Elbaum discusses his family, growing up in Mississippi, WWII and rationing, school years, the Korean War, college life, employment in radio, the newspaper business, ministry, as a speech therapist, and at the Lincoln Developmental Center. He also relates stories of Elvis Presley and his interest in music.

4 tapes, 235 mins. Interview by Roger Moore, 1987 OPEN See collateral file

Kolowski discusses life in Lincoln, Illinois: family, education in high school and at Lincoln College, marriage, Catholic religion, home life, jobs, chautauqua grounds, band concerts, horses and buggies, prohibition, and her work at the Sangamon Ordnance Plant in Illiopolis during WWII, and later at the Lincoln College Museum.

3 tapes, 248 mins. Interview by Roger Moore, 1987 OPEN See collateral file