Shade, former mayor of Pekin, Illinois and member of the Illinois House of Representatives, discusses Pekin during the 20th century: local newspapers, the real estate business with his father, education in Pekin, and his early political career as assistant supervisor of Tazewell County and mayor of Pekin, 1939-54.

2 tapes, 145 mins., 52 pp. Interview by Cullom Davis, 1980 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photocopies of photographs and articles, and photos.