Archive Record
Metadata
Narrator's name |
Robert M. Simons |
Object Name |
Transcript |
Collection |
Oral History Collection |
Date |
2000 |
Year Range from |
1837 |
Year Range to |
2000 |
Catalog Number |
2006.700.0068 |
Creator |
The Midland County Historical Society |
Scope & Content |
Oral History: Robert M. Simons Age at Time of Interview: 79 Year Range: 1837-2000 Topics: Electricity in Coleman Coleman Elevator Company Coleman Shingle Mill Simons Mercantile Company 1920s Medical remedies Ice house with ice from Mill Pond in Clare Ice harvesting by Dow Chemical out of Sanford Lake Coleman in 1930s and 1940s Atwater Kent radio Rado Shows 1930s Frolic Theater and announcemt of Pearl Harbor Army Experiences Cive War prejudice in the south in 1940s Harvesting grain and handling, storage, shipping Michigan Bean Company in Midland People: Seymour Coleman, founder of Coleman Edwin Reagh, Manager of Simons Mercantile Frances Josephine Simon Robinson - Teacher Harry Heilman - Radio announcer Lawrence Yager - Elevater helper File contain: Copy of picture of Coleman town, early 1900s Copy of picture of Simons' elevator Copy of picture of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Simons Copy of "The Simons Story" Pictures: Margaret Hopkins Simon Mary Hubbell Simons Samuel W. Hubbell Family Charles Clark Family T.B. Simons Edwin Simons Family |
Subjects |
Civil rights Electricity Medicines Mills |
Search Terms |
Business, Coleman Elevator Company Business, Coleman Shingle Mill Business, Frolic Theatre Business, Michigan Bean Company, Midland Business, Simons Mercantile Company City, Coleman History, Midland County War, World War II |
People |
Reagh, Edwin Simons, Robert Yager, Lawrence |
Interviewer |
Chuck Lentz |
Interview date |
2000-06-28 |