Butcher, Irene - Interview and Memoir
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- 1974
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Butcher, Springfield businesswoman and owner of the Butcher Tavern, discusses Springfield in the early 1900's: its citizens and businesses, downtown, changes from rural to urban atmosphere, prohibition, race relations, and the Chinese regiment at Camp Lincoln during WWII. Also discusses her father's work as a coal miner in Pennsylvania and his role as co-founder of the United Mine Workers in that state, John F. Kennedy's assassination, the Americ...
- Creator
Butcher, Irene (1902-1975)
- Contributing Institution
- University of Illinois at Springfield
- Subjects
- Bars (drinking establishments)
Camp Lincoln, Springfield (Ill.)
Coal Mines and Mining
Kennedy, John Fitzgerald (President, U.S., 1961-1963)--Assassination
Prohibition
Small Business
Springfield (Ill.)--Social Life
United Mine Workers (UMW)
World War, 1939-1945--Homefront - Language
- English
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- © 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
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- Butcher, Irene (1902-1975). Butcher, Irene - Interview and Memoir. 1974. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1251. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Butcher, Irene (1902-1975), (1974) Butcher, Irene - Interview and Memoir. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1251
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- Butcher, Irene (1902-1975). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1251>.