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Mantowich, Larry (1911-1994): Interview

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: O-M319.2*
Scope and Contents

Mantowich recalls coal mining experiences in Sangamon County, Illinois: mine ventilation and fire fighting, strip mining, pit committees, mechanization, union conflicts, conflicts with management, organization of the Progressive Miners and their meetings, strikes, violence, March to Mulkeytown, trial of accused bombers, black lung disease, and bootlegging.

4 tapes, 315 mins. Interview by Barbara Herndon, 1975 OPEN For collateral file see J9/5/24 See also M319 Mantowich

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Mantowich, Larry (1911-1994): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-M319
Scope and Contents COAL MINING AND UNION ACTIVITIES PROJECT Mantowich, coal miner, recalls mining conditions before mechanization, mining methods and practices, and miner-company relations. Also discusses prohibition and the Depression, the Ku Klux Klan, family life, boyhood recreation and experiences, the Lithuanian community in Springfield, work at the Ordnance Plant in Illiopolis and Concordia Seminary. 10 tapes, 830 mins., 3 vols., 381 pp. Interview by Barbara Herndon, 1974 OPEN See...
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Marr, George (1902-1993): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-M348
Scope and Contents

BATES EXPERIMENTAL ROAD PROJECT Marr, farmer, recalls farming and rural life in Illinois. Also recalls work on the Bates Experimental Road near New Berlin.

1 tape, 90 mins., 25 pp. Interview by Jane E. Kepler, 1975 OPEN See collateral file

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Marsh, Jeremiah (1933-2004): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-M351
Scope and Contents ILLINOIS STATECRAFT Marsh, attorney, recalls his experiences as Special Counsel to Illinois Governor Richard B. Ogilvie (1969-1973). He recounts activities as a chief advisor and trouble-shooter for Ogilvie, dealing with matters such as the institution of a state income tax, fiscal reforms, the 1970 Constitutional Convention, the governor's legislative efforts, transportation projects, and Ogilvie's failed re-election campaign against Dan Walker. He also recalls attending law school at...
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Marshall, Curtis b. 1883: Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-M354
Scope and Contents

STEAMBOATS AND INLAND RIVERS Marshall discusses boats, whistles, smokestacks, floods, packet lines, his family, and stories about Ohio's rivers.

1 tape, 15 pp. Interview by John Knoepfle, 1957 OPEN: released by John Knoepfle

Dates: Other: Dummy Date

Martin, Alice (1889-1975): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-M363
Scope and Contents

BLACK COMMUNITY PROJECT Alice Martin recalls rural Illinois life in the early 20th century: growing up near Rochester; Springfield race riot of 1908; racial discrimination, prejudices, and segregation; her involvement in women's organizations; and her travels.

2 tapes, 180 mins., 55 pp. Interview by Reverend Negil L. McPherson, 1974 OPEN See collateral file

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Martin, Jack E. b. 1884: Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-M364
Scope and Contents

Jack E. Martin, mechanic, discusses life in the Springfield area in the early 20th century: farming, chauffeuring, Depression, being one of the first African Americans to own and operate a garage, working as a mechanic for the state, race relations, neighbors and recreational activities.

3 tapes, 217 mins., 38 pp. Interview by Jan Smith, 1974 OPEN See collateral file

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Martin, Sandra: Interview and Memoir

 Collection
Identifier: O-M365
Scope and Contents Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project Martin remembers arriving at Sangamon State University in the early 1970s in a Volkswagen van. She could see little bit of campus with no permanent buildings and a lot of cornfields. Martin discusses her experience at Sangamon State as a “wife of” a faculty member and later when she became an educator with the Learning Center for students. See also D2/1/3 Alumni SAGE Society Legacy Oral History Project.Digital audio file, 65...
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Massaro, Anthony (1910-1985): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tapes et al
Identifier: O-M382
Scope and Contents Massaro, electrical engineer, discusses immigration from Italy, his father's work in the coal mines, and life in Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Chicago. He discusses life in Springfield: high school, working in the coal mines, the mine wars, Depression, Prohibition, and bootlegging; education at Springfield Junior College and the School of Mines at Rolla, Missouri; employment in engineering department at Emerson Electric, assayer for Utah Copper Company, at Allis Chalmers, and at...
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Masters, Mary Jane Roach #1 (1909-2002): Interview and memoir

 Collection — Container: Tape et al
Identifier: O-M393.1
Scope and Contents ADLAI E. STEVENSON II Masters discusses Adlai Stevenson II: his problems and achievements, the 1952 and 1956 campaigns, and social and political life at the Governor's Mansion. Also discusses her interest and involvement in the League of Women Voters and Democratic affairs. 1 tape, 79 mins., 26 pp. Interview by Stephen Bean, 1975 OPEN See collateral file: interviewer's notes, photographs, and articles about Stevenson volunteers, governor's mansion, and his presidential...
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