Personal Life
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Title
Personal Life
Subject
Selected materials from the personal life of Bob Gilmore
Collection Items
Reminiscences
Unpublished manuscript written by Bob Gilmore about his life. Gilmore describes what it was like growing up in Peoria, IL during the Great Depression. He details the highs and lows of his life in the military and his journey to become the President…
Times Past: Seeing the 20s Through A Child's Eyes
Written by Bob Gilmore as part of the Peoria Journal Star's Times Past series. Bob talks about the 1920s as he experienced it in Peoria during his childhood.
Innocents Abroad Got Unplanned Tour of Italian Boondocks
This article is a recollection written by Bob Gilmore of issues faced by his family as they tried to relocate to Grenoble, France to open the new Caterpillar plant there.
Bob Gilmore Portraits of Peoria Mural
The digital version of the Bob Gilmore Portrait mural created by Jeremy Berkley. This mural was created as part of the Portraits of Peoria project. This website was created as supplementary material for the mural.