Eldridge, Carlton - Interview and Memoir
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- Created Date
- 1978
- Description
Eldridge, blind since childhood, discusses his music teaching career as a choir director and performer, and recalls his childhood and education at an East Lansing, Michigan school for the blind, WWI homefront, 1918 influenza epidemic, postwar society and automobiles, effects of the Depression and WWII, and life in Springfield. He recalls how blindness has affected his life and career, his career at Springfield College, the quality of education, a...
- Creator
Eldridge, Carlton (1911-1998)
- Contributing Institution
- University of Illinois at Springfield
- Subjects
- Blind
Braille
Colleges and Universities
Depression, 1929
Influenza Epidemic, 1918
Michigan
Michigan School for the Blind
Music
Springfield College in Illinois
Teachers
World War, 1914-1918--Homefront
World War, 1939-1945--Homefront - Language
- English
- Rights
- © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html
- Chicago citation style
- Eldridge, Carlton (1911-1998). Eldridge, Carlton - Interview and Memoir. 1978. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1935. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Eldridge, Carlton (1911-1998), (1978) Eldridge, Carlton - Interview and Memoir. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1935
- MLA citation style
- Eldridge, Carlton (1911-1998). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1935>.