Norma Mendoza Oral History Interview

Armenian, food, Granite City, immigration, Lincoln Place, Mexican Honorary Commission, Mexico

Mendoza, Norma, “Norma Mendoza Oral History Interview,” Madison Historical, accessed April 27, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/861.

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

Norma Mendoza moved to Lincoln Place after she got married in 1960 and lived there until 1966. In this interview, she describes her experience working with the Mexican Honorary Commission, the diversity of the community, food and entertainment within the community, arranged marriages, different aspects of her career, and the local army depot.

• Louisa H. Bowen University Archives and Special Collections

Fall 2001 Granite City Oral History Interviews

• Lincoln Place
• Granite City

Mendoza, Norma

November 28, 2001

• Granite City
• Lincoln Place

English

• Oral History

• mp3
• pdf

• 00:38:00

Schmitz, Lindsay

Mendoza, Norma

Lincoln Place, Granite City, Illinois

251 kbit/s

• Lincoln Place
• Granite City, Illinois

• Mendoza_Norma_O_001
• Original archive accession number: A02:43