Ira J. Anderson oral history transcript
| Description: |
Transcript of an oral history interview with Ira J. Anderson, conducted by Jerry Handfield for the Indiana State Library on May 12-13 and June 22-23, 1976, concerning his life in Perry County, Indiana, family, World War I service, travel, farming, and his career in state politics and as state fire marshal. |
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| Origin: | 1976 |
| Created By: |
Indiana State Library; Anderson, Ira J. (Ira Jefferson), 1894-1991 |
| Contributor(s): |
Handfield, F. Gerald |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16066coll40/id/1979 |
| Collection: |
Indiana State Library Oral History Collection |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted |
| Geography: |
Uniontown, Indiana, United States |
| Subjects: |
Oral history Oral histories Interviews Interviewing Indiana--History Anderson, Ira J. (Ira Jefferson), 1894-1991 Perry County (Ind.) Indianapolis (Ind.) Family history Travel World War, 1914-1918 Soldiers Farming Agriculture Politicians Politics and government Indiana. General Assembly Fire marshals Fires Education Schools Diseases Typhoid fever Street-railroads Theaters African Americans Racism Labor unions Hospitals Central State Hospital (Indianapolis, Ind.) Democratic Party (Ind.) Republican Party (Ind.) Edenharter, George, 1857-1923 Railroad travel Billings (Mont.) Montana Anaconda Copper Mining Company Copper mines and mining Industrial Workers of the World Spokane (Wash.) Washington San Francisco (Calif.) Ocean travel Nursing Male nurses Segregation Race discrimination New Orleans (La.) Camp Zachary Taylor (Ky.) Draft New York France Submarines (Ships) War neuroses Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919 Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 Dogs Hunting American Legion Prohibition Alcohol trafficking Law enforcement Gangsters Vigo County (Ind.) African Americans Ku Klux Klan (1915- ) Depressions Depressions--1929 Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945 New Deal, 1933-1939 Martin, Nancy Alice, 1881-1934 Violence Claypool Hotel (Indianapolis, Ind.) English Hotel and Opera House (Indianapolis, Ind.) Townsend, M. Clifford (Maurice Clifford), 1884-1954 Schricker, Henry F. (Henry Fredrick), 1883-1966 Cannelton (Ind.) Handley, Harold W. (Harold Willis), 1909-1972 Arson Fire fighters Explosions |
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This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the Indiana State Library.