Tomea Kirchoff Oral History Interview

Armenian, Armenian Orthodox Church, Ellis Island., Granite City, Lincoln Place, Macedonian-Bulgarian Ladies Aid Society

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

Tomea Loman Kirchoff speaks about her childhood, particularly her education, learning English, and her father’s employment at American Steel in Granite City. She discusses the Community Center as well as the Bulgarian-Macedonian Church located in Lincoln Place, as well as other aspects of Macedonian culture that she had experience with. Mrs. Kirchoff additionally speaks to World War II and contributions that women in Lincoln Place made to the war effort.

• Louisa H. Bowen University Archives and Special Collections

Fall 2001 Granite City Oral History Interviews

• Lincoln Place
• Granite City

Kirchoff, Tomea

October 29, 2001

• Granite City
• Lincoln Place

English

• Oral History

• mp3
• pdf

• 00:44:22

Schmitz, Lindsay

Kirchoff, Tomea Loman

Lincoln Place, Granite City, Illinois

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• Lincoln Place
• Granite City, Illinois

• Kirchoff_Tomea_O_001
• Original archive accession number: A02:43