Kopp, lifelong resident of Athens, Illinois, discusses local history and early 20th century life: family activities, her education, children's activities, housework, food, diseases, businesses in Athens, changing technology, church activities, her teaching career, and marriage. Also mentions the Long Nine Museum Building, Abraham Lincoln's association with Athens, WWI, WWII, the Depression, and coal mining near Athens.

2 tapes, 135 mins., 45 pp. Interview by Elizabeth Canterbury, 1973 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photograph of Kopp, a history of Athens written by Kopp's civics class, and "The Story of the Long Nine."