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	"Diamond I" Products Catalog for the Illinois Glass Company	This catalog for the Illinois Glass Company, later the Owens-Illinois Glass Company, shows many of the company's products and gives other information about the company.	1900 - 1929	February 24, 2017
	Madison County Board of Education Notes on Types of Districts	These notes describe the different type of school districts in Illinois in the 1950s	1950s	February 28, 2017
	A Summary of the Community Unit District Law	This is a summary of the Illinois state law known as House Bill 575. It describes how a school district becomes a community unit district.	July 21, 1947	February 28, 2017
	How Madison County School Districts Were Organized	This document details the way in which Madison County schools were organized prior to voter consolidation and renumeration and how the process of consolidation and renumeration occurred.	October 30, 1973	February 28, 2017
	Madison County School Districts 1956-1957	This is a list of Madison County Community Unit Schools and what subsidiary schools encompass the district. These districts reflect the renumeration of Madison County Schools.	1956	February 28, 2017
	Memorandum on Illinois School District Organization from the Superintendent of Public Instruction	This 1968 memorandum was sent from the Superintendent of Public Instruction to county superintendents and school administrators in Illinois. It discusses the creation of the Department of School District Organization. It further expresses the ability for school districts to consolidate based on county resident popular vote. It speaks to the amount of state aid that funds consolidated schools and discusses the importance of working together to maintain the integrity of education.	March 4, 1968	February 28, 2017
	Memo and List of Schools in Madison County in 1907	This memo highlights a request from a resident of Highland Illinois to gain more information about what schools were in the area in 1907. The typed page is the response from the school district.	July 27, 1970	February 28, 2017
	Letter From Assistant Superintendent of Illinois Approving Renumeration in Madison County	This letter approves the renumerating of consolidated Madison County Schools in numeric order.	June 8, 1956	February 28, 2017
	Resolution of Madison County Office of Education Renumerating Venice School District	This school board resolution renumerates the Venice school district to Community Unit School District #3.	July 1, 1957	February 28, 2017
	Derek Mathis Oral History Interview	In this interview, Derek Mathis describes his youth in Venice, Illinois, including his experiences with racism in the era of desegregation. He also discusses changes to Venice and the town of Madison in his adulthood.	October 26, 2016	March 10, 2017