Wilmette Public Library Local History Digital Collection

Mary Stewart Barry Townes (1903-1997) oral history

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CD 1 Track 1: CD 1 Track 1
Transcription: BM: Today is November 17th [year not provided], and my name is Briggs Maselli. Now, uh, Mrs. Townes, would you please give me your name and your father's name? MSBT: Well, my whole name is Mary Stewart Barry Townes. I'm Mrs. John Townes and live at 310 Cumnor Road in Kenilworth. BM: And your father's name? MSBT: My father's name was Dr. George Fravel Barry. He was, for almost sixty years, a physician residing in Evanston. BM: Okay, it's going.; Maselli, Briggs
, Interviewer; Townes, Mary Stewart Barry, 1903-1997
, Interviewee; Barnett, Amanda
, Transcriber
Media Type: Audio; Text
Item Type: Audiocassettes
Description: Interview with Mary Townes by Briggs Maselli in Wilmette, Illinois, on November 17 [year unspecified]. CD 2 Track 1 was blank.
Notes: This interview was conducted as part of the Wilmette Public Library District’s Oral History program, started in 1975 by a committee of the Friends of the Wilmette Public Library which has been chaired since its inception by Rhea Adler, a resident of the Village of Wilmette since 1932.
Place of Publication: Wilmette, Ilinois
Date of Original: About 1975
Subject(s): Oral histories
Wilmette (Ill.) -- Residents
Personal Name(s): Townes, Mary Stewart Barry ; Sears, Joseph ; Barry, Kitty Stewart ; Barry, George
Language of Item: English
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