Scope and Contents Luedecke, a Baptist minister, recalls family life in the German community in St. Louis in the early 20th century: social gatherings, games and recreation, music, home, meals, and nature; women's roles and liberation; education at William Jewell College, Shurtleff College and Southern Baptist Seminary; work in the ministry; philosophies; early employment and work as a salesman; libraries; living in Illinois, St. Louis, and New Mexico; transportation; and his own family. Also talks about the...

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Saiter recalls early 20th century life in Clark County, Illinois: work on the farm, farming techniques and crops, home and family life, religion, one room school education, holiday celebrations, women's roles on the farm and women's rights.

4 tapes, 235 mins., 99 pp. Interview by Francie Staggs, 1981 OPEN See collateral file

Scope and Contents Staggs recalls early 20th century rural life at Cory, Indiana: town life, butchering, church, teenage employment and education. Also discusses working at Sinclair Oil Refinery in East Chicago, the Depression, prohibition, courtship and marriage, his wife's family, a canteen business, and Champaign, Illinois. Also mentions different businesses in Illinois and Indiana.4 tapes, 315 mins., 80 pp. Interview by Francie Staggs, 1982 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes and...