Novota, Steve Jr. (1916-1995): Interview and Memoir
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-N859
Scope and Contents
MOWEAQUA COAL MINE
Novota, immigrant from Austria-Hungary, recalls family, immigration, and living in Chicago. He discusses Moweaqua, Illinois, home life, neighborhoods, chores and games, early television and electrical work, WWII army service, his father during WWI in Europe, coal mining unions, his work in the Moweaqua mine and the 1932 Christmas Eve mine disaster.
2 tapes, 180 mins., 34 pp.
Interview by Debbie Springer Horne, 1994
Donated by the Moweaqua Coal Mine Museum
RESTRICTED: May be read, quoted or cited but cannot be reproduced.
Dates
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Creator
- Novota, Steve Jr. (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
RESTRICTED: May be read, quoted or cited but cannot be reproduced.
Extent
3.00 items
Language of Materials
English
Creator
- Novota, Steve Jr. (Person)
- Horne, Debbie Springer (Person)
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- Archon Finding Aid Title
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Repository Details
Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository
Contact:
Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
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Archives/Special Collections LIB 144
One University Plaza, MS BRK 140
Springfield IL 62703-5407 US
217-206-6520
archives@uis.libanswers.com