Melvin McCoy
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https://omeka-s.library.illinois.edu/s/archives/item/29217
- Title
- Melvin McCoy
- Date(s)
- 6/21/2001
- Interviewee(s)
- Melvin McCoy
- Interviewer(s)
- Ellen Swain
- Interviewer Position
- Archivist for Student Life and Culture
- Summary
- Melvin McCoy (1908-2008) was a member of the Class of 1930. He majored in music and made the band. Also, Melvin taught music to high school students and played the saxophone in clubs to help pay for his education. In fact, the university band he played with toured the country for a year-and-a-half with vaudeville.
- Subject(s)
- 1930 graduating class
- band
- great depression