. Hall describes life on the farm and goes into detail about the various changes in farming that have taken place during his lifetime.

• Keywords
• • Occupation Names
  • farmer
• • Personal Names
  • Wright, James
• • Subjects
  • carnivals
  • corn shredding
  • farm financing
  • farm life
  • Great Depression
  • high school
  • political affiliation
  • Quaker church

Call Number
88-073

Physical Description

93 pages; 4 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 205 minutes; no index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Restricted: the transcript is open, but tape two is closed

Scope and Content Note

Irene Hickman, born in 1924, reflects on her life in Paoli. She recalls her childhood in the country (Bacon, Indiana) and the struggles her family endured because of numerous children and poverty. She talks about birth control and regrets her mother's inability to talk about such things with her daughters. Mrs. Hickman, who attended Paoli High School, discusses her career as a sewer for Paoli Chair Company (now Paoli Incorporated). She then talks about dating and speaks about positive and negative changes in Paoli.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Civilian Conservation Corps
  • Paoli Incorporated
• • Family Names
  • Hammons
  • Piatt
• • Personal Names
  • Dillard, Lucille
• • Place Names
  • Bacon, Indiana
  • Crawford County, Indiana
  • Mifflin, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • birth control
  • community attitudes
  • gender roles
  • high school
  • HIV/AIDS
  • laundry
  • leisure activities
  • local business
  • political affiliation
  • Quaker church
  • retirement
  • sewing
  • welfare
  • World War II

Call Number
88-076

Physical Description

21 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 45 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Lloyd Hill, born in 1898, recounts over sixty years of business in Paoli, beginning in 1921 with the opening of a bakery. He recalls the long hours, prices, and other businesses open during this time. Later, the bakery was converted to a hardware store. Hill also mentions the "loafing" about the town square, cars, his education, and courthouse fires during his years in business.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Hoosier Hardware
  • Kipple
• • Subjects
  • bakery
  • community activities
  • courthouse fires
  • grocery prices
  • hardware stores
  • town square

Call Number
88-079

Physical Description

44 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 160 minutes, index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Donald Hooten, born in 1939, discusses the grocery store he and his family operated beginning in the early nineteen forties and its growth and development. Hooten also mentions his experience on the town board and Chamber of Commerce, zoning debates, and the way progress has changed the town.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Curtiss-Wright Corporation
  • Mi-Lin Wood Products
  • Patoka Lake Regional Water Company
• • Place Names
  • Indianapolis, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • community activities
  • community development
  • customer loyalty
  • family history
  • grocery stores
  • Paoli public schools
  • progress
  • World War II
  • zoning

Call Number
88-064

Physical Description

154 pages; 4 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 230 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Gerald Jackson, born in 1946, teaches agriculture at Paoli High School. He recounts his experiences growing up around Paoli with farming, college, Vietnam, and his family history. He also discusses education, politics, religion, and the changes in Paoli over his lifetime.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Paoli High School
  • Purdue University
• • Occupation Names
  • teacher
• • Personal Names
  • Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
• • Place Names
  • Jeffersonville, Indiana
  • Millersburg, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • college
  • community activities
  • education
  • entertainment
  • family history
  • Hardshell Baptists
  • hog farming
  • politics
  • religion
  • small town perceptions
  • teaching
  • town square
  • Vietnam War
  • welfare

Call Number
88-066

Physical Description

31 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 85 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Blanche Lashbrook, born in 1900 and a graduate of Paoli High School, provides insight into her childhood and early memories of Orange County. She discusses her family history and describes a very early roadtrip (circa 1920) from Indiana to Miami, Florida. She discusses her mother's independence and adventurous spirit, her brief marriage, and her interest in sports, primarily golf and flying airplanes.

• Keywords
• • Family Names
  • King
• • Subjects
  • 1893 Cleveland Panic
  • automobile travel
  • family history
  • farm life
  • flying
  • golf
  • leisure activities
  • Methodist church
  • travel

Call Number
88-074

Physical Description

57 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 90 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Christopher Lindley, born in 1968, relates the history and influence of the Quakers in the Paoli area, and how they have changed. He also discusses his family history, personal experiences away at school, the attitudes of rural versus town people, and the emergence of Paoli as a commuter town.

• Keywords
• • Personal Names
  • Lindley, Jonathon
• • Place Names
  • Bloomington, Indiana
  • Orange County, Indiana
  • Orange County, North Carolina
  • Perry County, Indiana
  • Terre Haute, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • church
  • family history
  • Paoli public schools
  • Quaker history
  • Quaker influence
  • religion
  • town square

Call Number
88-068

Physical Description

67 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 120 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Elizabeth Hollan Mathers, born in 1930, reflects on her life, her family, and her first husband's clothing store. She discusses her parents' background and early memories of childhood. She moves on to mention her early working experience and the role she played in her husband's business, Hollan's Men's Wear. She speaks of her love for square dancing and ponders the future of Paoli as well as the advantages and disadvantages of living in a small town.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Hollans Mens Wear
• • Family Names
  • Meek
  • Nice
• • Place Names
  • French Lick, Indiana
  • Youngscreek, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • entertainment
  • family clothing store
  • gender roles
  • Great Depression
  • musical ability
  • political affiliation
  • small businesses
  • square dancing
  • town square
  • World War II

Call Number
88-072

Physical Description

39 pages; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 72 minutes; index; obituary

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Mable Miller, born in 1900, a long time resident of Paoli, Indiana, talks about the businesses that surrounded the town square during the early part of the century. Later, she discusses her memories of World War I, Saturday nights around the square, marriage, the Quaker religion, and the celebration of Decoration Day.

• Keywords
• • Subjects
  • businesses
  • community activities
  • Decoration Day
  • Great Depression
  • Paoli public schools
  • politics
  • Quaker church
  • town square
  • World War I

Call Number
88-065

Physical Description

54 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 90 minutes; no index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Benjamin Minton, born in 1906, lived in Paoli for over eighty years. He talks about his family, experiences in school, various jobs, and the differences in attitude towards neighbors over time. Heavy emphasis is given to description of jobs and wages, such as the furniture company, tomato factory, and handle factory. He also discusses life during the Great Depression.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Cornwell Company
  • Indiana Handle Company
  • Knox-Hutchinson Furniture Factory
• • Place Names
  • Bloomington, Indiana
  • Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Orange County, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • church
  • college
  • community activities
  • community changes
  • employment opportunities
  • family history
  • Great Depression
  • lumber industry
  • tomato factory

Call Number
88-063

Physical Description

49 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 93 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Harold Minton, a graduate of Indiana University, discusses his experiences and background. He begins by describing his early memories of childhood, specifically his school days during World War II. He also talks about his parents and relates his experience in the medical corps in Germany during the Korean War. He speaks of his education at Indiana University and his career in banking. He also describes some of the advantages of living in Paoli, such as community events, and reflects on some of the changes he has witnessed during his lifetime.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Indiana Handle Company
  • Indiana University
• • Place Names
  • Bloomington, Indiana
  • Germany
• • Subjects
  • banking
  • community activities
  • dating
  • Great Depression
  • household chores
  • Methodist church
  • Paoli public schools
  • World War II

Call Number
88-070

Physical Description

63 pages; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 140 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Harold Morris, born 1939, grew up in Paoli, Indiana, moved away, and finally returned. He discusses the town square on Saturday nights, school, and farm life. He discusses changes in Paoli during his absence through the sixties, Vietnam, and the loss of factories. He also talks about his reasons for moving back to the area and the differences between Paoli and a big city, such as neighbor friendliness.

• Keywords
• • Place Names
  • Orange County, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • community activities
  • community life
  • family history
  • household chores
  • Memorial Day
  • Paoli public schools
  • Quakerism
  • road construction
  • town square
  • Vietnam War

Call Number
88-095

Physical Description

40 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 100 minutes; no index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Stephanie Nicholson, born in 1972, gives a younger person's view of life in Paoli, Indiana. She discusses her thoughts on staying in Paoli, available activities, school, class distinctions, and the influx of newcomers to the area.

• Keywords
• • Subjects
  • class distinction
  • community activities
  • community changes
  • family history
  • gossip
  • marriage
  • military service
  • pregnancy
  • small town advantages
  • small town disadvantages

Call Number
88-098

Physical Description

64 pages; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 157 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Huk, Chrystyna

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Richard Oakley, born 1929, worked over thirty years for the United States Postal Service in Paoli, Indiana. He recalls his family life during the Great Depression, social events, and school. He also compares the attitude about soldiers during World War II with his service during the Korean War and later during Vietnam. His views about living in a small town and the future of Paoli are also represented.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • American Legion
  • Cornwell Company
  • United States Postal Service
• • Personal Names
  • Dillinger, John
• • Place Names
  • Campbellsburg, Indiana
  • Putnam County, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • businesses
  • carnivals
  • community activities
  • family history
  • Great Depression
  • hobbies
  • household chores
  • John F. Kennedy assassination
  • Korean War
  • Paoli public schools
  • small town advantages
  • small town disadvantages
  • technology
  • Tillery Hill Project
  • town square
  • Vietnam War
  • World War II

Call Number
88-080

Physical Description

36 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 80 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Longtime Paoli businessman Duane Radcliffe, born in 1932, talks about his shift from the hardware business to the furniture business. He discusses other businesses, the town square, reasons for the shift, types of customers, and effects of progress on the town. Later, he describes social life in Paoli, such as the Indiana Summer Festival and the Countdown Parade, and the influence of the Jaycees on the young businessmen of the community.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Clements Poultry House
  • Indiana Jaycees
  • Kraft Cheese Factory
  • Paoli Hardware
  • Radcliffe Furniture and Appliances
• • Personal Names
  • Beatty, Glenn
• • Place Names
  • French Lick, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • Amish
  • community activities
  • community organizations
  • furniture business
  • hardware business
  • progress
  • town square
  • World War II

Call Number
88-100

Physical Description

53 pages; 4 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 206 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Huk, Chrystyna

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Paoli variety store operator John Roberts, born in 1905, describes business since 1936. He discusses the role of a jobber, increased business on Saturdays and holidays, viability of the town square, and the ability to provide competitively priced items. He also shares his memories of Paoli during World War II, Vietnam, the politics of the town, and working on the town board.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Coca-Cola Bottling Company
  • True Value Hardware Store
  • Walmart
• • Place Names
  • Corydon, Indiana
  • Crawford County, Indiana
  • Greensboro, Indiana
  • Mitchell, Indiana
  • Orange County, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • community activities
  • community life
  • dry goods
  • general store
  • generational differences
  • Indiana public schools
  • jobber
  • local government
  • plastic
  • politics
  • small town advantages
  • small town disadvantages
  • town square
  • Vietnam War
  • World War II

Call Number
88-084

Physical Description

25 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 52 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Green, Maria

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Leigha Rutherford, born in 1969, shares her enthusiastic devotion to Paoli. An Indiana University Southeast student, she discusses her previous working experience and future goals. She also talks about her recent engagement and slight reluctance to leave home. She reveals her best memories of Paoli and her intentions to remain in her hometown and become an elementary school teacher.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Indiana Chamber of Commerce
• • Family Names
  • Lindley
• • Subjects
  • clothing styles
  • community activities
  • community attitudes
  • family planning
  • gossip
  • high school sports
  • leisure activities
  • Paoli public schools
  • Quakerism
  • school dress code
  • town square
  • women workers

Call Number
88-094

Physical Description

47 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 97 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Green, Maria

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Louanne Rutherford, born in 1947 and a lifelong resident of Paoli, recalls her best memories of the town. She shares some of her family history and how she and her husband met. During most of the interview, she discusses the changes Paoli has experienced throughout her life; for example, she thinks that there is a general lack of things to do for youngsters. She also speaks about her high school experiences and expresses regret at not having been more politically aware in the 1960s.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Kappa Kappa Kappa, Incorporated
• • Personal Names
  • Thacker, Lois
  • Stout, Raymond
• • Subjects
  • community attitudes
  • entertainment
  • gossip
  • hippies
  • local crime
  • Patoka Lake Development Project
  • Vietnam War
  • women's movement

Call Number
88-083

Physical Description

35 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 120 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Hunter, Julie

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Alta Slaton, born in 1909 and a graduate of Paoli High School, provides a perspective on Paoli during the first half of the twentieth century. She relates some of her family history and many early memories having to do with food and clothing rationing, World War II, and coping with substance abuse in her family. She also tells the story of her great aunt's murder.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Paoli Dry Goods
  • Rebecca Lodge
• • Personal Names
  • Strauss, Sol
  • Thacker, Lois
• • Subjects
  • African-Americans
  • alcoholism
  • drugs
  • family history
  • gender roles
  • Great Depression
  • local crime
  • Pearl Harbor
  • Quaker church
  • rationing
  • town square
  • World War II

Call Number
88-061

Physical Description

90 pages; 5 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 230 minutes; index; obituary

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Owen Stout, born in 1903, discusses his family history, three careers, and his philosophy of life. The first interview begins with a description of Mr. Stout's family history, including his grandfather's experience during the Civil War. He describes life on the farm and his school days. Mr. Stout moves on to speak about his teaching career and love for chemistry, which inspired him to work as a chemist during the Great Depression. He then describes his successful printing business. Mr. Stout also discusses his passion for music and poetry and the second interview ends with the recitation of a poem he wrote entitled, "Old Hickory Ridge."

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Stromberg Carburetor
  • Studebaker Automobile Corporation
• • Occupation Names
  • chemist
  • printer
  • teacher
• • Personal Names
  • Apple, Edward
  • Roosevelt, Franklin Delano
• • Place Names
  • South Bend, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • censorship
  • chemistry
  • community life
  • electricity
  • family history
  • farm life
  • Great Depression
  • household chores
  • Indiana public schools
  • morals
  • music
  • poetry
  • printing business
  • tax system
  • United States Civil War

Call Number
88-091

Physical Description

Not transcribed; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips/ 118 minutes

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

This interview, entitled "Old Tyme Music Party," consists of many hymns and Owen Stout's music at home, including Lotus Dickey. This is an example of the music parties Mr. Stout discusses in his earlier interviews.

• Keywords
• • Subjects
  • hymns
  • music
  • music parties

Call Number
88-069

Physical Description

57 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 100 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Susan Terrell, born and raised in Millersburg, Indiana, talks about growing up in Orange County. She discusses her high school experiences and her college studies in New Albany, Indiana. She speaks about her former jobs, and expresses her wish to leave Paoli after she gets married. Ms. Terrell also speculates about the future of Paoli.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Carpenter Body Works, Incorporated
  • Paoli High School
  • Paoli Peaks
• • Family Names
  • Espy
  • Stout
• • Place Names
  • Kentucky
  • Millersburg, Indiana
  • New Albany, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • Amish
  • band
  • Baptist church
  • childhood memories
  • drugs
  • gossip
  • household chores
  • Indian Summer Festival
  • Little Africa
  • political affiliation

Call Number
88-077

Physical Description

152 pages; 4 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 195 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Paul Waynick, born 1917, describes his experiences in the insurance and real estate business in Paoli. Many interesting encounters including law suits, the mafia, Saturday business, and strip clubs. Scattered throughout are stories of his family history, childhood, church, employment, the town square, and remembrances of folklore stories.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • DePauw University
  • Fleming Insurance Agency
  • Kemple Hardware
  • Mineral Springs Hotel
  • Orange County Bank
• • Personal Names
  • Apple, Edward
  • Gregory, Jake
• • Place Names
  • Helix, Indiana
  • Tucker Lake, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • agriculture
  • basket factory
  • church
  • community life
  • employment
  • family history
  • folktales
  • Great Depression
  • hippies
  • insurance business
  • Paoli public schools
  • religious debates
  • storytelling
  • town square

Call Number
88-062

Physical Description

47 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 120 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Jones, Catherine

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Anne Wellman, born in the 1940s, grew up in Pennsylvania and moved to Paoli after college and the Navy. She describes her attitude about college, the Navy, and being a Navy wife. After moving to Paoli, she became quite active in activities such as church, school band, and Cub Scouts, which has allowed her to know many of the young people her children associate with.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Army ROTC
• • Place Names
  • Reading, Pennsylvania
• • Subjects
  • college life
  • military service
  • school band
  • small town advantages
  • small town disadvantages
  • Sunday school

Call Number
88-085

Physical Description

69 pages; 3 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 170 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Huk, Chrystyna

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Peggy Wellman, born 1957, talks about growing up around Paoli. She recalls schools, chores on the farm, "trading" on the square, Saturday shopping, and the women's movement. After marriage, she lived in several places and compares them with Paoli, especially in regard to neighbors and the helpfulness of town people. She ends with expectations for her children, quality of life in a small town, and the child raising environment in a small town versus a larger community.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • L and L Amusement Company
  • Strand Theater
• • Place Names
  • Bedford, Indiana
  • Bloomington, Indiana
  • Millersburg, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • Challengerexplosion
  • church
  • community activities
  • community changes
  • community life
  • Countdown Parade
  • family history
  • farm life
  • marriage
  • Paoli public schools
  • parental expectations
  • small town advantages
  • small town disadvantages
  • town square
  • women's movement

Call Number
88-087

Physical Description

57 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 120 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Huk, Chrystyna

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Richard Wellman, born in 1956, recalls his memories of Paoli as a child. He provides a bit of his family history and addresses the many changes he has witnessed in Paoli, such as the decline of local businesses and the activities of children. Mr. Wellman goes into detail about his memories of the 1960s and 1970s during the Vietnam War. He speaks of how Paoli residents reacted to the hippie movement, women's lib, and the Civil Rights Movement.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Future Farmers of America
• • Personal Names
  • Dickey, Lotus
• • Subjects
  • Civil Rights Movement
  • community life
  • employment
  • gender roles
  • hippies
  • local business
  • military service
  • school dress code
  • technology
  • town square
  • Vietnam War

Call Number
89-090

Physical Description

42 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 105 minutes; index

Physical Location
Interviews are housed in Radio-TV Building, Room 314. Copies of interview transcripts are also held by the IU Libraries University Archives. Contact archives@indiana.edu for more information. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for Documentary Research and Practice office.

Interviewer
Hunter, Julie

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

William, born 1919, and Mary Wheeler, born 1920, talking about their early childhood and life. He discusses his early employment, joining the Air Force during World War II, comparisons between Kentucky and Indiana, and living in Paoli after the war. He later gives his views about current job opportunities, college education, politics, and minimum wage. She discusses her employment during World War II, how the two of them met, and corrects or emphasizes details to William's discussions.

• Keywords
• • Personal Names
  • Stewart, James M.
• • Place Names
  • Charlestown, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • education
  • farm life
  • furniture factory
  • gunpowder manufacture
  • military service
  • patriotism
  • politics
  • race relations
  • town square
  • World War II