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	Memorials in the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 after Mine Subsidence	This photograph shows memorials in the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002. They are dedicated to the memory of numerous individuals, presumably late residents of the nursing home. The building was torn down a few years after the photo was taken.	December 20, 2002	August 13, 2018
	Memorandum on Illinois School District Organization from the Superintendent of Public Instruction	This 1968 memorandum was sent from the Superintendent of Public Instruction to county superintendents and school administrators in Illinois. It discusses the creation of the Department of School District Organization. It further expresses the ability for school districts to consolidate based on county resident popular vote. It speaks to the amount of state aid that funds consolidated schools and discusses the importance of working together to maintain the integrity of education.	March 4, 1968	February 28, 2017
	Memo and List of Schools in Madison County in 1907	This memo highlights a request from a resident of Highland Illinois to gain more information about what schools were in the area in 1907. The typed page is the response from the school district.	July 27, 1970	February 28, 2017
	Members of the Italian-American Alpina Dogali Society with their families in Collinsville	This is is a photograph of members of the Alpina Dogali Society, an organization for Italian Americans. Men, women, and children are seated in the photo, with the men wearing sashes and ribbons.	Circa 1900 - 1910	September 17, 2017
	Members of the Italian-American Alpina Dogali Society in Collinsville	This is is a photograph of members of the Alpina Dogali Society, an organization for Italian Americans. The men are wearing sashes and ribbons.	Circa 1900 - 1910	September 17, 2017
	Members of the Italian-American Alpina Dogali Society in Collinsville	This photograph shows members of Alpina Dogali Society, an organization for Italian Americans. The group is holding up two flags: an American and Italian flag. The men are wearing ribbons, with many of them holding bottles, and some are drinking them. The back of the photo describes it as a Catholic organization.	Circa 1900 - 1910	September 17, 2017
	Meeting of the Merchants/Farmers Club in Collinsville	This photograph shows a meeting of the Merchants/Farmers Club in Collinsville.	Unknown	September 15, 2017
	Mayme Pazzini by tower house "Oh My I Say High"	Mayme Pazzini by tower house "Oh My I Say High"	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	May 21, 2000 issue of The Telegraph, with "Verdict Rocks Shell" Headline	This May 21, 2000 issue of The Telegraph includes the headline article of Edwardsville-Shell Oil Co. which wasn't the process of a lawsuit with one of their employees, a former roofing worker who developed mesotheleoma, an asbestos related cancer while working at the Wood River refinery. The worker sued Shell for $34.1 million according to the article. This newspaper headline was brought in by Lucas Gebhardt as a part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in February 2020.	2000-5-21	March 4, 2020
	May 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.	May 2017	June 29, 2017