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1 tape, 58 mins., 11 pp.

ITALIAN-AMERICANS PROJECT Menichetti discusses immigration from Italy, work as a seamstress, Italian families, Catholic Church, living in Riverton and Springfield, and her husband's work as a coal miner.

Interview by John Bucari, 1972 OPEN See collateral file

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STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Menke discusses the showboat entertainment business on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, showboats, the agent's work, scripts and casting, and St. Louis.

1 tape, memoir 15 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: Released by John Knoepfle

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Meritt, native resident of Wayne County, Illinois, discusses his knowledge of the Shelton family and gang: gangster activities, gambling and bootlegging, killings and shooting, gang feuds and harassment of neighbors in Wayne County. Also discusses the departure of the Sheltons and his neighbor Charlie Harris.

6 tapes, 270 mins., 93 pp. Interview by John David Moreland, 1974 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photo, articles on the Sheltons.

Scope and Contents Meyer discusses his interest and involvement in pacifist movements: his conversion to Catholicism, protests in New York City, peace movements in Chicago, the Chicago Catholic Worker House of Hospitality, the Omaha Action peace demonstrations against nuclear missiles, international peace walk, the Berlin Crisis, war tax resistance, Vietnam draft resistance, and serving prison terms. 6 tapes, 435 mins. Interview by Peggy Boyer, 1986 OPEN: narrator reserves right to review edited...

Scope and Contents Members of the Miami Nation, Illinois land owners and farmers, and others discuss a controversial lawsuit filed in 2000 by the Miami Nation against 15 landowners on ancestral Miami lands in the Wabash Basin in east-central Illinois. Chief Leonard and Olds, leaders of the Miami Nation of Oklahoma, discuss the history of their tribe, their claim to 2.6 million acres of land in Illinois, disputed treaties, "blood quantums," tribal cultural centers, and the casino controversy....

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ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Michaelson, administrative assistant to Governor Richard Ogilvie from 1969-72, discusses personalities and his role as liaison between the governor's office and several state agencies. Also discusses his political education, the 1968 and 1972 gubernatorial campaign, Governor Ogilvie, General Assembly, and the Ogilvie administration.

4 tapes, 310 mins., 87 pp., plus index Interview by Cullom Davis, 1981 OPEN See collateral file

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Michelich, editor and owner of the Auburn Citizen, discusses Auburn, Illinois: the town square and local businesses, role of the newspaper in the community, local politics, and changes in Auburn and the newspaper. He also discusses his journalism education at Wayne State University.

1 tape, 90 mins. Interview by David Van Lieshout, 1991 OPEN: narrator reserves right to review edited transcript. See collateral file: interviewer's notes and Auburn newspapers.

Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Millburg, currently working at Ameren in St. Louis, discusses his experiences at Sangamon State University, earning an undergraduate accounting degree in 1981 after graduating from Lincoln Land Community College. Milburg describes his SSU professors Don Stanhope and Bob Maurath, as excellent educators who helped him complete the degree program and realize the dream of passing the CPA exam. See also D2/1/3 Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral...

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ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY Ada Miller, resident of Christian County, discusses her family's grocery store in Langleyville during the mine wars of the 1930's; impact of mine layoffs and strikes on the community; Progressive Miners Women's Auxiliary and the PMA leaders. Also discusses the Depression.

1 tape, 90 mins., 16 pp. Interview by Kevin Corley, 1986 OPEN See collateral file