Britz, Dorothy Steele - Interview and Memoir, #1 and #2
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- Created Date
- 1980
- Description
Britz, daughter of a coal miner, recalls living conditions and family life during the period 1920 through WWII. She describes life growing up in Riverton near the Sangamon River, year-round activities on the river, learning to respect the dangers of the river, her family's first car, housework, and recreation. She also discusses coping during the Depression, towns along the river, coal miners and the Progressive Miners of America in the 1930's, t...
- Creator
Britz, Dorothy Steele (1914-1997)
- Contributing Institution
- University of Illinois at Springfield
- Subjects
- Coal Mines and Mining
Depression, 1929
Floods--Sangamon River
Progressive Miners of America (PMA)
Progressive Miners of America (PMA)--Women's Auxiliary
Riverton (Ill.)
Sangamon River
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945--Homefront - Language
- English
- Rights
- © Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. For permission to reproduce, distribute, or otherwise use this material, please contact: Archives/Special Collections, University of Illinois at Springfield, One University Plaza, MS BRK 140, Springfield IL 62703-5407. Phone: (217) 206-6520. http://library.uis.edu/archives/index.html
- Chicago citation style
- Britz, Dorothy Steele (1914-1997). Britz, Dorothy Steele - Interview and Memoir, #1 and #2. 1980. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1107. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- Britz, Dorothy Steele (1914-1997), (1980) Britz, Dorothy Steele - Interview and Memoir, #1 and #2. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1107
- MLA citation style
- Britz, Dorothy Steele (1914-1997). Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/uis/id/1107>.