Al Matysiak and Immigration to Milledgeville

Authors

Al Matysiak
Axel Hawkins, GCSU
Stephanie Opperman, GCSU (Project PI)

Files

Description

Axel Hawkins speaks with Al Matysiak about his family's immigration to Milledgeville, their connections to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and their relationship with the O'Connor family.

Listen to the podcast versions here:

YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ou2XcklemWY

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0t6OfFssHacOHmjPTvSHhJ?si=kgR-aOJcRKaNBkQFTPyLwg

Publication Date

2025

City

Milledgeville, GA

Keywords

Milledgeville, Oral History, NEH, Flannery O'Connor, Interview, Local History

Disciplines

Oral History

Comments

The oral history project, Flannery O'Connor and Milledgeville: Collecting the Past, was made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Democracy demands wisdom. For more about the project, visit: https://collectingthepastmilledgeville.wordpress.com/. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Recommended Citation

Matysiak, Al; Hawkins, Axel; and Opperman, Stephanie, "Al Matysiak and Immigration to Milledgeville" (2025). Collecting the Past. 26.
https://kb.gcsu.edu/collectingthepast/26