Lou Ann Wagner Siburt discusses farm life during the Depression, unmechanized farming, home life, childhood chores and games, horses and livestock, teenage jobs, courtship and marriage during WWII and child-bearing.

2 tapes, 180 mins., 27 pp. Interview by Ruth Siburt, 1993 OPEN See collateral file

William E. Siburt discusses living in Decatur, Illinois; hunting and fishing; and WWII navy service on ships around Africa and Europe.

1 tape, 90 mins., 24 pp. Interview by Ruth Siburt, 1993 OPEN See collateral file Memoir bound with SI11L Siburt, Lou Ann

Traughber discusses his experiences during the Depression, jobs as a teenager, farming, early truck driving, work at Staley Manufacturing Company in Decatur, Illinois, the WWII homefront, and war industries.

2 tapes, 180 mins., 37 pp. Interview by Ruth Siburt, 1993 OPEN See collateral file