Browse Items (100 total)
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1878 Death Certificate for Gillian Austermell | This death certificate is the oldest death certificate on file at the Madison County Clerk's Office in Edwardsville. Gillian Austermell died January 7, 1878 at the age of five days old in Alton. This certificate was scanned by the Keith Sternberg as a part of History 400: Community-Engaged Digital History. |
January 10, 1878 | September 16, 2019 |
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1886 Certificate of Membership to the Cattle and Horse Growers Association of the United States | This is a certificate of membership to the Cattle and Horse Growers Association of the United States from 1886 for Elliot W. Mudge. | 1886 | March 15, 2019 |
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1931 Plat Map of Edwardsville | This map of Edwardsville was published in 1931 by the Edwardsville Intelligencer. It shows the property boundaries and owners that existed in the town at the time, as well as various town landmarks such as Lusk Memorial Cemetery Park (today Hotz Park), St. Boniface Cemetery, the courthouse, the Lincoln School, the Madison County Tuberculosis Sanitarium, and Legion Park. It also shows the village of Leclaire. The map was draughted by C. A. R. Benedict. | 1931 | September 7, 2017 |
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1952 Lincoln Wheat Penny | This Lincoln Wheat Penny was printed in 1952. It was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2019. It was brought to class by Benjamin Lair. | 1952 | May 21, 2019 |
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1960 Paperweight issued to Bruce Brubaker for serving on the Universities Bond Issue Committee | This paperweight was given to Bruce Brubaker by the Universities Bond Issue Committee he served on. Brubaker was a professor at SIUE starting in 1959. After voters approved the bond issue on November 8, SIUE received funding to build the Edwardsville campus, which opened in 1965. | 1960 | October 31, 2017 |
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1962 History of Midway in the Madison County Sesquicentennial | This is a clipping from the September 4, 1962 Madison County sesquicentennial joint publication of the Alton Evening Telegrpah, the Granite City Press-Record, and the Edwardsville Intelligencer. The clipping includes the article "Midway Was Named for Its Locale" by Mrs. Lloyd Frillman about the history of the unincorporated community of Midway north of Edwardsville. It includes histories of the community's churches, schools, and Midway Service Station. Also in this clipping are portions of articles about the histories of Alton, Pleasant Ridge, Shurtleff College, and Granite City. This clipping was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2019. It was brought to class by Rita Kassing. |
September 4, 1962 | May 21, 2019 |
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1966 Copy of 1919 Marriage Certificate for Claude D. Potter and Josie Anna Walker | This Arkansas marriage certificate is a copy issued March 19, 1966. The original certificate was issued June 21, 1919 to certify the marriage of Claude D. Potter and Josie Anna Walker in Malden, Missouri, in the Missouri Bootheel. This certificate was scanned as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2019. It was scanned by Shelby Bedwell. |
March 19, 1966 to June 21, 1919 | May 21, 2019 |
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882nd Field Artillery Battalion in World War II, including Bethalto resident Pvt. Edgar Wells | This photograph shows the 882nd Field Artillery Battalion. One of the men in the photo is Bethalto resident Private Edgar Wells. Wells served in the United States army from 1941 to March 1944, when he was honorably discharged. This photograph was digitized as part of a Madison Historical class visit to Civic Memorial High School in spring 2018. It was brought to class by Ethan Hannaford. |
1941-1944 | September 7, 2018 |
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April 16, 1930 Official Proceedings of the Madison County Board of Supervisors | These are the meeting minutes of the April 16, 1930 meeting of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. They were published by the Edwardsville Intelligencer as part of the meeting minutes of the 1930-31 term. Because this is the first meeting of the term, it includes an introductory section on the board. | April 16, 1930 | October 9, 2017 |
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April 18, 1928 Official Proceedings of the Madison County Board of Supervisors | These are the meeting minutes of the April 18, 1928 meeting of the Madison County Board of Supervisors. They were published by the Edwardsville Intelligencer as part of the meeting minutes of the 1928-29 term. Because this is the first meeting of the term, it includes an introductory section on the board. | April 18, 1928 | July 17, 2017 |