ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY VanHooser, coal miner, discusses mining in the Taylorville area in central Illinois: mechanization in the mines, mine wars of the 1930's between the PMA and the UMW, and the impact of the mine wars on the community.

1 tape, 85 mins., 31 pp. Interview by Kevin Corley, 1986 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes and photocopies of photos, certificates and articles from the National Coal Museum.