ILLINOIS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM Clabaugh, member of the Illinois House of Representatives 1939-75, discusses his years in the Illinois General Assembly: transportation, agriculture, education, conservation, civil rights, and WWII legislation; the 1970 Constitutional Convention; School Problems Commission; judicial reform; women in the legislature; and politics. He also discusses his years before the General Assembly: farm life in Coles County, Illinois; teaching; and early political activities. He also discusses retirement, travels, and duties as minority leader.

23 tapes, 1157 mins., 2 vols., 316 pp., plus index Interview by Horace Q. Waggoner, 1980 OPEN See collateral file