Title: Oral History Interviews with Selma Karcher
Inclusive Dates: 1982-1983

Creator:

• Karcher, Selma

Call Number: Tape 1071A

Quantity: 7 tape recordings

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

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Abstract:

Interviews, 1982-1983, conducted by John Karcher with his grandmother Selma, age 93, in Walworth County, Wisconsin. They discuss her pre-World War I youth in the Lorraine province of Germany, war and post-war experiences after Lorraine became part of France, immigration to the U.S. in the 1920's, the great Depression, World War II memories, a trip back to Wolfskirchen in the late 1940's, and family and general information.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-tape01071a

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Acquisition Information

Presented by John Karcher, Delavan, Wis., 1984.

No.   1	General Scope and Content Note: Side A only. General, all inclusive, covering youth up until the Great Depression in the USA.
No.   2	1939 to the mid-1940's Scope and Content Note: Side A only. 1939 to the mid-1940's. Barn burning. Experience during World War II. (Not in sequential order.)
No.   3	Early family life Scope and Content Note: Early family life in Wolfkirchen, Lorraine, Germany, in the early 20th century, before World War I. Also, World War I in Wolfskirchen.
No.   4	World War I experiences Scope and Content Note: World War I experiences as an approximately 18-20-year-old German ethnic in Lorraine. Post-war experience in Lorraine as a German ethnic in what became part of France. Immigration to USA.
No.   5	Immigration to USA Scope and Content Note: Immigration to USA in 1920's. The beginnings of the Great Depression in the USA.
No.   6	Great Depression Scope and Content Note: Great Depression in the USA, continued. Pre-World War II. World War II. Post-World War II, including a trip back to Wolfskirchen in the late 1940's.
No.   7	Family and general information