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Boetta, Lester (1913-1994): Interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B634.2*
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Bone, Evan: Memoir

 Collection — Container: Folder
Identifier: O-B640
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Bonefeste, Joe b. 1922: Interview and memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B641
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Borah, Gwen b. 1915: Interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B642*
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Boresi, John (1897-1983): Interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B643*
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Borgognoni, Frank P. (1924-1994): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B644
Scope and Contents ILLINOIS COAL: THE LEGACY OF AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY Borgognoni, coal miner, discusses his family history and emigra-tion from Italy, violence between the United Mine Workers and the Progressive Miners of America during the 1930's, tactics employed by the coal companies and the unions, hazardous working conditions in the mines, mechanization, cooperation among neighbors, mining communities in Christian County, and the varied ethnic and religious backgrounds of miners. He also discusses the...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Borop, James (Reverend) b. 1919: Interview and memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B645
Scope and Contents Borop, a retired captain in the United States Navy, discusses family and childhood in rural Illinois, Depression years, education at Eureka College, and his Naval Acade-my training. He discusses service during WWII maintaining the blockade at Panama; service on the U.S.S. Milwaukee and the U.S.S. Marblehead; his eyewitness experience of the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests, and the effects of the explosion on the men, ships, and animals present. He also discusses his experiences working at a ship...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Bowman, John b. 1934: Interview and memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B684
Scope and Contents Bowman, professor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and faculty advisor for the Students for a Demo-cratic Society (SDS) from 1965 to 1970, recalls student activism on campus: student leaders, riots and demonstrations; the response of faculty, administration, and police to the unrest; seizure of the administrative building; the National Guard; and consequences of the students actions. He also discusses racial relations between students and between students and the administration,...
Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Bowsher, Charles b. 1910: Interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B687*
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Bradford, Isabella (1898-1976): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-B727
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: Created: 1972

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