Elaine Helms recalls Virden and Auburn, Illinois: businesses, her father's coal mining career, Depression, children, housing, schools, and entertainment.

1 tape, 90 mins. Interview by David Van Lieshout, 1991 OPEN: narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file

Sherwood Helms, butcher, recalls Auburn, Illinois: businesses, prohibition, Depression, the WWII homefront, coal mining, his marriage and family, social activities, transportation, and community changes.

3 tapes, 210 mins. Interview by David Van Lieshout, 1991 OPEN: narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file

Malmberg, general practitioner, discusses life in Auburn, Illinois: family; medical school at Northwestern, medical practice, his service and accomplishments as mayor, changes in Auburn and in medical practices.

2 tapes, 135 mins. Interview by David Van Lieshout, 1991 OPEN: narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file

Michelich, editor and owner of the Auburn Citizen, discusses Auburn, Illinois: the town square and local businesses, role of the newspaper in the community, local politics, and changes in Auburn and the newspaper. He also discusses his journalism education at Wayne State University.

1 tape, 90 mins. Interview by David Van Lieshout, 1991 OPEN: narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file: interviewer's notes and Auburn newspapers.