SPRINGFIELD MARINE BANK PROJECT Sorling, former employee of Springfield Marine Bank, discusses the reorganization of the Trust Department during the Great Depression; description of the Trust Department; reopening the bank in 1933; foreclosings of central Illinois farms; bank's founding family, the Bunn's; and Springfield during the Depression.

16 pp. Interview by John Bucari, 1973 OPEN See collateral file

ITALIAN-AMERICANS PROJECT Vespa, Italian coal miner, recalls coming to Springfield, its Italian-American community, prohibition, coal mines and WWII.

1 tape, 50 mins., 17 pp. Interview by John Bucari, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

SPRINGFIELD MARINE BANK PROJECT Wylder, employee of the Springfield Marine Bank, recalls changes in banking procedures, personal attention to customers, and the bank's facilities.

1 tape, 45 mins., 15 pp. Interview by John Bucari, 1973 OPEN See collateral file