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| Varying Form of Title: | History Makers video oral history with Cornelius "Boots" Shepard
Cornelius "Boots" Shepard
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| Other authors / contributors: | Shepard, Cornelius, 1915-2007, interviewee.
Crowe, Larry F., interviewer.
Hickey, Matthew, director of photography.
HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company.
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| Sound characteristics: | digital
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| Digital file characteristics: | video file
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| Notes: | Videographer, Matthew Hickey.
Larry Crowe, interviewer.
Recorded Lincoln, Nebraska 2007 October 4.
Vendor-supplied metadata.
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| Summary: | Railroad chef Cornelius Orville "Boots" Shepard was born on July 11, 1915 in Sedalia, Missouri. Shepard traced his ancestors back to slavery, and many of his relatives attended George R. Smith College, a popular Methodist institution named for Sedalia Missouri's founder and the college's benefactor. Shepard attended Franklin Elementary School and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1935. He moved to Lincoln, Nebraska working as a cook on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad (CB&Q) in 1937. He worked for the railroad company for thirty-five years and became the youngest chef at CB&Q. Shepard traveled to Chicago where he worked on the California Zephyr. Shepard joined the Newman Methodist Church and was an active member for seventy years. Shepard passed away on November 17, 2007, at age 92.
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