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Order from Major General E.R.L. Canby for Elliot Mudge	This is an order from Major General E.R.L. Canby permitting Elliot L. Mudge to return to his home without being taken by U.S. authorities. It is presumed that Mudge's middle initial was written as "L" in error.	May 12, 1865	April 5, 2019
Olin Wetzel Oral History	This oral history interview with Ellen Nore-Nordhouser is part of a collection of oral histories conducted as part of a research project related to the 50th Anniversary of SIUE between 2005 and 2008. In his interview, Mr. Wetzel discusses his involvement in the establishment of SIUE. The interview contains information about the financing, local support, land development, rotary, and SIU Carbondale's involvement in the creation of the Edwardsville Campus. The interview demonstrates that the creation of the Edwardsville campus was a groundswell movement by members of the Edwardsville Rotary and Chamber of Commerce in an attempt to re-develop Edwardsville's industry after the boom of World War II development declined. Wetzel also discusses the growth of Edwardsville as a city and its changes over time, such as downtown re-development, housing development, and the construction of the YMCA in addition to the hiring and work of several regional architectural firms.	April 20, 2006	February 20, 2021
Old tower building	Old tower building	Unknown	December 8, 2016
Old North Loading Terminal Photograph	This is a black and white photograph of the "Old North Loading Terminal" according to a handwritten label on the back of the image.	Unknown	October 25, 2018
Old Lincoln School Building	This photograph shows the original Lincoln School prior to the construction of the new building in 1911.	1877 to 1911	October 10, 2016
Old Box Phone	This wall-mounted wooden box telephone was a staple in the household in the early 20th century. One would speak into a funnel that protruded from the front of the box and would listen through a funnel that would have been brought up to the ear. When a phone call was directed to this phone, a mechanism inside the box would ring the two bells placed on the box In the telephone pictured, the bells are mouned on the front. Telephones like this often included a space for a paper record of phone numbers that one might find useful, such as the phone numbers of different services or family and friends. A paper such as this is included with the pictured telephone. This telephone and list of phone numbers were digitized as a part of Madison Historical's class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020.	Early 1900	March 4, 2020
Oil Tank at the Standard Oil Refinery in Wood River	This circa 1970s color photograph shows a Standard Oil Tank from street view with a car and white fence in foreground. The Standard Oil logo is displayed in full color on the side of the tank, with the text "Standard Oil Division of American Oil Company Wood River Refinery." The company was later simply known as Amoco, for American Oil Company.	Circa 1970s	October 15, 2018
Office Employees of the Owens-Illinois Glass Company	Office employees of Owens-Illinois Glass, with 9 men and 6 women. First from the left in the first row is company co-founder Edward Levis, and third from the left is Geo. McClellon Levis.	Unknown	November 15, 2016
October 30, 1942 Regional Sunday School Conference of the Assemblies of God	This photograph was taken on October 30, 1942 at the Regional Sunday School Conference of the Assemblies of God churches located in or around Wood River, Illinois. The conference was hosted at First Assembly of God in Wood River, which was built in 1923 and located at 78 E Jennings Avenue in Wood River, Illinois.	1942	August 4, 2017
October 2017 Issue of "100 Years at the Wood River Refinery"	This newsletter, originally distributed by email, is part of a series of newsletters released by the Wood River Refinery History Museum on the refinery's centennial.	October 2017	November 14, 2017