Scope and Contents ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY Dixon, coal miner, discusses mechanization and other changes in coal mining; working conditions in Peabody mines at West Frankfort and Taylorville; trouble between the PMA and UMW; management and labor relations during the 1930's and 40's; and his service as a pit union committeeman. 1 tape, 89 mins., 22 pp. Interview by Kevin Corley, 1986 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, copy of the 1946 UMW By-laws, 1947...