Isobel Smith, waitress, recalls her employment at Maldaner's Restaurant in Springfield: kitchen and bakery, menu, business hours, interior design and furnishings, customers and employees, and changes and closings.

1 tape, 90 mins., 38 pp. Interview by Josephine Saner, 1977 OPEN See collateral file

Larry Smith, farmer, discusses the central Illinois rural community of Bismarck during WWII; German prisoners of war as farm laborers; family attitudes toward the war and the de-emphasis of their German heritage; rationing; victory celebrations; life on the homefront; war crimes trials; and family life and farming.

2 tapes, 155 mins., 45 pp. Interview by John Cockrell, 1981 OPEN See collateral file

Mildred Smith discusses the Joseph Smith Historic Center and restorations in Nauvoo, Illinois. Also mentions teaching in the early 20th century.

1 tape, 55 mins., 20 pp. Interview by Richard S. Welchans, 1974 OPEN See collateral file

STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Sanford Smith, owner of a riverboat freight business, discusses boats, trips, cargos, passengers, crews, and river lore of Indiana.

1 tape, 17 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

MOWEAQUA COAL MINE Smorado recalls Moweaqua, Illinois: family, childhood chores and games, father's work in the Moweaqua mine, the 1932 Christmas Eve mine disaster, and the following clean-up.

1 tape, 60 mins., 18 pp. Interview by Debbie Springer Horne, 1994 Donated by the Moweaqua Coal Mine Museum RESTRICTED: May be read, quoted or cited but cannot be reproduced.

Snell, railroad worker, discusses work and experiences on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad: wages and working conditions, the building of freight cars, air brakes, work as a laborer, laying tracks and cutting steel.

1 tape, 45 mins., 26 pp. Interview by Margaret Klusmeyer, 1974 OPEN

Snodgrass recalls prairie life in the late 19th and early 20th century; covered wagon trips, farming, home remedies, early childhood, education, and the move to and life in Pawnee, Illinois. Also mentions marriage, children, and roles of women.

1 tape, 90 mins., 24 pp. Interview by Joyce Reynolds, 1980 OPEN See collateral file

Soma discusses 20th century Springfield, Illinois: growing up, childhood games, chores, and diseases; schools; neighborhoods and streets; entertainment, businesses, and churches. She also discusses Petersburg, the Bates Experimental Road, WWI, and radio programs.

5 tapes, 450 mins. Interview by Dee Nelson, 1988-89 OPEN See collateral file

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

Howard Souther recalls prohibition, prices of beer and whiskey, gambling, and criminals in Springfield.

1 tape, 45 mins., 15 pp. Interview by Bradley E. Smith, 1972 OPEN See collateral file