Mary Jane Roach Masters Memoir - University of Illinois Springfield

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VITA for Mary Jane Roach Masters 1909 - Born in St. Louis. Daughter of Leonard V. Roach and Ruth Hunter Roach 1926 - Graduate of MARY INSTITUTE in S. Louis. WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY in St. Louis, Missouri. 1930 - B.A. 1931 - M.A. Major in English, minor in French Prize for Drama ( Little Theatre work in 30's) 1931 - 1938 Taught W.W. in Department of English. (P.G. work) 1934 - 1938 Conducted summer tours in Europe for AMERICAN EXPRESS Co. 1938 - 1940 Worked in Fashion Business in New York City. 1940 - Mamed Dr. Thomas D. Masters IT of Springfield, Illinois. 1941 - Began painting regularly at the Springfield Art Association. 1942 - Wrote syndicated medical column for NEA with T. D. Masters. (Still do) 1942 - 1944 President of Springfield League of Women Voters. Served on Board of LWV. 1948 - 1955 Leader, GREAT BOOKS GROUP at Lincoln Library. President, Friends of Library Member, Board of Lincoln Library 1949 - One of 5 founders of Springfield Municipal Opera. ( Still on Controlling Board) ADLAI E. STEVENSON: 1948 - Campaigned to elect Stevenson for Governor. 1952 - Chairman of VOLUNTERS FOR STEVENSON in Springfield. 1953 - 1958 54th Precinct Committeeman - Democratic. 1956 - State Co-Chairman with Dr. Karl Meyers of Volunteers for Stevenson. 1957 - One of 3 Founders of TOWN HALL Lecture Series. ( ran for 15 years) 1962 - 1970 Taught English at Springfield College in Illinois. (Rhetoric and Literature) 1967 - 1973 Member of original BOARD OF REGENTS of the STATE OF ILLINOIS. 1969 - Founding of the SANGAMON STATE UNIVERSITY. As a student here, I have taken 3 literature courses from: Dr. Norman Hinton : Viking Literature, Chaucer, Linguistics. 3 History of Art courses from: Nina Kasanof : 20th Century Art. Two PAC: Political Satire and the Cartoon & 19th Century Art and Society. 1 History course from: Chris Breiseth: Contemporary History. (Now)
PREFACE This manuscript is the product of tape-recorded interviews with Mary Jane Masters conducted by Eugenia Eberle for the archives of the SIU School of Medicine Pearson Museum and the University of Illinois at Springfield. Mary Jane Roach Masters was born May 13, 1909 in St. Louis, Missouri. She graduated from Mary's Institute where she was editor of her school magazine, The Chronical. She won a writing competition and was awarded the Melville Wilkinson Scholarship to four years at Washington University where she received her B.A. and M.A. in English and French. A Drama student, she was active in Little Theater until her late twenties. For five years she took summer tours to France for the American Express Co. and taught English at Washington University for seven years after a brief stint in NYC with the fashion industry. She elaborates on her many civic, political, and literary activities in Springfield. She taught English at Springfield College for seven years in the '60's. In 1967 she was appointed by Governor Otto Kerner to the initial Board of Regents and has been credited for giving the University the name "Sangamon". She received a second B.A. in Creative Arts at Sangamon State University. A local artist, she is best known for her watercolors and collages. Mrs. Masters was the wife of the late Dr. Thomas Masters, Internist, specializing in Diabetes with the SIU School of Medicine. This memoir will be added.to her husbands "Collection and Memorabilia" which she presented to the Pearson Museum in the Spring of 1995. Eugenia Eberle was raised in Haverford, Pennsylvania and matriculated with an athletic scholarship at the Women's College of the University of Virginia. She earned her BA degree in History and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Public History with emphasis on Oral History at UIS. This activity has earned her two awards from the Illinois State Historical Society. She gained experience as a journalist writing for the Arab News and gathered Folk and Fairy Tales for translations into English while living for six years in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia with her husband, Professor of Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery at SIU School of Medicine. She has been active in a broad range of civic activities both in San Francisco and Albuqureque, where she served on museum boards, fund raising, and in the development of the Audubon Canyon Ranch, an environmental enclave in Marin County. She is married and the mother of four children. Readers of this oral history memoir should bear in mind that it is a transcript of the spoken word and that the interviewer, narrator, and editor sought to preserve the informal conversational style that is inherent in such historical sources. The Pearson Museum and the University of Illinois, Springfield are not responsible for the factual accuracy of the memoir, nor for views expressed therein; these are for the reader to judge. The manuscript may be read, quoted and cited freely. It may not be reproduced in whole or in part by any means, electronic or mechanical without permission in writing from the archives of the The SIU School of Medicine Pearson Museum or The University of Illinois at Springfield.
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Page 3 and 4: TABLE OF CONTENTS Assignment of Rig
Page 5: 1962-1970: Taught English at Spring
Page 9 and 10: September 7, October 20, 1995. Inte
Page 11 and 12: dramatics and writing, and I was ed
Page 13 and 14: Q. Was your mother a reader? A. Yes
Page 15 and 16: A. I'm not sure what you mean by th
Page 17 and 18: Q. How did you happen to major in E
Page 19 and 20: A. My husband. Q. How did you meet?
Page 21 and 22: for practice sessions. A. Wonderful
Page 23 and 24: A. No. We used to go. . .Ned Rosenh
Page 25 and 26: Q. What were his thoughts about SIU
Page 27 and 28: Q. How do you feel about what's hap
Page 29 and 30: A. Well I was in charge of the loca
Page 31 and 32: Q. Dr. Lam. You mean the cardiologi
Page 33 and 34: Q. And what were the Administrative
Page 35 and 36: A. Was it in '43? I must have been
Page 37 and 38: was our only institute of learning
Page 39 and 40: Q. Did you have support from other
Page 41 and 42: A. Oh, yes the "noce triste". That
Page 43 and 44: A. It was a wonderful idea. Q. Who
Page 45 and 46: Q. Are you sorry you didn't have a
Page 47 and 48: A. It has a political overtone beca
Page 49 and 50: uildings require an awful lot of up
Page 51 and 52: about the word GERUND and I had tak
Page 53 and 54: A. Three, yes. I had one at the Med
Page 55 and 56: Q. Did you, at that time, listen to
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Q. Absolutely. Absolutely. Whom hav
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A. I think he loved his patients. I
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