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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>O.AL79Archon Finding Aid Title O.AL79UIS Archives/Special CollectionsArchives/Special Collections LIB 144One University Plaza, MS BRK 140Springfield, IL 62703-5407twood1@uis.eduURL: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2018-06-06 16:31:33 -0400.undother_unmapped
  
    
      English
    
    
      UIS Archives/Special Collections
    
    Alton Area &amp; Jersey County Historical Society: Interview
    
      Dintelmann, Marjorie
    
    O.AL79
    760
    
      2.00 items
    
    1980-1981
    Folders
  
  
    Scope and Contents
Narrators discuss rural life in the early 20th century near Alton, Shipman, Wood River, Grafton, and Jerseyville, Illinois. They recall family and childhood, one room schools, teaching, early transportation, riverboats, entertainment, farming, and merchandising in Bertman's store. They also recall Civil War stories, poetry, and holidays. The memoir is comprised of individual interviews with the following: Thelma Bartels, Mr. Bertman, Rolland Cook, Mrs. Donham, Eva McKee, and Sarah Pivoda Thornton. 56 pp. 
Interview by Marjorie Dintelmann, 1980-81 
Donated by Marjorie Dintelmann 
RESTRICTED: May be read but cannot be quoted, cited or reproduced. 
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