Tirpak, Joseph
Person
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Tirpak, Joseph b. 1922: Interview and Memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-T518
Scope and Contents
MOWEAQUA COAL MINE
Tirpak recalls Moweaqua, Illinois: family, childhood games and chores, government relief during the Depression, father and brother's work in the Moweaqua mine, and the effects of the 1932 Christmas Eve mine disaster.
1 tape, 60 mins., 22 pp
Interview by Debbie Springer Horne, 1994
Donated by the Moweaqua Coal Mine Museum
RESTRICTED: May be read, quoted or cited but cannot be reproduced.
Dates:
Other: Dummy Date