Great River Road, 2016

Browse Collections (28 total)

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Vambaketes Oral History Follow up Interview.pdf December 4, 2020
Witt-Eva-D-001.jpg These artifacts were brought by students to be scanned as part of a three-day lesson offered by Madison Historical on February 5, 6, and 13, 2020 at Liberty Middle School in Edwardsville. The lesson was given five class periods of students in an American history class taught by Rachel Harris. March 4, 2020
MHM-P-0014.jpg This collection contains photographs and documents related to the mining history of Maryville, most of them related to the Donk Bros. Mining Company. The items were digitized at the Maryville Heritage Museum and copies were donated to Madison Historical. November 13, 2019
CHM-D-0002.pdf This collection contains photographs, scorebooks, and a handbill of the Inter-City Baseball League in the Metro-East. These items primarily relate to the Collinsville team: the Collinsville Indians. The photographs were digitized at the Collinsville Historical Museum and copies were donated to Madison Historical,. October 2, 2019
SPAlbum_001.jpg This collection contains books telling the history of St. Paul Lutheran Church, located in Hamel, Illinois. July 10, 2019
https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/bulk/Singleton-Toby-P-0001.jpg These artifacts were brought by students to be scanned as part of a three-day lesson offered by Madison Historical on April 12, 15, and 22, 2019 at Civic Memorial High School. The lesson was given to students in a junior American history class taught by Suze Gibson. May 21, 2019
CHM-P-0118.jpg This collection contains photographs of employees and facilities of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Company, located in Collinsville. The photographs were digitized at the Collinsville Historical Museum and copies were donated to Madison Historical,. March 21, 2019
Mudge-Steve-D-0021.pdf This collection of letters were sent to and from E. W. Mudge prior to and during the American Civil War. Mudge served in the Confederate army during the war, while one his brothers served in the Union army. March 11, 2019
Mudge-Steve-P-034-A.jpg This collection contains photographs and documents related to the history of the Mudge family, loaned to Madison Historical to be scanned by local attorney Steve Mudge. March 4, 2019
https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/bulk/SH-P-0019.jpg This collection of digital photos show the renovation of the Benjamin Stephenson House in Edwardsville. In 1999, the City of Edwardsville bought the home from the SIUE chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. The fraternity had owned the home since 1982. The house was subsequently restored to how it was in 1820 as a living history museum. The photos were given to us by RoxAnn Raisner, Director of the Stephenson House. October 17, 2018