Delta Barber Masterson Coal Mining Oral History Collection Interviews 1989

This collection contains transcriptions and audio cassettes of interviews conducted by Delta Barber Masterson between 1979 and 1983 with retired southern Illinois coal miners and relatives of coal miners. The collection also includes photographs, clippings, and publications collected from those interviews. Other research materials obtained from local historical collections and libraries are also included. The primary focus of these interviews is Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois.