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Letter to Elliot W. Mudge from his mother This is a letter to E.W. Mudge from his mother. In it, she reprimands him for his poor spelling and corrects errors from a previous letter, states she will leave St. Louis on November 14th and will see him later in the month. 1860 April 5, 2019
Letter to Stephen Medge about the location of a grave on the Mudge property, 2008 This is a letter to Stephen Medge about the location of a grave on the Mudge property from July 9, 2008. In this letter, Janie A. Coberly asks Stephen Mudge if he has any knowledge about a grave that belonged to her ancestor Robert S. Coulter. Coutler owned the Mudge property until 1821 when it was sold to the Mudge family. January 9, 2008 March 15, 2019
Letter to the Officers and Directors of the Illinois State Historical Society concerning the restoration and preservation of barns in Illinois, 1973 This is a letter to the Officers and Directors of the Illinois State Historical Society concerning the restoration and preservation of barns in Illinois from January 11, 1973. It is signed by the president of the society Donald F. Lewis. 1973 March 15, 2019
Letter Wood River Refinery's Fiftieth Anniversary Observance This is an undated letter written on a typewriter describing "Miscellaneous Activity during Wood River Refinery's Fiftieth Anniversary Observance." Circa 1957 October 30, 2018
Linda Garcia Oral History Interview This oral history interview with Linda Garcia was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History

Though Linda Garcia was born in St. Louis, she only lived there for three years and spent the rest of her life in Lincoln Place. In this interview, she describes her childhood, the diversity of the community, the different jobs her and her sisters had to do to help her widowed mom, her Mexican heritage, and religious experiences.
October 31, 2001 March 4, 2018
Line of Title to Homestead for Henry East This is a “Line of Title to Homestead” for Henry East Unknown March 15, 2019
Line of Workers Inside the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. circa 1910s This photograph shows a line of about ten employees of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. working with raw materials on the smelting works floor. The photo was taken sometime in the 1910s. circa 1910s March 21, 2019
Lisa Peck Oral History Interview In this interview, Lisa Peck discusses working for both the Madison County government and the Highland government as a community planner. She discusses various changes to Highland in recent years. October 30, 2016 March 10, 2017
Litchfield and Madison Train Engine Litchfield and Madison engine with just a caboose picking up train orders at Glen Carbon tower on its way to Madison where it will pick up a train going back north. 1950's December 8, 2016
Little Light Bearers of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society The photo features the Little Light Bearers of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Collinsville Methodist Church. June 1933 October 26, 2017