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Charles Jules Michelet, Jr. (1891-1980) oral history

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Track 1, Transcript p. 1-2: Track 1, Transcript p. 1-2
Transcription: Track 1 CJM: After finishing the grade school in Wilmette, the Central.School, I went to New Trier High School. I graduated from the Evanston Academy of Northwestern University. I - since my father was a graduate of Northwestern in the class of 1880, I decided to go to Northwestern. I was pledged and initiated into the Sigma Chi Fraternity. My sister Gertrude was two years ahead of me at Northwestern and she was initiated into Delta Gamma Sorority. My first job after college was with the International Harvester Company. Also, I had engineering positions with Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company; Sears, Roebuck and later I had my own company, Fuel Engineers, Inc. Of course, the First World War interrupted my career. At the close of the First World War I was in the Aviation Text Writing Unit at Columbia University for the Navy. I am a charter member and a past Commander of the Wilmette Post #46 and have belonged to the Post for 54 years. I am a member of the Half Century Club of Northwestern University. In 1937 I was married at St. Mark's Church in Evanston, to Faye Fullerton. We have one daughter, Michelle Michelet Boyer, and two grandchildren, Amy Boyer, age ten and little Michael, now five years old. Cont. p.2 As a retired Naval Officer, I am a member of the Naval Militia Officers Mess in Chicago and the Glenview Naval Air Station Officers Club. I am also a member of Illinois Society, Sons of the American Revolution through my mother's family, the Warders of early Virginia. Through my father's lineage I am a member of the Huguenot Society with 15 generations of proved births, marriages and deaths. My last position was with Acme Steel Company, now Interlake, from which I was retired in 1955.
Creator: Michelet, Charles Jules, Jr., 1891-1980, Interviewee
Media Type: Audio; Image; Text
Item Type: Audiocassettes
Description: Autobiographical statement of Charles Jules Michelet, Jr. in Wilmette in 1977.

Abstract:
Schools, Businesses, Individuals in the Village in late 1800's, Turn of century through to present, Chiefly autobiographical
Place of Publication: Wilmette, Illinois
Date of Original: 1977
Subject(s): Oral histories
Wilmette (Ill.) -- Residents
Personal Name(s): Michelet, Charles Jules, Jr.
Local identifier: R 977.31 MI
Language of Item: English
Copyright Statement: Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Copyright Date: 1977
Copyright Holder: Wilmette Public Library
Copyright Holder Contact Information: 1242 Wilmette Ave.
Wilmette, IL 60091
U.S.A.
Recommended Citation: Michelet, Charles Jules. Charles Jules Michelet, Jr. Wilmette, Ill: Wilmette Public Library District, 1977.
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