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Tirpak, Joseph b. 1922: Interview and Memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-T518

Scope and Contents

MOWEAQUA COAL MINE Tirpak recalls Moweaqua, Illinois: family, childhood games and chores, government relief during the Depression, father and brother's work in the Moweaqua mine, and the effects of the 1932 Christmas Eve mine disaster.

1 tape, 60 mins., 22 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.

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Conditions Governing Access

RESTRICTED: May be read, quoted or cited but cannot be reproduced.

Extent

2.00 items

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

Part of the UIS Archives/Special Collections Repository

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