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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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Political Business Card for D. H. Mudge Sr. Congressional Campaign |
This political business card for Dick Howard Mudge Senior presents his bid as the Democratic Candidate for the 22nd Congressional District of Illinois in the 1916 elections. During his campaign for Congress Mudge was in his second two year term as Mayor of Edwardsville. An active member of the local Democratic Party, Mudge was endorsed in his race for Congress by vice president Thomas R. Marshall during a speech in Belleville, Illinois. Ultimately, Mudge lost his bid for Congress to Republican William A. Rodenberg. The 22nd Congressional District of Illinois no longer exist, having been eliminated after the 1990 census. |
1916 |
January 24, 2018 |
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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 from D. H. Mudge Sr. to Franklin D. Roosevelt |
This is a carbon copy letter from Dick Howard Mudge Senior responding to Franklin D. Roosevelt. During this period Roosevelt was the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for New York. In the letter Mudge, a prominent attorney and member of the local Democratic Party, discusses his decision to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Al Smith in the upcoming 1928 election. Optimistic, Mudge predicts Madison County will sway from its Republican voting tendencies to support Smith. Ending the letter, Mudge expresses gratitude for Roosevelt's communication and applauds his speech given in Houston at the 1928 Democratic National Convention. Smith went on to lose the 1928 election to Herbert Hoover and Republicans won the Madison County majority vote. Despite these Democratic loses, Roosevelt was elected governor of New York. |
October 18, 1928 |
January 24, 2018 |
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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 was the Democratic gubernatorial candidate for New York. In the letter Roosevelt urges Mudge to support the Democratic Presidential candidate, Al Smith, in the upcoming 1928 election. Roosevelt extols the benefits of Democratic values, while denouncing what he calls the "crass materialism" of Republican Presidents Calvin Coolidge and Warren G. Harding. Roosevelt asks Mudge to write back his decision to his personal home in New York City. Smith went on to lose the 1928 election to Herbert Hoover, while Roosevelt was elected governor of New York. |
October 15, 1928 |
November 30, 2017 |
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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 |
