Hamilton County, Illinois Historical Society
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Legacy of Kin
Hamilton County, Illinois
Volume 1 1859-1957, Volume II 1958-1992
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Illinois Gazette
September 25th, 1819 - December 18th, 1830
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Next Historical Society Meeting
| Program: | Annual Meeting / Show and Tell |
| There will be a potluck dinner. Meat dish | |
| will be provided by the society. | |
| When: | Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 6 p.m. |
| Where: | Carlton Center |
| Behind First Baptist Church | |
| Rt. 142 South | |
| McLeansboro, Illinois |
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Fall 2009 Newsletter
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Spring 2009 Newsletter
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Fall 2008 Newsletter
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Spring 2008 Newsletter
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Hamilton County Museum and Genealogy Library
Location:
McCoy Memorial Library, 2nd Floor
118 S. Washington St. (West Side of Square)
McLeansboro, IL 62859
Ph: (618) 643-2125
Hours:
Monday-Friday: 1-4pm
Hamilton County Historical Society Publications
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1978 Oral History Project CDs & Transcripts
Interviews vary in length, therefore, some interviews are on multiple CDs. If you wish to order an interview, it costs $5 per CD. While we have CDs for most interviews, we have written transcripts for about a third of the interviews. It costs $10 per transcript, if available. There is a flat $3 shipping/handling fee for any order for Oral History Project CDs or transcripts.
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History of the Project
In 1978, the Hamilton County Historical Society obtained a grant of about $12,000 from the federal Comprehensive Employment Training Act to record and transcribe oral history from some of the elderly residents from the community. Charles Frey and a group of staff members interviewed and recorded more than 100 people about subjects such as the Great Tornado of 1925, old stores, communities, kinfolk and memories of days-gone-by.
2006-2007 Preservation of the Oral History Tapes
After being stored away for almost 30 years, the Historical Society has converted and preserved all 240+ cassettes to CD and have made them generally available to the public for the first time. This process took almost 3/4 of a year to complete.
Original Oral History Project Staff from 1978
Director: Charles Frey
Public Relations: Ken Hodorowski
Interviewers:
Charles Frey
Mark Jackson
Michele Ragsdale
Keith Karcher
Sharon Heil
Dan Allen
Margaret Frazier
Rita Steele
L.C. Gollihur
Richard Jackson
Secretary/Bookkeeper: Vicky Capps
Transcriptionists:
Rebecca Leuellen
Donna Warren French
Auditor/Editors:
Chrystie Adams
Rita Pressy
Amy Repasky
Links to Other Hamilton County Web Sites
Hamilton County USGenWeb
Yesterdays in Hamilton County, IL
Southern Illinois Photo Exchange
McLeansboro.com