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Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to D. H. Mudge Sr. |
This is the second letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Dick Howard Mudge Senior, a prominent attorney and member of the local Democratic Party. At this time Roosevelt was the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for New York. In the letter Roosevelt acknowledges Mudge's encouraging response from October 18. Brief in his reply, Roosevelt is preoccupied with the closing week of his campaign and unable to write further. Roosevelt went on to be elected governor of New York. |
November 2, 1928 |
November 30, 2017 |
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Letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to D. H. Mudge Sr. |
This is a letter from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Dick Howard Mudge Senior, a prominent attorney and member of the local Democratic Party. At this time Roosevelt won the 1932 Presidential Election, beating incumbent Herbert Hoover. Writing in response to a telegram from Mudge, Roosevelt acknowledges congratulations on his victory. Looking towards the future, Roosevelt reaffirms the Democratic Party's values and policies in hopes to establish an ordered economic life with continued support from Mudge. |
November 17, 1932 |
January 24, 2018 |
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Letter on Annuitants Club Picnic |
This is a letter C. H. Clark sent to Robert Baker addressing the Annuity Club Picnic at Torch Wood Park. The letter was written on June 12, 1953. |
June 12, 1953 |
November 15, 2018 |
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Letter to Butterworth from Elizabeth Parks Jerues |
This letter was sent to L. H. Butterworth from Elizabeth Parks Jerues thanking L.H Butterworth for the 50th Anniversary Jubilee celbrations Mr. Butterworth aided in organizing for the Community. Within the letter, Mrs. Parks Jerues, mentions her father, Richard Parks, was one of the founding employees of the Wood River Refinery. She also mentions her association with the Wood River Women's Club and expresses gratitude for her invitation to the 50th anniversary celebrations of Standard Oil Company in Wood River. The letter is dated received by Mr. Butteerworth, September 13, 1957. |
September 12, 1957 |
October 25, 2018 |
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Letter to Dick H. Mudge, Jr concerning the preservation of a barn on his property, 1973 |
This is a letter from January 24, 1973 to Dick H. Mudge, Jr concerning the preservation of a barn on his property built in 1873. It was sent from Donald F. Lewis of the Illinois State Historical Society in Springfeild. |
1973 |
March 15, 2019 |
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Letter to the Officers and Directors of the Illinois State Historical Society concerning the restoration and preservation of barns in Illinois, 1973 |
This is a letter to the Officers and Directors of the Illinois State Historical Society concerning the restoration and preservation of barns in Illinois from January 11, 1973. It is signed by the president of the society Donald F. Lewis. |
1973 |
March 15, 2019 |
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Letter Wood River Refinery's Fiftieth Anniversary Observance |
This is an undated letter written on a typewriter describing "Miscellaneous Activity during Wood River Refinery's Fiftieth Anniversary Observance." |
Circa 1957 |
October 30, 2018 |
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Line of Workers Inside the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. circa 1910s |
This photograph shows a line of about ten employees of the St. Louis Smelting and Refining Co. working with raw materials on the smelting works floor. The photo was taken sometime in the 1910s. |
circa 1910s |
March 21, 2019 |
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Litchfield and Madison Train Engine |
Litchfield and Madison engine with just a caboose picking up train orders at Glen Carbon tower on its way to Madison where it will pick up a train going back north. |
1950's |
December 8, 2016 |
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Little Light Bearers of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society |
The photo features the Little Light Bearers of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society of the Collinsville Methodist Church. |
June 1933 |
October 26, 2017 |
