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

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Track 2, Transcript p. 3-5: Track 2, Transcript p. 3-5
Transcription: Track 2 Dr. W: It was during this internship that I met Gladys Fowler in my church choir. BM: Um...hum. I see. All right. Mrs. Weishaar, would you tell me how things were at 7th and Linden when you were growing up there? Mrs. W.: In that neighborhood, it was fairly well built up. Not like it is now, of course, but it was fairly well built up. Of course, there were no apartments, and the elevated wasn't there, of course. That came while we lived there against much ---- there was much consternation about it. And petitions were even circulated to see if they couldn't keep that from being done because all the neighbors were against it. Finally one night it started, and in the morning the trains were going. After it started, every body used it, in spite of all the ill feeling. BM: Well, I think, yes, that certainly is a drawing point now to be able to walk over to the "L". Mrs. W.: And the same thing can be said of the Baha'i Temple. BM: Oh; really. - Mrs. W.: There was a great deal of feeling about that. And, of course, now it is quite a credit to the community, but there was a great deal of feeling about that. Dr. W.: I think the building - I think it was delayed about Cont. p.4 years while they were trying to get the permit to build it and after they did get --- oh, there was just the first floor, and that lasted for quite some little while before they finally got the permit to go ahead and build the temple as it is today. BM: Oh, I see. Who did the land belong to before they bought it? Do you know? Dr. W.: I do not know. BM: Oh Mrs. W.: Remember the artist that lived across the street? Dr. W.: Yes. Well, that was a Frenchman named Bougois. He was the man whowas the architect who designed it, and he lived across the street, but I don't remember who owned the property. BM: But it did take a while to build? Dr. W.: Oh, no question. It did take a long time. They would not build except as they had the finances to pay for it so it was all paid as it was built. So anything that was built had been paid for. BM: I see. Were you living in Wilmette at the time, too? Dr. W.: Yes. After I finished that internship, as I said, I was released from the army in January 1919 and I came out to Wilmette to start the practice of medicine the first of February, 1919. BM: Where was your office? Cont. p.5 Dr. W.: In Wilmette --- 1159 Wilmette Avenue. I had had that office for 55 years. In the same office. BM: Oh, I see. Things have changed a little bit in that area, too. Mrs. Wieshaar, can you tell me the names of some of the neighbors that lived in your area when you were growing up? Mrs. W.: Well, the Van Schaach family lived next door. There was quite a distance between our house and them, but they were the closest neighbor. And across the street there was a family by the name of Barber. And across 7th Street a family by the name of Miller. BM: Oh, was that THE Mrs. Miller of Sunshine Corner? Mrs. W.: No, no it wasn't Lenore. Then another family that lived there was the Judson Stone family. BM: And when you went to school, did you walk? Mrs. W.: Yes, of course. Everybody walked in those days. BM: How were the streets? Were they fairly well paved?
Creators: Weishaar, Herman O., 1889-1984, Interviewee; Weishaar, Gladys Fowler, 1897-1981
, Interviewee; Maselli, Briggs
, Interviewer
Media Type: Audio; Image; Text
Item Type: Audiocassettes
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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