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	August 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.	August 2017	November 14, 2017
	Back of Coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon		Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Bag House and "Short Stack" Smokestack at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co.	This set of five photographs shows the bag house and one of the smokestacks, called "short stack," at the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. These photographs were taken May 1st, 1915.	May 1, 1915	March 21, 2019
	Basin of CWT No. 1 in forms during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery	This photograph shows the basin of CWT No. 1 in forms. This photograph is from a series of photos taken during 1917-1918 construction of the Wood River Oil Refinery.	1917-1918	August 15, 2018
	Betty J. Vaughn Oral History Interview	In this oral history interview, Betty J. Vaughn discusses her role as the first female supervisor of Olin Brass in East Alton. She also describes her childhood growing up on a farm in Bethalto and changes in Madison County throughout her life.	2018-07-10	September 16, 2018
	Birdhouse at St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co.	This photograph shows a birdhouse located in what seems to be a yard of a house located near the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. This photograph was taken around the 1910s or 1920s.	circa 1910s-1920s	March 21, 2019
	Blacksmith Shop at coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois	Blacksmith Shop at coal mine #2 in Glen Carbon, Illinois. The blacksmith in the photo is Henry Laurence.	Unknown	December 8, 2016
	Blue Golden Anniversary Envelope	This is a Standard Oil Company envelope celebrating the 50-year anniversary (1907-1957). The envelope reads, "Fifty Years of Progress" and "Friday, Saturday, Sunday September 20, 21, 22, 1957." The special stationary is emblematic of the importance of the celebration to Standard Oil in Wood River. An illustration of Lewis and Clark is displayed along the left side of envelope. Wood River is contentiously one of the locations of Camp DuBois, Lewis and Clark's encampment before setting out on the "Corp of Discovery" in 1803.	1957	October 25, 2018
	Bob Gibson Oral History Interview	An oral history interview with Robert "Bob" Gibson, an expert on mine subsidence. Gibson describes his career with the Illinois and federal governments working on abandoned mine lands projects. He also describes several notable cases of mine subsidence from old coal mines in Madison County.	March 11, 2017	June 14, 2017
	Boiler house and Re-Run during the 1917-1918 Construction of the Wood River Refinery	This photograph shows the construction of the boiler house and re-run. This photograph is from a series of photos taken during 1917-1918 construction of the Wood River Oil Refinery.	1917-1918	August 15, 2018