TELEPHONE PROJECT Joe Bennett, Illinois Bell Telephone Company employee, discusses Cairo, Illinois; its location and development as a center for river trade on the Mississippi, Ohio, and the Cache Rivers; economic and social concerns; the telephone company; and his father's impressions of the 1937 flood.

1 tape, 45 min., 9 pp. Interview by Jerry Veach, 1973 RESTRICTED: May be read but cannot be quoted, cited or reproduced See collateral file

TELEPHONE PROJECT Evers discusses his career with the Illinois Bell Telephone Company, work as a commercial manager, changes in technology and service, disaster and emergency situations, the company's relationship with the community, preparing the telecommunication system for Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, and reaction of the community to the university.

1 tape, 45 mins., 14 pp Interview by Jerry Veach, 1973 OPEN See collateral file