Bertha Craig discusses life and in Petersburg, Illinois during the early and mid 20th century. She recalls growing up as an illegitimate and interracial child, her family, racial discrimination, African-Americans, poor whites, and work as a housekeeper; marriage, family planning, and children; WWI and black soldiers; the 1918 influenza epidemic; 1920's and the Depression; homemade foods; the Sangamon River and Lake Springfield; WWII; and trips to Springfield. She also discusses her family and the people of Petersburg at length.

5 tapes, 540 mins., 2 vols., 123 pp. Interview by Judith Haynes, 1981 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes and articles on the Craig family in Petersburg.