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Dr. Herman O. Weishaar (1889-1984) and Mrs. Gladys Fowler Weishaar (1897-1981) oral history

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Transcription: Track 1 BM: My name is Briggs Maselli and I am going to be interviewing Mrs. Weishaar at 24 Calvin Circle. Do you think you might start, Mrs. Weishaar? Mrs. W: Yes. Well, I came to Wilmette when I was in the 5th grade. I came here from ---- my family moved from Edgewater. We then moved and lived at 7th and Linden, and I went to the -- it was called the Central School, and it is now called the Stolp School. I think that has changed. BM: Yes, I think it has. Mrs. W.: I graduated from that Wilmette school in 1912. Then I went to New Trier and graduated from there in 1915. BM: How large was your graduating class in 1915? Was it large? Mrs. W.: Oh, the whole school enrollment at New Trier at that time was 600 students. BM: Now they graduate that much in each session. Mrs. W.: Think of it! Then I entered the Evanston Hospital School of Nursing and it was there I met my husband. BN: And you were interning? Mrs. W.: He was an intern. - BM: At Evanston Hospital? Mrs. W.: Yes. BM: What year was that? Dr. W.: 1918. BM: That was 1918. Unhunh. And what was your speciality? cont. p.2 Dr. W.: Well, when I finally graduated, I specialized in -- in those days what they called surgery, gynecology and obstetrics. That was all one specialty. BM: I see. Dr. W.: Interestingly enough, in those days your general surgeon even took in fractures. So that gave us quite a wide area of experience. BM: Were you a Wilmette resident also? Dr. W.: No, I was born in Hayworth, Illinois, on a farm, and graduated from Hayworth High School, which was then an accredited three year high school, and went to Clinton for my 4th year. Then I went to a little college in Hiram, Ohio, called Hiram College. We had a little -- I was a Presbyterian, but in our little town we had a minister that was in the Christian Church, and Curley, as we called him, practically picked me up and sat me down in Hiram College, Ohio. That was his college and I went to Hiram College for two years and then transferred to the University of Chicago, and graduated with a Bachelor's degree in 1916 and got my Medical Degree in 1918. At that time I was in the Medical Reserve Corps, and had my appointment to Camp Ogelthorp, and I felt that I would like a little hospital experience before I went to camp, so I ditched my last quarter of college and came out to Evanston Hospital and interned there. Cont. p.3 After I got out there, I was the only intern and they held me as indispensable, so I didn't get out of the hospital until February of 1919.
Creators: Weishaar, Herman O., 1889-1984, Interviewee; Weishaar, Gladys Fowler, 1897-1981
, Interviewee; Maselli, Briggs
, Interviewer
Media Type: Audio; Image; Text
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Description: Interview with Dr. and Mrs. Herman Weishaar by Briggs Maselli in 1976 at 24 Calvin Circle, Evanston, Illinois.

ABSTRACT:

Mrs. Weishaar’s early school days from 5th grade in
Wilmette to 1912
New Trier High School class 1915
Evanston Hospital School of Nursing - Met intern
Weishaar there in 1918
His early life in Hayworth, Illinois, was graduated
from Clinton High School - Hiram College -
University of Chicago, B.S. 1916, M.D. 1918.
To Evanston Hospital last quarter - retained
there until February 1919
Account of “L” being laid between Central Street,
Evanston to 4th/Linden overnight
Baha’i Temple - Community feeling against both - Built over long period
Dr. released from U.S. Army - January 1919
Started Wilmette practice February 1919 at 1159
Wilmette Avenue - Practiced there 55 years
Dr. Weishaar/ Gladys Fowler married October 1, 1920
Lived at 1410 Sheridan - Mr. Gage’s (Henry) summer cottage
Association with the younger Dr. Stolp, Dr. Byron
Stolp opened office 1874
Rotary Club - 1943
Early medical equipment of Dr. Byron Stolp
Collen Kilner — Birch tree called “Mother’s Tree” -Houses individual (not
developments)
Place of Publication: Wilmette, Illinois
Date of Original: 1976
Subject(s): Physicians
Oral histories
Wilmette (Ill.) -- Residents
Personal Name(s): Weishaar, Gladys Fowler ; Weishaar, Herman O.
Local identifier: R977.31 WE
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: 1976
Copyright Holder: Wilmette Public Library
Copyright Holder Contact Information: 1242 Wilmette Ave.
Wilmette, IL 60091
U.S.A.
Recommended Citation: Weishaar, Herman O., Gladys Fowler Weishaar, and Briggs Maselli. Dr. and Mrs. Herman O. Weishaar. Wilmette, Ill: Wilmette Public Library District, 1976.
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Dr. Herman O. Weishaar (1889-1984) and Mrs. Gladys Fowler Weishaar (1897-1981) oral history

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Track 1, Transcript p. 1-3

Track 2, Transcript p. 3-5

Track 3, Transcript p. 5-7

Track 4, Transcript p. 7-11

Track 5, Transcript p. 11-13

Track 6, Transcript p. 13-14

Track 7, Transcript p. 14-15

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