Bowsher discusses early 20th century life in Springfield, Illinois: his family, schools and jobs, neighborhoods, movie theaters, hospital and medical experiences, and life as a polio victim. He also discusses life in Chicago: home life, radio, schools, gangsters, prohibition, and the Depression. Also discusses Springfield coal mines, WWII, aging, and treatment of the elderly in nursing homes.

12 tapes, 700 mins. Interview by Nancy Flood, 1975 OPEN See collateral file