Anna M. Williams discusses rural life in Mason and Menard Counties, Illinois in the early 20th century: livestock, crops, life on the farm, and fishing in Illinois River backwaters; one room school education, lessons and programs; homemade foods and crafts; and family life, parents, brother, and her German-American heritage.

2 tapes, 225 mins., 33 pp. Interview by Rosalyn L. Bone, 1975 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes and photographs.