Title Page & Abstract
An Interview with Barbara Archer
Part of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Veterans Remember Oral History project
Interview # VR2-A-L-2008-033
Barbara Archer, a Springfield, Illinois native who was a young girl during WWII, was interviewed on the dates listed below as part of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library’s Veterans Remember Oral History project.
Interview dates & location:
Date: June 26, 2008 Location: Springfield, IL
Interview Format: Digital audio
Interviewer: Barbara Manning, ALPLM Volunteer
Transcription by: Tape Transcription Center
Edited by: Ann Countryman, ALPL Volunteer and Rozanne Flatt, ALPL Volunteer
Total Pages: 8 Total Time: 0.38 hrs
Accessioned into the ALPL Archives on December 1, 2008.
Interviews are archived at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois.
© 2008 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
Abstract
Barbara Archer, Veterans Remember, VR2-A-L-2008-033
Biographical Information Overview of Interview: Barbara (Bartlett) Archer was born in the 1930s and raised in Springfield, Illinois. Her memories of being a young girl during WWII give insight into the day to day life of those left at home during the war. Though Archer had no immediate family participating in the war, she recalls neighbors and relatives being absent during that time. She discusses memories of sending gifts to a pen pal in England, writing letters to a neighbor whose bike she was borrowing, collecting war savings stamps and dealing with rationing, as well as the excitement of VE Day in Springfield.
Subject Headings/Key Words: Springfield, Illinois; World War II; rationing; air raids; war savings stamps; war bonds; paper drives; VE Day; D-Day; 101st Airborne Division.
Note to the Reader: Readers of the oral history memoir should bear in mind that this is a transcript of the spoken word, and that the interviewer, interviewee and editor sought to preserve the informal, conversational style that is inherent in such historical sources. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is not responsible for the factual accuracy of the memoir, nor for the views expressed therein. We leave these for the reader to judge.
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