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Call Number
86-015

Physical Description

19 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes; index

Interviewer
Zeff, Robbin

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

William Baughman, born 1898, lived most of his life near Toto in Starke County, Indiana. He speaks about his family history, how they moved from Ohio, and the ways they made a living. He discusses his numerous jobs, some of which include bus driving, farming, hunting, and working as a conservation officer. The rest of the interview is interspersed with remembrances and anecdotes of the people and area in the early twentieth century.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Free Methodist Church
• • Personal Names
  • Schricker, Henry F.
• • Place Names
  • Kankakee River
  • North Judson, Indiana
  • Toto, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • farming
  • hunting
  • Starke County public schools
  • trapping

Call Number
86-012

Physical Description

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

Interviewer
Zeff, Robbin

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Clair Campbell, born 1899 and died 1988, moved with his family from Vermillion County, Illinois, to North Judson, Indiana, when he was fifteen years old. He speaks about his family, the move from Illinois, and living on a farm in the early twentieth century. After he was married, his primary occupation was as a dairy farmer. He discusses his dairy farm and the dairy train that would pick up the milk for transport to the Chicago dairies.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Borden Dairy
  • Bowman Dairy
  • Cloverleaf Dairy
• • Occupation Names
  • dairy farmer
• • Place Names
  • Danville, Illinois
  • North Judson, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • economic depressions
  • World War I

Call Number
86-006

Physical Description

31 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
Zeff, Robbin

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Otto Chesak, born 1904, lived on a farm in North Judson, Indiana most of his life. He speaks about his grandparents emigrating from Czechoslovakia, and the small concentration of Czech people in the area. He discusses his early life including education, recreational activities, pickle farming, and gleaning for coal by the railroad tracks. Mr. Chesak has no faith in doctors and their "poison," and avoids them in favor of natural remedies and organic gardening. Throughout the interview he discusses the jobs he had while in Chicago, Illinois, working in the egg business, and selling farm mineral supplements.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Czechoslovakian Society of America
  • Western Electric Company
• • Place Names
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • Czechoslovakia
  • Kankakee River
  • North Judson, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • Americanization
  • community changes
  • egg business
  • farming
  • Great Depression
  • Indiana public schools
  • organic gardening
  • pickle farming
  • recreational activities

Call Number
86-014

Physical Description

25 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 60 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
Zeff, Robbin Lee

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Helen Dolezal, Anastasia Hines, and Crystel Kramer of San Pierre, Indiana discuss their childhood memories and changes that have taken place in San Pierre. They discuss community fellowship, farming, and employment. Memories of local bussinesses, the railroad, and the Great Depression are also shared by the women. Two of the women discuss their employment in Chicago and all of the women discusses their return to San Pierre in their adult life.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Dolezal's Store
  • Monon Railroad
  • North Judson School
  • Royal Neighbors of America
• • Occupation Names
  • barber
  • farmer
  • grocer
  • homemaker
  • salesperson
• • Personal Names
  • Edison, Thomas Alva
• • Place Names
  • Chicago, Illinois
  • North Judson, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • community changes
  • employment
  • farming
  • food preservation
  • Great Depression
  • local businesses
  • North Judson Jubilee
  • railroads
  • transportation industry
  • work ethic

Call Number
86-016

Physical Description

14 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 75 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
Zeff, Robbin

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Herbert Golding, born 1905 and died 1997, lived in Knox, Indiana. He received a B.A. in Business and Science from Indiana University. He mentions seeing Halley's comet and several marsh fires as a boy. Most of his discussion is centered around stories of well-known people who came through the area such as Lewis Wallace, William Tecumseh Sherman, and Eddie Rickenbacker. He also describes his father's and grandfather's work for the Standard Oil Company. He speaks about some of the early farming and industry in the area, such as growing mint and producing pickles, and describes some of the changes in the community.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Standard Oil Company
• • Personal Names
  • Godfroy, Clarence
  • Rickenbacker, Edward V.
  • Schricker, Henry F.
  • Sherman, William Tecumseh
  • Wallace, Lewis
• • Place Names
  • Bass Lake, Indiana
  • Kankakee River
  • Knox, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • Halley's comet
  • kerosene delivery
  • mint farming
  • pickle factories

Call Number
86-017

Physical Description

22 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 75 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
Zeff, Robbin

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Bessie Holt, born 1898 in North Judson, Indiana, worked 32 years in Chicago at the Western Electric Company. She speaks about her childhood, specifically her schooling and how things changed after her mother died. She describes living in Chicago, working for the electric company, some of the various duties she performed, and the decline in work during the Great Depression. She was forced into retirement at a fairly young age, so she moved back to Starke County and aided the elderly.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Western Electric Company
• • Place Names
  • Czechoslovakia
  • North Judson, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • 1933 Chicago World's Fair
  • community changes
  • farming
  • films
  • Great Depression
  • household chores
  • recreational activities

Call Number
86-013

Physical Description

12 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 60 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
Zeff, Robbin

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Amy Lain, born 1897 and died 1995, talks about the businesses in North Judson, Indiana, during the early twentieth century, and compares that to more recent times. Later, she speaks about her family history and briefly mentions life during the Great Depression and World War II. Both she and her husband were heavily involved in fraternal societies such as the Masons and Eastern Stars, and she discusses their beliefs and the offices she held.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Fraternal Order of Masons
  • Order of the Eastern Star
  • Two Joes grocery
• • Place Names
  • North Judson, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • community changes
  • fraternal organizations
  • railroads
  • World War II

Call Number
86-008

Physical Description

14 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
Zeff, Robbin

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Carl Malott, born 1905 and died 1992, grew up in Starke County, Indiana, and had an interest in machinery from an early age. He learned to fly airplanes, and bought damaged ones at a cheap price to repair. He speaks about some of the early industry in the area such as dairy farming and the pickle factory, and describes the importance of the railroad to the latter's success.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Aldine, Indiana
  • Bass Lake, Indiana
  • Lena Park, Indiana
  • North Judson, Indiana
• • Occupation Names
  • machinist
• • Subjects
  • airplane maintenance
  • dairy farming
  • early automobiles
  • Great Depression
  • pickle factories
  • railroads
  • Starke County public schools

Call Number
86-007

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
Zeff, Robbin

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

John McFarland, born 1905, spent all his life in Starke County, Indiana, except for a short time in the military during World War II. He speaks about his family history, childhood, and farming. He specifically describes farming watermelons, and recounts several stories of people attempting to steal them out of his patches.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Spoor School
• • Place Names
  • Knox, Indiana
  • Toto, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • melon farming
  • melon stealing
  • pickle factories
  • Starke County public schools
  • World War II

Call Number
86-011

Physical Description

6 pages; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 30 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
Zeff, Robbin

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Stanley Pieza, born 1905, was a newspaperman in Chicago, Illinois, before retiring and moving to San Pierre, Indiana. He became interested the local history while working on a book for the All Saints Catholic Church. He mentions several prominent people who passed through the town such as Abraham Lincoln and Horace Greeley. He discusses in some detail the founder of the church, Father Joseph Stephan, who also served in the Civil War and helped found Saint Joseph's College.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • All Saints Catholic Church
  • Saint Joseph's College
• • Family Names
  • Daley
• • Occupation Names
  • newsperson
• • Personal Names
  • Glazebrook, Lorenzo D.
  • Greeley, Horace
  • Lincoln, Abraham
  • Stephan, Joseph
• • Place Names
  • San Pierre, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • local history

Call Number
86-009

Physical Description

31 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
Zeff, Robbin

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

Russell Richey, born 1905, engaged in several business pursuits before getting into the postal service as postmaster and rural carrier. He speaks about those business pursuits with emphasis on conditions during the Great Depression. He was also heavily involved in politics and discusses his involvement with the Democratic Party in Starke County, Indiana.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Democratic Party
  • Heinz Pickle Company
• • Occupation Names
  • postmaster
• • Personal Names
  • Schricker, Henry F.
• • Place Names
  • Grovertown, Indiana
  • North Judson, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • Great Depression
  • multiple sclerosis
  • politics
  • radio business
  • State Road 30
  • tobacco business

Call Number
86-010

Physical Description

21 pages; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 120 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
Zeff, Robbin

Access Status

Open

Scope and Content Note

William Wheeler, born 1907 and died 1995, speaks about his childhood, including school and some of his family history. There have been many changes in his lifetime to the community of Knox, Indiana, and some examples he discusses are the drainage of the swamps and the technology from World War II.

• Keywords
• • Corporation Names
  • Center School
  • Modine Manufacturing Company
  • Works Progress Administration
• • Place Names
  • Knox, Indiana
  • LaPorte, Indiana
  • Medaryville, Indiana
• • Subjects
  • community changes
  • drainage ditches
  • ethnic settlements
  • Great Depression
  • Knox public schools
  • local businesses
  • swamp drainage
  • World War II