Scope and Contents Wilson discusses his coal mining experiences in southern Illinois: working with his father, loading coal, wages, cars, mules, a hoisting engineer's duties, boilers, cages, being a boss, accidents, the Depression, roofbolting and pulling pillars, miner's hats and lights, mechanization, undercutting and breast machines, unions and John L. Lewis, ethnicity in the mines, and playing baseball in the minors in Pekin, Illinois. 3 tapes, 150 mins. Interview by Barbara Herndon, 1976...