Alepra discusses life during prohibition: gangsters and bootlegging, the Depression, pets, home life, and school; WWII; and coal mine wars in Benld and Gillespie, Illinois.

4 tapes, 330 mins. Interview by Michael E. Alepra, 1991 OPEN See collateral file

Sandretto, Italian immigrant, discusses coming to the U.S., Depression, factory work during WWII, life in Henderson and Gillespie, Illinois, coal mining and the Progressive Miners during the mine wars of the 1930's. She also discusses family photo albums and genealogy.

3 tapes, 270 mins. Interview by Michael E. Alepra, 1991 OPEN: Narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file

Weller discusses growing up in coal mining communities in central Illinois; joining the Progressives during the mine wars; gangsters; life in Henderson, Illinois; working in factories; enlistment in the Marines during WWII; and family and post WWII life.

4 tapes, 330 mins. Interview by Michael E. Alepra, 1991 OPEN: Narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file