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Terrien Fennoy Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview Terrien Fennoy discusses cross-county migration and community change over time. | February 23, 2023 | May 1, 2023 |
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Greg Kessler Oral History Interview | This interview, with Madison County musician and historian of the local music scene, Greg Kessler, discusses the alternative music scene in Madison County and St. Louis during the 1980s. | November 3, 2021 | November 22, 2021 |
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1930s Historic Leclaire Home | This is a photo of a historic Leclaire home in Edwardsville built in the 1930s. It is two stories, has three bathrooms, and three bedrooms and constructed out of brick. This house was photographed as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. The photo was brought to class by Andi Jasiko. |
2020 | March 4, 2020 |
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Robert Coppersmith Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Edwardsville resident Robert Coppersmith describes his experience in the United States Marine Corps, particularly his time in boot camp and as a tank mechanic. He was interviewed by his daughter, Eryn Coppersmith. | July 21, 2019 | November 4, 2019 |
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Kathy Childers Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Kathy Childers discusses her family's Macedonian heritage and her father John Bellcoff, who was the mayor of Madison, Illinois from 1985 to 1997 and the Madison County Democratic Chairman from 1990 to 1994. She discusses how her family continues to practice Macedonian cultural traditions, including food, clothing, and dancing. She also describes her father's political career, including his role in establishing the Gateway Racetrack in Madison. She also discusses her grandfather's grocery store in Madison, Bellcoff and Son, and her and her father's work with funeral homes. | July 17, 2019 | November 4, 2019 |
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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 |
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Joann Condellone Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Joann Condellone describes growing up with her family of Italian immigrant coal miners in Collinsville. She talks about her struggles with misogyny as a woman in the military, as well as her career in midwifery and various travels around the world. | February 14, 2019 | September 4, 2019 |
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2019 Navy and Marine Corps Commandment Medal to Nicholas Pavlinek | This is a medal was awarded to Senior Chief Fire Controlman (Surface Warfare) Nicholas Pavlinek of the United States Navy for meritorious service while serving as Combat Systems Department Leading Chief Petty Officer, USS Sioux City Blue Crew, from August 2016, to May of 2019. Senior Chief Nicholas Pavlinek led nineteen sailors, including mine warfare DET 23, through crew move-abroad, commissioning, and initial A/T certification. Pavlinek Filled a critical role as the only enlisted tactical action officer during combat systems shipboard qualification trials, qualifying four department heads as Tactical Action Officer (TAO), resulting in eight live-fire events totallling 324 57mm and 24 CHAFF expended rounds. This artifact was digitized as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Adam Pavlinek. |
2019 | March 4, 2020 |
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2019 Brand Mikro | This is an example of the Mikro clothing brand which was created in March of 2019 by several students at Liberty Middle School. The students developed the idea of generating a brand after discussing it at a sleepover. This was digitized as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Liberty Middle School in spring 2020. It was brought to class by Connor Hartman and Noah Foley. |
2019 | March 4, 2020 |
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Gale Cuvar Oral History Interview | In this oral history interview, Gale Cuvar describes his career as a pattern-maker and life in Granite City. Cuvar discusses his career at Arnette Pattern in Granite City and Bodine Aluminum in St. Louis. Cuvar also talks about how Granite City has changed over time and briefly mentions his time in the Army. | December 10, 2018 | December 8, 2018 |