Phoebe Mitchell Day Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

This manuscript was made possible by a grant from the Illinois
Bicentennial Ccarmission. It is the product of a tape-recorded Inter-
view conducted by Rev. N o L. McFherson for the Oral History Office
in Wch, 1974. LaDonna mnge transcribed the tape; Kay MacLean edited
the transcript. Mrs. Day reviewed the edited transcript.
Phoebe Mitchell Day was born in Springfield, Illinois on May 16, 1895.
She received her education in Springfield and later completed a course
in beauty culture in Chicago,. She ran her own beauty shop and was employed
as an office building matron by the State of Illinois. After her marriage
to Mr. James R. Day in 1947 &he returned to both occupations and also
assisted her hsband in his rurniture refinishing business in Springfield.
Her memoir includes recollections of the Springfield Race Mot of 1908
and her employmnt experiences.
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transcript of the spoken word, ard that the interviewen?, narrator and
edltor saught to preseme the informal, conversational style tht is
Merent in such historical sources. Sangamon State University is not
responsible for the factual accuracy of the rnemolr, nor for views
expressed therein; these are for the reader to judge.
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reproduced in whole or in part by my means, electronic or mechanical,
without permission in writing h the OraJ JlLstory Office, Sangamon
State Universfty, Springfteld, Illinois, 62708.