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![October 2017 Issue of "100 Years at the Wood River Refinery"](https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/files/thumbnails/5f5f823d08c992d44f85e2cf1eb7700a.jpg "October 2017 Issue of "100 Years at the Wood River Refinery"") |
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 |
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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 |
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Pat Childers Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Pat Childers describes her experiences during the Great Flood of 1993 while living in West Alton, Missouri. Following the flood, she and her family moved to Collinsville, Illinois, which she describes. She also discusses growing up on a farm in Southern Missouri. | December 11, 2016 | February 7, 2017 |
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Patrick Riddleberger 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 this interview Riddleberger talks about the estabishment of the Alton, East St. Louis and Edwardsville college campuses, his travel to India as a Fulbright Scholar and his relationships with other members of the faculty and the adminstration from the 1970s to the early 2000s. |
November 1, 2005 | December 8, 2020 |
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Paul Brazier Oral History Interview | In this oral history, Paul Brazier describes bicycling and bike culture in Madison County from the late-1970s to the mid-1990s. Brazier discusses recreational, BMX, mountain bike, and road cycling, as well as cycling before the Madison County trail system. | February 8, 2017 | March 17, 2017 |
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Paul Lair Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Paul Lair discusses his experiences growing up during the Cold War. This oral history was recorded as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2018. It was conducted by Caleb Lair. |
April 23, 2018 | August 9, 2018 |
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Phil Smith Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Phil Smith describes growing up in Venice, Illinois, in the 1950s-1970s. He discusses organized crime and gambling in the city, the Democratic Party, and the police. He also describes his career as an educator and changes in the schools over time, including changes that accompanied racial integration in Venice and Madison. Finally, Smith describes his work with the Venice Historical Society and efforts to preserve the city's history and traditions. | October 18, 2016 | February 3, 2017 |
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Philip Rarick Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Philip Rarick discusses growing up in Collinsville, his father’s role in local party politics of the Democratic Party, the development of the Madison County judicial system since the 1970s, and his time on the Supreme Court of Illinois. | September 19, 2018 | January 23, 2019 |
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Plaque inside the Madison County Nursing Home in 2002 after Mine Subsidence | This photograph highlights the local dignitaries of Madison County who were presently in office at the time of the 1971 dedication of the Madison County Nursing Home | December 20, 2002 | October 11, 2017 |
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Program and Flyer for the Edwardsville High School 2008 10th Annual Madrigal Dinners | This is the program and flyer for the 10th annual EHS Madrigal Dinners from 2008. | 2008 | November 15, 2018 |