Bringer, retired Illinois Bell Telephone employee, discusses experiences with Illinois Bell, his education and early employment, improvements in telephone technology, his work teaching safety courses, and working in Cairo during a flood. He also discusses his childhood in the early 1900's, family history, his marriage and raising a family, effects of the Depression, work during WWII and life on the home front. Other topics include his vacations along the East Coast, resorts in Havana, Illinois, and anecdotes from his travels through England, Ireland, and Scotland. References are made to Bringer's work on the "Manhattan Project" during WWII, attending the Chicago's World Fair in the 1930's, and meeting Sally Rand.

6 tapes, 360 mins., 83 pp. Interview by Alison A. Coffey, 1983 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photocopied pictures, newspaper articles regarding Bringer's retirement, correspondence regarding Safety Demonstration Board, and a telephone company safety brochure.