Browse Collections (28 total)
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"Granite High World" School Newspapers | These 18 volumes contain editions of The Granite High World, the student newspaper for Granite City High School. The publications span from the 1935-36 school year to the 1955-56 school year. During these years, Granite City High School did not publish a yearbook, instead, senior photos were printed in the newspaper. For yearbooks throughout the rest of the 20th and early 21st centuries, see Granite City Yearbooks published online by the Six Mile Regional Library. |
1935 - 1956 | September 26, 2017 |
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100 Years at the Wood River Refinery Newsletter | These newsletters, originally distributed by email, were released by the Wood River Refinery History Museum on the refinery's centennial. | 2017 | May 3, 2017 |
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1917 - 1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery | This collection of photos were printed from glass plate negatives shot from 1917-1918, during the construction of the Wood River Refinery. The negatives were recovered from some files located in the main office around 1945 by Cliff Davidson. The glass plate negatives were made into photographs by the Illinois State Historical Library. There were loaned to us by the Wood River Oil Refinery History Museum to be digitized. | 1917 - 1918 | October 25, 2017 |
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2018 Civic Memorial High School Class Visit | These artifacts were brought by students to be scanned as part of a three-day lesson offered by Madison Historical on April 20, 23, and 24, 2018 at Civic Memorial High School. The lesson was given to students in a junior American history class taught by Suze Gibson. Students also conducted four oral histories. | August 9, 2018 | |
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2019 Civic Memorial High School Class Visit | 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 | |
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2020 Liberty Middle School Class Visit | 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 | |
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50th Anniversary of SIUE Oral History Collection | December 4, 2020 | ||
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Censuses of Madison County | This collection includes sections taken from federal censuses that show the population, agriculture, education, industry, and other statistics of Madison County. | 1820 - 1840 | July 13, 2017 |
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Collinsville Historical Museum Photograph Collection | These photographs of various events and people in Collinsville history were loaned to us to digitize by the Collinsville Historical Museum. | Circa 1890 - 1975 | April 21, 2017 |
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Edwardsville High School | This collection includes various materials from Edwardsville High School's history, including photos of student athletic teams, theater production programs, student publications, and other documents. They were donated by Edwardsville High School to be digitized. | September 18, 2018 |