Luis Ybarra Oral History Interview

Granite City, immigration, Lincoln Place, Madison County Highway department, Mexico

Ybarra, Luis, “Luis Ybarra Oral History Interview,” Madison Historical, accessed April 24, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/883.

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

Luis Ybarra was born May 6, 1957. He talks about his lifelong residency in the Lincoln Place neighborhood. Born in 1957 to Mexican immigrants, Luis worked for the Madison County Highway Department and was a member of the Mexican Honorary Commission. Among many other topics, Luis talks about his personal history, life, and times in Madison County.

• Louisa H. Bowen University Archives and Special Collections

Fall 2001 Granite City Oral History Interviews

• Lincoln Place
• Granite City

Ybarra, Luis

November 3, 2001

• Granite City
• Lincoln Place

English

• Oral History

• mp3
• pdf

• 01:09:14

Treutler, Benjamin

Ybarra, Luis

Lincoln Place, Granite City, Illinois

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• Lincoln Place
• Granite City, Illinois

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