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This article describes the friendship between Terre Haute native William Washington Wash Williams and the author O. Henry. Williams is known as&#...
Vigo County Public Library -
In 1937, James Kershner was twelve years old. In this interview, Mr. Kershner recounts the memories of that 12 year old, forced with hi...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
Rev. Franklin Lahr, his wife, and his small son had to leave their home but, they did not leave Jeffersonville, Indiana, during the 193...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
Oral History interview with Norris Emerson Mode. Mr. and Mrs. Mode were living on Maple Street in 1937. High water forced them from the...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
Carroll Rush was one of the Jeffersonville residents who stayed and volunteered as a rescue worker during the 1937 Ohio River Valley Flood.&...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
An interview with George Bere who was age 33 at the time of the 1937 Ohio River Flood. At the time he worked at his brothers&...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
Miss Frances Beard spent her adult life teaching at Port Fulton School. In her earliest years, the school served as a Refugee Center fo...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
The wife of a city council member, Catherine Richardson describes the tense hours leading up to the Ohio River flooding the city of Jef...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
An interview with Albert Helzer. Earl Nelson interviewed and recorded the retired banker. At the time of the 1937 Flood, he was a telle...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
Edwin Coots, local undertaker and county coroner, was asked to take over as acting mayor during the weeks of the 1937 Ohio River Valley...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
Girard Vorgang was one of the young men who worked the boats during the 1937 flood. He and his friend rowed supplies into Jeffersonvill...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
As a young woman, Alice Rose (later Peyton), worked for her father in his Coal Business. In January of 1937, she contracted the&#x...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
Interview with one of the 500 Clarksville, Indiana residents who remained behind and rode out the flood in one of the 2 shelters set&#x...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
16 years of age at the time of the flood, Warren Volmer recounts his experiences helping his father, helping the Red Cross deliver coal...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
Dorothy Phillips and her husband lived in a rented home in Jeffersonville at the time of the flood. Instead of leaving, Dorothy signed ...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
An interview with Miss Mary Sorg. Miss Sorg was a cashier and life long employee of Citizens Trust Company, a Jeffersonville (Clark Cou...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
Arthur L. Smith, closed his auto repair shop during the flood and volunteered himself and his boat to rescue people trapped by the floo...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library -
Frank Monroe Rose was 17 years of age when the 1937 flood reached Jeffersonville, Indiana. He was living with his father and two sister...
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At the time of the flood, C. Kenneth Meloy was a high school senior and paperboy. During the flood he helped set up tents at ...
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Adam Wallace was a young boy living with his mother and other relatives at the time of the 1937 Flood. He recalls being sent to&#x...
Jeffersonville Township Public Library
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