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Jean Ten Broeck (1896-1996) oral history

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Transcription: Track 1 RA: Would you like to state your name? JTB: Jean Ten Broeck. Now a resident of Mather Home in Evanston, after having lived many years in Wilmette, the locale of my newspaper career. BA: Where did you live before that? JTB: In Milwaukee. I have been asked why I came to Wilmette, why I chose my career. As I have just said, my family had lived in Milwaukee and was moving from there and coming back again to the North Shore where, prior to World War One, we lived in Highland Park for a number of years. My mother and her sister, Mrs. Joseph B. Marshall, who with her family moved to this village from Chicago in the early 1900's. And each lost a son in the war and wished to be near each other. So we came to Wilmette. RA: How many were there in your own family? All together.... JTB: Well, there was father and mother and I, at this time. My brother had died in the war. RA: I see. There were just the three? JTB: My own mother had lost a daughter before. There were two children in the family until the war. In Milwaukee in World War I, I had done Red Cross volunteer work. I taught school, substituting for older teachers who were going abroad for the Red Cross. I was restless here without anything to do. A neighbor friend, Miss Irene Herriott employed by Lloyd Hollister, Incorporated, Jean Ten Broeck, cont. 2 told me the classified ad manager, Lee Rossberg, a Wilmette man, was giving up that particular work at The Wilmette Life for another position, and she asked me why I didn't inquire about the work. I did, with long-lasting results. Because of the difference in office procedure now, and as it was in the spring of 1923, I reminisce. The Hollister publisher interviewed applicants himself. After giving them information regarding possible qualifications, he asked me if I could type. The answer was "No." He then inquired if my handwriting was good. My answer required a momentous decision. Should I be truthful or lie? If I lied and he engaged me, he would soon find out and I would be without work. After breathing deeply, I told him that my penmanship was very bad. He hesitated and then with a twinkle in his blue eyes, I still see in memory, he asked, "Can you make it legible?" I said, "Yes." And the job was mine April 4, 1923.
Creators: Ten Broeck, Jean, 1896-1996, Interviewee; Adler, Rhea Saul, 1906-1990
, Interviewer
Media Type: Audio; Image; Text
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Description: Interview with Jean Ten Broeck by Rhea Adler in the Spring, 1977 in Wilmette, Illinois.

ABSTRACT:
Name and present home, previous, place of residence prior to coming to
Wilmette after World War I

Interviewed by Lloyd Hollister for a job with Hollister Press began work April 4,
1923
Description of early years and employees

Mike Weber came to Hollister Press from Chicago City News Bureau prior to
1923 and remained until his death in September 1957. He was succeeded by
Fred Favor

New building erected in 1928

"Society Editor" - covered breadth of Wilmette and Kenilworth social life and
activities: churches, womens' clubs, schools, any group or activity was covered

Contribution of Wilmette Life to Jean Ten Broeck
Wilmette Life contribution to life of Wilmette
Place of Publication: Wilmette, Illinois
Date of Original: 1977
Subject(s): Oral histories
Wilmette (Ill.) -- Residents
Personal Name(s): Ten Broeck, Jean
Local identifier: R977.31 TE
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: Ten Broeck, Jean, and Rhea Saul Adler. Jean Ten Broeck. Wilmette, Ill: Wilmette Public Library District, 1977.
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Jean Ten Broeck (1896-1996) oral history

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Track 1, Transcript p. 1-2

Track 2, Transcript p. 2-4

Track 3, Transcript p. 4-7

Track 4, Transcript p. 7-8

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