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Boetta, Lester (1913-1994): Interview
Boetta discusses coal mining and union activities in Gillespie, Illinois; organization of PMA; union conflicts; women's auxiliary; local unions; contracts; Mulkeytown March; violence; John L. Lewis; strikes; Depression; and PMA convention.
1 tape, 90 mins.
Interview by Barbara Herndon and Nick Cherniavsky, 1974
OPEN
For collateral file see J9/5/24
See also B634 Boetta
Bone, Evan: Memoir
STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS
Bone discusses working on the Ohio River dam system from Pittsburgh to Cairo, technology and equipment used in dam construction, ice piers at Hockingport in 1904, the Fernbank Dam, and hazards.
11 pp.
Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957
OPEN: released by John Knoepfle
Bonefeste, Joe b. 1922: Interview and memoir
Bonefeste, member of the Springfield Municipal Band since 1951, discusses changes in the band since it was formed in the 30's, including the admittance of female band members, desegregation, band members, guest conductors and musicians, performances, music performed, and audiences.
1 microcassette, 60 mins., 17 pp.
Interview by John Headrick, 1988
OPEN
Borah, Gwen b. 1915: Interview
Borah, Canadian immigrant, discusses her early years in Canada and her family's move to Danville, Illinois: country schooling and high school, education at Eastern Illinois University and Syracuse University, and her teaching career.
4 microcassettes, 240 mins.
Interview by Sandy Spengler, 1991
OPEN : narrator reserves right to review edited transcript.
See collateral file: interviewer's notes and an unrevised transcript.
Boresi, John (1897-1983): Interview
Boresi, coal miner, discusses his early years in Italy, family, immigration to U.S., life in Toluca, Illinois, coal mining, wages, mules, the United Mine Workers, the Depression, and bias against Italians.
1 tape, 90 mins.
Interview by Nick Cherniavsky, 1976
OPEN
For collateral file see J9/5/24
Borgognoni, Frank P. (1924-1994): Interview and memoir
Borop, James (Reverend) b. 1919: Interview and memoir
Bowman, John b. 1934: Interview and memoir
Bowsher, Charles b. 1910: Interview
Bowsher discusses early 20th century life in Springfield, Illinois: his family, schools and jobs, neighborhoods, movie theaters, hospital and medical experiences, and life as a polio victim. He also discusses life in Chicago: home life, radio, schools, gangsters, prohibition, and the Depression. Also discusses Springfield coal mines, WWII, aging, and treatment of the elderly in nursing homes.
12 tapes, 700 mins.
Interview by Nancy Flood, 1975
OPEN
See collateral file
Bradford, Isabella (1898-1976): Interview and memoir
Bradford, former executive secretary of the Red Cross, recalls her service with the Red Cross, specifically during the WWII war effort: volunteer projects, war fund campaigns, blood drives, the Nurses Aide Corps, Dietician Corps, and the organization of the Sangamon County Red Cross.
1 tape, 45 mins., 11 pp.
Interview by JoAnne Wheeler, 1972
OPEN
See collateral file: interviewer's notes, Red Cross brochure and newsletter, Pleasant Plains School District newsletter.
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