Schuppe discusses Illinois life during the 20th century: his experiences as a UPI reporter in the 1930's; work as executive secretary to Lieutenant Governor John Stelle in 1937; public relations work for the National Guard, 1941-56; public information supervisor of Illinois Division of Highways 1956-72; work organizing Governor William Stratton's campaign in 1956; impressions of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry Truman; mining conditions and John L. Lewis; memories of Charles Lindbergh; and prohibition and the Depression in Springfield.

3 tapes, 157 mins., 49 pp. Interview by Emily Drabanski, 1974-75 RESTRICTED: Transcript open. Tape restricted, may not be cited or quoted. See collateral file