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| Title | Lyon, John - Interview and Memoir |
| Subject | Sangamon Ordnance Plant, Illiopolis (Ill.) |
| Description | Lyon, Illiopolis resident, recalls the Sangamon Ordnance Plant; employment as a guard; retrieval of land; waste dumping; female and minority employees; housing and transportation; local reaction; water and sewer systems; igloos and the burning grounds; security and working for the Director of Safety. Also recalls farming in the 1940's. |
| Creator | Lyon, John b. 1917 |
| Contributing Institution | Oral History Collection, Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield |
| Contributors | McCarthy, B. David [interviewer] |
| Date | 1989 |
| Type | text; sound |
| Digital Format | PDF; MP3 |
| Identifier | L994 |
| Language | en |
| Relation | SANGAMON ORDNANCE PLANT 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 | John Lyon Memoir |
| Source | John Lyon 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 |