Scope and Contents

Mantowich recalls coal mining experiences in Sangamon County, Illinois: mine ventilation and fire fighting, strip mining, pit committees, mechanization, union conflicts, conflicts with management, organization of the Progressive Miners and their meetings, strikes, violence, March to Mulkeytown, trial of accused bombers, black lung disease, and bootlegging.

4 tapes, 315 mins. Interview by Barbara Herndon, 1975 OPEN For collateral file see J9/5/24 See also M319 Mantowich

Scope and Contents COAL MINING AND UNION ACTIVITIES PROJECT Mantowich, coal miner, recalls mining conditions before mechanization, mining methods and practices, and miner-company relations. Also discusses prohibition and the Depression, the Ku Klux Klan, family life, boyhood recreation and experiences, the Lithuanian community in Springfield, work at the Ordnance Plant in Illiopolis and Concordia Seminary. 10 tapes, 830 mins., 3 vols., 381 pp. Interview by Barbara Herndon, 1974 OPEN See...