ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY Morris, coal miner, discusses experiences as a miner and state mining inspector; origin of the Progressive Miners of America his service as vice-president of the local union; Christmas disaster at Orient #2 at West Frankfort in 1951; and gangster activities during the 1930's.

2 tapes, 120 mins., 60 pp. Interview by Kevin Corley, 1985 OPEN See collateral file: photocopy of book Our Christmas Disaster by C. Edwin Hair