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Missouri State Magazine, 2019 (May—June)
No full textAn issue of Missouri State Magazine for Missouri State University. Volume 14, Issue 2
John Sellars interview, January 19, 2018
No full textInterview with the Executive Director of the History Museum on the Square John Sellars, former trucker on Route 66, by Ozarks Alive founder Kaitlyn McConnell. Interview took place at the History Museum on the Square in Springfield, Missouri, on January 19, 2018. Part of the Trucking on Route 66 Oral History Project.
Topics discussed include getting started in commercial driving in 1967 while going to school, working for Colonial Bakery, driving a relay route for bread delivery between Springfield and Rolla Missouri, traveling Route 66, signals to other drivers before radio communication, truck stops and cafes on the route including Satellite Café in Lebanon Missouri and Garbage Can in Marshfield Missouri, comradery between truck drivers, getting turned back at a weigh station, routes and keeping log books, ways to pass the time while driving, earnings, jobs over the years, seeing a nuclear missile being transported down the highway escorted by military police near Clinton Missouri, difference between traveling now and in the past, importance of savoring unique things in the places being traveled through.
Recording can be accessed here: https://purl.missouristate.edu/library/archives/Route66/JSellars01191
Missouri State Magazine, 2018 (September)
No full textAn issue of Missouri State Magazine for Missouri State University. Volume 13, Issue 3
Missouri State Magazine, 2018 (May)
No full textAn issue of Missouri State Magazine for Missouri State University. Volume 13, Issue 2
John Sellars interview, January 19, 2018 - transcript
No full textTranscript of interview with the Executive Director of the History Museum on the Square John Sellars, former trucker on Route 66, by Ozarks Alive founder Kaitlyn McConnell. Interview took place at the History Museum on the Square in Springfield, Missouri, on January 19, 2018. Part of the Trucking on Route 66 Oral History Project.
Topics discussed include getting started in commercial driving in 1967 while going to school, working for Colonial Bakery, driving a relay route for bread delivery between Springfield and Rolla Missouri, traveling Route 66, signals to other drivers before radio communication, truck stops and cafes on the route including Satellite Café in Lebanon Missouri and Garbage Can in Marshfield Missouri, comradery between truck drivers, getting turned back at a weigh station, routes and keeping log books, ways to pass the time while driving, earnings, jobs over the years, seeing a nuclear missile being transported down the highway escorted by military police near Clinton Missouri, difference between traveling now and in the past, importance of savoring unique things in the places being traveled through.
Recording can be accessed here: https://purl.missouristate.edu/library/archives/Route66/JSellars01191
Missouri State Magazine, 2018 (January)
No full textAn issue of Missouri State Magazine for Missouri State University. Volume 13, Issue 1
Missouri State Magazine, 2017 (May)
No full textAn issue of Missouri State Magazine for Missouri State University. Volume 12, Issue 2
Missouri State Magazine, 2017 (January)
No full textAn issue of Missouri State Magazine for Missouri State University. Volume 12, Issue 1
Bruce Crim interview, August 18, 2017 - transcript
No full textTranscript of interview with Bruce Crim, former employee of Campbell 66 Express, by MSU Dean of Library Services Tom Peters and Ozarks Alive founder Kaitlyn McConnell. Interview took place at the Duane G. Meyer Library on the campus of Missouri State University, on August 18, 2017. Part of the Trucking on Route 66 Oral History Project.
Topics discussed include father John Crim trucking beginning in the early 1930s, father and uncle starting Sunflower Lines in Joplin Missouri in 1933, merger with Campbell 66 Express in Springfield Missouri in 1941, trucking authority, hauling before refrigeration, Route 66, 66 Rapid Express bankruptcy in 1933 and the takeover of their trucks and authority, disruption caused to railroads by over the road trucking, development of the roads and highways, evolution of trucking from local deliveries to hauling freight distances, variety of jobs in trucking operations, Teamsters, regulations, Frank Campbell and his overhead rear door innovation, transition from rigid truck and trailer to semi tractor-trailer, special considerations for trucking business during World War II, camel logo painted by Bill Boyd for Campbell 66 Express, hauling furniture for victims of flooding in Miami Oklahoma in 1951, going to Drury College, Army Reserves, management training and various positions with the company, starting own business auditing freight shipments, expanding authorities over the years through purchases of other companies including TransAmerican, deregulation, safety considerations, safety and service awards for drivers, Camel Tracks company newsletter, racial discrimination considerations for drivers, truck stops, locations for the company in Springfield over time, Frank Campbell enjoying gambling, camel logo belt buckle and other memorabilia, and Route 66.
Recording can be accessed here: https://purl.missouristate.edu/library/archives/Route66/BCrim08181
Bruce Crim interview, August 18, 2017
No full textInterview with Bruce Crim, former employee of Campbell 66 Express, by MSU Dean of Library Services Tom Peters and Ozarks Alive founder Kaitlyn McConnell. Interview took place at the Duane G. Meyer Library on the campus of Missouri State University, on August 18, 2017. Part of the Trucking on Route 66 Oral History Project.
Topics discussed include father John Crim trucking beginning in the early 1930s, father and uncle starting Sunflower Lines in Joplin Missouri in 1933, merger with Campbell 66 Express in Springfield Missouri in 1941, trucking authority, hauling before refrigeration, Route 66, 66 Rapid Express bankruptcy in 1933 and the takeover of their trucks and authority, disruption caused to railroads by over the road trucking, development of the roads and highways, evolution of trucking from local deliveries to hauling freight distances, variety of jobs in trucking operations, Teamsters, regulations, Frank Campbell and his overhead rear door innovation, transition from rigid truck and trailer to semi tractor-trailer, special considerations for trucking business during World War II, camel logo painted by Bill Boyd for Campbell 66 Express, hauling furniture for victims of flooding in Miami Oklahoma in 1951, going to Drury College, Army Reserves, management training and various positions with the company, starting own business auditing freight shipments, expanding authorities over the years through purchases of other companies including TransAmerican, deregulation, safety considerations, safety and service awards for drivers, Camel Tracks company newsletter, racial discrimination considerations for drivers, truck stops, locations for the company in Springfield over time, Frank Campbell enjoying gambling, camel logo belt buckle and other memorabilia, and Route 66.
Recording can be accessed here: https://purl.missouristate.edu/library/archives/Route66/BCrim08181