Olin Wetzel Oral History

“Olin Wetzel Oral History,” Madison Historical, accessed April 20, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/2270.

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This oral history interview with Ellen Nore-Nordhouser is part of a collection of oral histories conducted as part of a research project related to the 50th Anniversary of SIUE between 2005 and 2008.

In his interview, Mr. Wetzel discusses his involvement in the establishment of SIUE. The interview contains information about the financing, local support, land development, rotary, and SIU Carbondale's involvement in the creation of the Edwardsville Campus. The interview demonstrates that the creation of the Edwardsville campus was a groundswell movement by members of the Edwardsville Rotary and Chamber of Commerce in an attempt to re-develop Edwardsville's industry after the boom of World War II development declined. Wetzel also discusses the growth of Edwardsville as a city and its changes over time, such as downtown re-development, housing development, and the construction of the YMCA in addition to the hiring and work of several regional architectural firms.

50th Anniversary of SIUE Oral History Collection

• Edwardsville
• SIUE

• Interviewer: Nore-Nordhauser, Ellen
• Transcriber: Farlow, Claire
• Auditor: Mason, Shannan

April 20, 2006

English

• Oral History

• mp3
• pdf

• 00:40:19

Nore-Nordhauser, Ellen

Wetzel, Olin

Edwardsville, Illinois

94kpbs

• Edwardsville, Illinois
• 1940s - 2000s

• Wetzel_Olin_O_001_Access.mp3
  Wetzel_Olin_O_001_Audit.pdf