Browse Items (76 total)
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Betty Siemer Oral History Interview | This oral history interview with Betty Siemer was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. Born in the 1940s, Betty Siemer talks about growing up in Alton, IL and witnessing the transformation of a small rural town to a budding suburban environment. She describes not only her life but also the changes to the downtown business district, movie theatres, and her experience working in funeral homes throughout the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. |
October 16, 2001 | March 17, 2018 |
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Arthur Bedian Oral History Interview | This oral history interview with Arthur Bedian was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. Author Bedian lived his whole life in Lincoln Place and was born to an immigrant father from Armenia. In this interview, he talks about his father’s experience immigrating through Ellis Island, growing up in Lincoln Place, the community center, and his time and service in the Armenian Orthodox Church. There was no audio recording of this interview in the original archive, but there is a transcript and biographical summary. |
November 18, 2001 | September 2, 2018 |
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Annette Simpkins Oral History Interview | This oral history interview with Annette Simpkins was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. Annette Simpkins was born to Armenian immigrant parents and lived her whole life in Lincoln Place. In this interview, she describes her childhood, her parent's emigration from Armenia before the genocide, her father's job at American Steel, her employment at the Army Depot, the diversity of the Lincoln Place community, and her time at the local theater. |
November 26, 2001 | March 18, 2018 |
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Anne Kovach Oral History Interview | This oral history interview with Anne Kovach was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. Anne Kovach was born in Macedonia in 1907 and immigrated to the United States with her father as a young child and has lived in Lincoln Place for most of her life. In this interview, she talks about her father’s career as an American Steel employee and saloon owner, the grocery store she owned with her husband, the education of girls learning English as a second language, the sowing girls did for the war effort during World War II, the Bulgarian-Macedonian Ladies Aid Society, and the Cyril and Methody Bulgarian-Macedonian Church in Lincoln Place. |
October 29, 2001 | March 14, 2018 |
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Andrew Hagopian Oral History Interview | This oral history interview with Andrew Hagopian was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. Andrew Hagopian was born in 1923 to immigrant parents from Armenia. In this interview, he talks about his family history, his experience on the 1940 Granite City basketball state champion team, the diversity of the Lincon Place community, and his activism in lobbying the United States government to recognize the Armenian Genocide. |
November 21, 2001 | March 4, 2018 |
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Andreas Matoesian Oral History Interview | This oral history interview with Andreas Matoesian was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. Mr. Matoesian is a first-generation American. His father emigrated from Armenia in 1920 and settled in Lincoln Place Granite city. He related a story about his father’s experience coming through Ellis Island. His mother emigrated a little earlier and first lived in Davenport Iowa and then Lincoln Place after they were married. Mr. Matoesian was born in Lincoln Place in 1937 and lived there for 21 years. Mr. Matoesian is a Judge in Madison County Illinois. He worked his way through school as a barber in his father’s barbershop in Lincoln Place. Mr. Matoesian voiced memories about going to the community center in somewhat of a pre-school or day school setting during his pre-school years. He further related, during his grade school years that all of the teachers were very nice. He states that as an adult he found that they, the teachers, had been handpicked due to their sensitivity to the diverse ethnic group. Mr. Matoesian states that he feels that sports is the great levelizer. Being active in sports allowed people to break through other barriers. Mr. Matoesian states that he feels the exposure to multiple ethnic groups made him a more tolerant person, a person more accepting and appreciative of differences. Mr. Matoesian and I spoke briefly about the Armenian Genocide and his thoughts on the lack of publicity and acknowledgement of this horrific event. |
October 11, 2001 | March 15, 2018 |
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1940 Ticket for Evangelical Lecture in Granite City |
This ticket for an evangelical lecture belonged to Granite City resident Ernie J. Vaught. He attended the event at 7:30 p.m. on June 24, 1940 with his son William. The Big Tent was set up near 1800 Adams St. where Prairie Farms Dairy is now. The ticket for the event cost 35 cents. Charles Forbes Taylor (born 1899) was a traveling Baptist evangelist and author. Also featured on this card is Charles Taylor's brother, Laurie, who was also a minister, pianist, and composer. He often accompanied his brother Charles at evangelical events. This certificate was digitized by Kelli Killion as part of History 400: Community-Engaged Digital History. |
June 24, 1940 | September 15, 2018 |
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1927 to 1931 Journal of Lee Irving Niedringhaus | This journal was used by Lee Irving Niedringhaus Jr. from 1927 to 1931 while he was at a boarding school. He was the grandson of William F. Niedringhaus and grandnephew of Frederick Niedringhaus, the founders of Granite City and the National Enameling and Stamping Company. His was the son of Lee Irving Niedringhaus I and Helen Johnson Niedringhaus. | January 22, 1927 to December 16, 1931 | July 13, 2017 |
!["Granite High World" School Newspapers for the 1955-56 School Year](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/4e63d7c054b8e6639847def877e2ec69.jpg ""Granite High World" School Newspapers for the 1955-56 School Year") |
"Granite High World" School Newspapers for the 1955-56 School Year | This volume is a collection of the 14 editions of the Granite High World, the newspaper of Granite City High School, published in the 1955-56 school year. For yearbooks throughout the rest of the 20th and early 21st centuries, see Granite City Yearbooks published online by the Six Mile Regional Library. |
September 30, 1955 to May 29, 1956 | April 3, 2018 |
!["Granite High World" School Newspapers for the 1954-55 School Year](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/411055b5964c58766f0d039113033911.jpg ""Granite High World" School Newspapers for the 1954-55 School Year") |
"Granite High World" School Newspapers for the 1954-55 School Year | This volume is a collection of the 14 editions of the Granite High World, the newspaper of Granite City High School, published in the 1954-55 school year. For yearbooks throughout the rest of the 20th and early 21st centuries, see Granite City Yearbooks published online by the Six Mile Regional Library. |
September 25, 1954 to June 23, 1955 | March 27, 2018 |