Interview with Victor Perkins, October 20, 2010

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Title

Interview with Victor Perkins, October 20, 2010

Subject

World War, 1939-1945
Iola (Kan.)
Municipal government
History, Iola (Kan.)

Description

Vic Perkins relates his experiences as City Clerk of Iola, his World War II experiences, and early school days in Iola.

Creator

Iola Public Library

Date

2010-10-20

Rights

No restrictions

Format

mp3

Type

Sound

Identifier

IOLAPL_20170201_0004

Oral History Item Type Metadata

Interviewer

Symes, Bruce

Interviewee

Perkins, Victor

Location

Iola, Kansas

Original Format

digital file

Duration

00:42:36

Time Summary

00:00:25 Birth.
00:00:56 School days.
00:03:00 Iola Junior College.
00:03:37 Army service in World War II.
00:04:30 Return to Iola: work, college, marriage.
00:07:02 City of Iola: city clerk.
00:08:20 Iola square.
00:13:07 City government, career as City Clerk.
00:19:57 Caddying as a boy.
00:20:36 Tom Bowlus.
00:20:45 Industry ; Gates Rubber Co. ; Ray Pershall.
00:25:32 Southeast Kansas Library System.
00:26:47 Wife; Iola Public Library ; Luella Varner.
00:29:03 Career as City Clerk: first computers: president of City Clerks of Kansas.
0034:43 Life after retirement ; future of Iola ; form of city government.
00:40:16 Family.
00:41:05 Hopes for Iola.

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