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| Title | Workman, Mayme - Interview and Memoir |
| Subject |
Springfield (Ill.)--Race Riot, 1908 Telephone |
| Description | Workman discusses her career in the telephone business from 1907-1961 as operator, a trainer of operators, traffic supervisor, and member of the Board of Directors of the Independent Telephone Pioneer Association. She recalls various telephone companies, changes in the business over the years, and writing for a telephone trade journal. She also discusses growing up in Springfield and the race riot of 1908. |
| Creator | Workman, Mayme (1892-1980) |
| Contributing Institution | Oral History Collection, Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Contributors | Easley, Thomas [interviewer] |
| Date | 1973 |
| Type | text; sound |
| Digital Format | PDF; MP3 |
| Identifier | W892 |
| Language | en |
| Relation | TELEPHONE PROJECT |
| 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 |
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| Title | Mayme Workman Memoir |
| Source | Mayme Workman Memoir.pdf |
| 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 |