Voices of America

The Voices of America history book series feature moving first-person accounts gleaned from oral history interviews.Learn about life on a Minnesota farm, in a Chicago firehouse, or on the reservations of the Tahlequah and Cherokee Nation. Visit San Antonio in the 1920s or discover how Italian-Americans contributed to World War II. From stories of pioneer women to African-American communities on plantations, this series of history books brings our towns, cities, and communities to life.
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An Oral History of African Americans in Grant County
An Oral History of African Americans in Grant County
German Settlers of South Bend
German Settlers of South Bend

An Oral History of African Americans in Grant County

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The honesty of the voices within this illuminating oral history will draw you into the Grant County of yesteryear, and leave you feeling as if you were really there.

""There's a story that goes like this . . ."" So begins Delores Betts, one of the dozens of people whose memories and recollections of African-American life in Grant County over the past century and a half are preserved within what may well be the most intriguing and inspiring history you will ever read. We invite you to join Barbara Stevenson and the dozens of others in this delightful journey back in time. It is an experience that we promise you will never forget.

An Oral History of African Americans in Grant County

German Settlers of South Bend

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The story of the first German immigrants to northern Indiana is the story of the beginnings of South Bend. The predominant immigrant group from the 1840s to the 1870s, the Germans helped build South Bend from an isolated trading post into a thriving industrial city. They also played a key role in transforming the surrounding wilderness into rich and fertile farmland.

Using first-hand personal accounts and public documents, German Settlers of South Bend illustrates the lives of these pioneer immigrants and their growing city. The material has been collected from a large number of sources on both sides of the Atlantic, including more than 200 German letters from the 1840s to the 1870s that provide glimpses into the day-to-day lives of these early settlers and their families back in Germany. Descendants of immigrants from all over the United States and Germany have come forward with genealogies, stories, and pictures, providing a far-reaching portrait of the times.

German Settlers of South Bend