Knoepfle, poet and professor of English at Sangamon State University, discusses events and ideas which have influenced his life, writing, and teaching. He recalls his family background, Swiss-Irish parentage, education, childhood memories of the Ohio River and riverboats, and religious schooling. He also discusses naval service at Iwo Jima during WWII, family members and their influence on his life, various jobs he has held, producing a documentary on Ohio riverboats, teaching experiences, impressions of Sangamon State University, and the writing he has produced.

5 tapes, 340 mins., 81 pp. Interview by Margie Towery, 1986 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, article on Knoepfle, and list of published works. NOTE: See also: Steamboats and Inland Rivers Project See also "Teacher to Teacher, Poet to Poet" DVD in the Alumni Oral History Collection. This is an interview between Knoepfle and Nancy Perkins in 2008.