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Nevart Hagopian Oral History Interview This oral history interview with Nevart Hagopian was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History.

Nevart Hagopian is a survivor of the Armenian genocide who left Armenia with her mother at the age of 12 in 1920 and migrated to the Lincoln Place neighborhood of Granite City. In the interview, she discusses the Armenian community and culture in Lincoln Place.

Hagopian primarily speaks in Armenian in the interview, with Vartan Kassabian serving as a translator. Father Kassabian was a priest for St. Gregory Armenian Church in Granite City.

Note: The original archive copies of the interview transcript and biographical summary had grading marks and corrections on them. We converted the transcript and biographical summary to editable text and made the corrections to remove grading marks.
November 18, 2001 May 5, 2020
New Lincoln School Building This photograph shows the second Lincoln School building, which was constructed in 1911. The Lincoln School was a public school for African Americans in Edwardsville. The school closed in 1950 due to the desegregation of the Edwardsville school system, and was renovated in 1952 as a Kindergarten through 6th grade school. The school closed permanently in 1972. Today, the building is home to the Mannie Jackson Center for the Humanities. After 1911 October 6, 2016
Newspaper Clipping of a timeline for Owens-Illinois Glass A clipping from an unknown newspaper includes a timeline for Owens-Illinois Glass.

Dates included:
June 25, 1929
September 28, 1929
October 10, 1929
December 5, 1929
December 31, 1929
January 15, 1930
May 3, 1930
November 4, 1930
July 3, 1931
October 15, 1931
October 15, 1931
March 21, 1932
June 8, 1932
May 15, 1933
June 14, 1933
March 7, 1933
July 22, 1933
February 19, 1934
February 21, 1934
May 25, 1934
October 9, 1934
January 23, 1935
February 21, 1935
July 22, 1935
August 22, 1935
August 23, 1935
January 15, 1936
January 21, 1936
December 15, 1937
June 25, 1929 to February 15, 1937 November 15, 2016
Newspaper Clippings from the Altonian Newspaper about Owens-Illinois Glass Newspaper Clippings from the Altonian Newspaper about Owens-Illinois Glass February 6, 1976 November 15, 2016
Nickel Plate Station Railroad employee stands outside with two women and a baby outside of the Nickel Plate Station in Glen Carbon Unknown December 8, 2016
Nickel Plate Warehouse and Section Foreman’s house Nickel Plate Warehouse and Section Foreman’s house taken in 1909 at Peter Station. The road in the foreground that ran between warehouse and station. This road became Route 157 in the 1930’s. 1909 December 8, 2016
Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. 1968 September 13, 2017
Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. 1968 September 28, 2017
Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. 1968 September 28, 2017
Nike Site SL-10 in Marine, Illinois in 1968 This photograph shows the Nike Site SL-10 in Marine in 1968. 1968 September 28, 2017