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| Title | Gerdes, Weldon and Gerdes, Gary - Interview and Memoir |
| Subject |
Farms and Farming Fishing Petersburg (Ill.) Sangamon River |
| Description | Weldon Gerdes, farmer on the Sangamon River near Petersburg, Illinois, and his son Gary discuss living near the river for 50 years, floods, levee construction, fishing and recreation, wildlife, pollution, Springfield's Lake Two, the Sangamon River Valley Organization, and the Green Belt Zone Project of the Army Corps of Engineers. |
| Creator | Gerdes, Weldon b. 1931 and Gerdes, Gary b. ca. 1960 |
| Contributing Institution | Oral History Collection, Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Contributors | Haynes, Judith [interviewer] |
| Date | 1981 |
| Type | text; sound |
| Digital Format | PDF; MP3 |
| Identifier | G313W |
| Language | en |
| Relation | SANGAMON RIVER 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 | Weldon Gerdes Memoir |
| Source | Weldon Gerdes 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 |