Theresa and Ronald Petras Oral History Interview

education, Granite City, Hungarian, immigration, Lincoln Place

Petras, Theresa and Ronald, “Theresa and Ronald Petras Oral History Interview,” Madison Historical, accessed April 18, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/870.

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This oral history interview with Theresa and Ronald Petras was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History.

She recalled several childhood memories of life in Lincoln Place (e.g., taking a bath in a barrel, changing the way she wore her long underwear on the way to school), as well as some of the business people who traveled around the community (e.g., the rag man, the vegetable and fruit vendor, and the Iceman) and regular visits to her cousins' house. She also described several holiday traditions, particularly Easter.

• Louisa H. Bowen University Archives and Special Collections

Fall 2001 Granite City Oral History Interviews

• Lincoln Place
• Granite City

Petras, Theresa and Ronald

October 25, 2001

• Granite City
• Lincoln Place

English

• Oral History

• mp3
• pdf

• 01:38:49

Malvin, Nancy Byrkit

Petras, Theresa A. Vivod and Petras, Ronald

Lincoln Place, Granite City, Illinois

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• Lincoln Place
• Granite City, Illinois

• Petras_Theresa_Ronald-0-001
• Original archive accession number: A02:43