ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY Gilpin, strikebreaker during the coal mine wars, discusses the violence between the Progressive Miners Union and the United Mine Workers Union in the Taylorville area, working conditions and the management at the mines, dangers of being a strikebreaker, and living conditions for the families of miners.

1 tape, 90 mins., 24 pp. Interview by Kevin Corley, 1986 OPEN See collateral file