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1998 Women's Tiger Softball Team This is a photograph of the 1998 Women's Tiger Softball Team 1998 December 1, 2018
2000 Edwardsville High School Women's Tiger Softball Team This is a photograph of the 2000 Edwardsville High School Women's Tiger Softball Team. 200O December 1, 2018
2001 Edwardsville High School Women's Tiger Softball Team This is a photograph of the 2001 Edwardsville High School Women's Tiger Softball Team. 2001 December 1, 2018
2008 Edwardsville High School Baseball Stadium Project Pamphlet This fundraising pamphlet promotes the building of a new baseball stadium for the Tiger baseball team at Edwardsville High School. It includes t overview of the project and the opportunity to donate money. 2008 November 15, 2018
2008 Intelligencer Baseball Tiger Classic Program This is the official program for the baseball tournament the "2008 Inelligencer Tiger Classic." 2008 November 15, 2018
Alt-Wood Merchants Softball Team, 1963 State Champions This clipping from the Alton Telegraph includes a photo of the local Alt-Wood Merchants Softball Team, which won the state championship in 1963. The local softball team was composed of men from the Alton-Wood River area. The photogrpah was included with the Telegraph's series, Our Past, and was submitted to the Telegraph by team member Noel "Butch" Rister, who is photographhed.

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 Alexis Boverie.

From right to left:

Sitting front row: Bat Boy Bobby Wilson
Kneeling second row: Butch Rister, Buddy Noll, John Godar, Glenn Wintzen, manager Cal Johns, John Boverie, Wayne Simpson, Bob Cunningham.
Standing back row: Russ Davis, Bob Johnson, Denny Bruckert, Ron West, Rip Rappe, Leto Metz, Stan Fincher, Bob Garner, and Ken Zumwait.
1963 May 21, 2019
Autographed photo of George Musso This autographed photograph is of George Musso in his Chicago Bears uniform number 16. Unknown September 15, 2017
Beth Warnecke Oral History Interview In this oral history interview, Beth Warnecke discusses growing up in Glen Carbon, having a father active in law and the Democratic Party, going to high school in Highland, working for the Cardinals and the Blues, and starting and managing her own art business: Classic Creations Painting. October 7, 2018 December 6, 2018
Bryan Mathis Oral History Interview In this oral history interview, Bryan Mathis describes his childhood in Venice, Illinois, and his experiences as an African-American man growing up in the area during the era of desegregation. He describes the various forms of bigotry and racism he's faced in the communities of Venice, Madison, Granite City, and St. Louis, as well as his feeling about the communities of Venice and Granite City today. He also discusses his work as a paperboy in Venice, what it was like growing up in the Venice housing projects, getting cut from the Venice High School Basketball team the year they won the State Championship (1975), and going to SIUE and the Mississippi River Festival in the late 70s. October 18, 2016 December 1, 2016
Carmen Cook Oral History Interview This oral history interview with Carmen Cook was part of oral histories conducted in the fall 2001 semester of History 447: Oral History.

Carmen Cook was born at Lincoln Place in 1943, where she spent most of her life, to Mexican immigrant parents. In this interview, she talks about her childhood and life, the ethnic diversity of the community, the Cinco de Mayo celebrations, the legacy of Ruben Mendoza (the Olympic soccer player), and the scholarship that was set-up in the name of Joe Gonzalez.
November 18, 2001 February 20, 2018