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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.
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YouTube: https://youtu.be/Ou2XcklemWY
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Publication Date
2025
City
Milledgeville, GA
Keywords
Milledgeville, Oral History, NEH, Flannery O'Connor, Interview, Local History
Disciplines
Oral History
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
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.