Jack Vizer Oral History Interview

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Citation

Vizer, Jack, “Jack Vizer Oral History Interview,” Madison Historical, accessed April 27, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/880.

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Description

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

Jack E. Vize was born on October 3, 1928, to Hungarian immigrant parents and has been a lifelong resident of the Lincoln Place neighborhood. In this interview he talks about his childhood, working with his father at the Commonwealth Plant, his time in the Korean War, working for the U.S. Corp of Engineers, and his involvement with the Boy Scouts.

Source

Louisa H. Bowen University Archives and Special Collections

In Collection

Fall 2001 Granite City Oral History Interviews

Subjects

Lincoln Place
Granite City

Creator

Vizer, Jack

Date

October 29, 2001

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Language

English

Type

Oral History

Format

Duration

01:23:50

Interviewer

Olliges, Rance

Interviewee