Mrs. Robert D. (Mary Elizabeth Stookey) Owen's Oral History

Mrs. Robert D. (Mary Elizabeth Stookey) Owen's Oral History

Mrs. Robert D. Owen
Mary Elizabeth Stookey
Betty Turnell
oral history
recording
Millikin University
childhood
Harristown, IL
Miss Edna Childs
piano lessons
conservatory
Decatur High School
University of Illinois scholarship
Great Depression
Purity Baking Company scholarship
Mr. Grover Patton
English Department
Miss Davida McCaslin
English major
teaching
grade school
Miss Charline Wood
Miss Bonnie Blackburn
Dr. Flora Ross
Professor A.T. Mills
blue beanies
the Mill
Fairview Park
Conant Society
Elizabethan Study
President's office
Gorin Library
tennis team
Robert D. Owen
husband
lawyer
Army
World War II
University of Michigan
raising children
alum auditing plan
Dr. Bert C. Bach
English class
Art History
Mrs. Cordulack
Dr. Provan
Dr. Mardock
Dr. Paul-Merritt
students
changes in dress codes and attitude
needlework

This is the oral history of Mrs. Robert D. Owen (Mary Elizabeth Stookey). She was interviewed by Betty Turnell in June 1980. The interview focuses on her time at Millikin University.

Interviewee: Mrs. Robert D. Owen
Interviewer: Betty Turnell

Mrs. Robert D. Owen

Decatur Public Library, Decatur, IL

June 1980

Betty Turnell

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Millikin University

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oral history, recording, Mrs. Robert D. Owen, Betty Turnell

Betty Turnell

Mrs. Robert D. (Mary Elizabeth Stookey) Owen

Decatur, IL

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