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	Mary Asadorian Oral History Interview	This oral history interview with Mary Kambarian Asadorian was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. Mary Asadorian was born and raised in Lincoln Place, where she spent her life. In this interview, she talks about her childhood, the role of the Armenian Orthodox Church, the diversity of Lincoln Place, the community center, and her family heritage.	October 27, 2001	February 18, 2018
	Mary Bogosian Carson Oral History Interview	This oral history interview with Mary Bogosian Carson was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. Mary Carson was raised in Lincoln Place where she spent most of her life. In this interview, she talks about her childhood, the diversity of Lincoln Place, the “Clubhouse” where kids would spend their time, and the 1940s basketball championship team.	November 10, 2001	February 20, 2018
	Mary Huntley Oral History Interview	In this oral history interview, Mary Huntley describes her career as the director of the Hayner Public Library system in Alton, as well as her and her husband's involvement in the Civil Rights movement when they lived in Alabama. She also discusses her involvement with the local Democratic Party, her husband's role as director of the SIUE University Museum, and her childhood in North Carolina.	May 27, 2019	August 29, 2019
	Mary Kane Oral History	In this oral history interview, Mary Kane discusses her role with the Southwestern Illinois Metropolitan and Regional Planning Commission. In particular, she describes the establishment of the Missouri-Illinois regional partnership in the 1970s to create interstate public transportation in the St. Louis metro region.	April 18, 2018	September 13, 2018
	Mary Spaich Oral History Interview	This oral history interview with Mary Spaich was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. In this interview, Mary Spaich discusses growing up in the Lincoln Place neighborhood of Granite City. She was born in Granite City in 1916 to Serbian parents who had immigrated from Yugoslavia in 1914. She describes her life in Lincoln Place and changes in the area since her childhood.	November 16, 2001	April 29, 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
	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
	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
	Men Painting a Fireplace Mantel inside the Stephenson House during resoration in the early 2000s	This photograph shows men paiting a fireplace mantel inside the Stephenson House during its renovation in the early 2000s.	Circa 2000	October 17, 2018
	Michael Torosian Oral History Interview	This oral history interview with Michael Torosian was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History. Mr. Torosian is a first-generation American. His father emigrated from Armenia in 1913. His mother was a refugee; she emigrated sometime after the genocide of the Armenians in 1915. Mr. Torosian was born in Lincoln Place and describes growing up there as the most wonderful childhood anyone could have. He lived there for the first twenty-nine years of his life, excluding the time he was in the service. Mr. Torosian indicated that the community center played a major part in his life as a child. He states that from the age of eight or nine, he was there almost every night. He stated that the Community Center was the envy of the surrounding area. The combination of caring people, citizenship classes, sewing classes and a beautiful basketball gymnasium made the center a wonderful place. Additionally, the fact that it was paid for by Mr. Howard and constructed with local labor provided employment for many families in Lincoln Place during the depression. Mr. Torosian described the mix of different ethnic groups as educational. Lincoln Place provided the structure for education about many different cultures. Everyone learned from each other. The sense of community was very evident in Lincoln Place. Mr. Torosian and I also discussed the Armenian Genocide and issues surrounding its lack of acknowledgment and publicity. He graciously states that genocide was the responsibility of the regime in charge at the time, and not all the Turks.	November 15, 2001	March 18, 2018