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Mantowich, Larry (1911-1994): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-M319

Scope and Contents

COAL MINING AND UNION ACTIVITIES PROJECT Mantowich, coal miner, recalls mining conditions before mechanization, mining methods and practices, and miner-company relations. Also discusses prohibition and the Depression, the Ku Klux Klan, family life, boyhood recreation and experiences, the Lithuanian community in Springfield, work at the Ordnance Plant in Illiopolis and Concordia Seminary.

10 tapes, 830 mins., 3 vols., 381 pp. Interview by Barbara Herndon, 1974 OPEN See collateral file

See also M319.2*

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Extent

12.00 items

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

Interview and Memoir in Illinois Digital Archives.

http://www.idaillinois.org/u?/uis,3037

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Repository Details

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