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This collection consists of leather bound address books, diary, record of plays seens, and a dance programme from the Congress Hall Hotel

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This collection contains correspondence and personal papers of Adolphus P. Wolf and his family. Adolphus Wolf was an Edwardsville, Illinois native and a veteran of the Civil War who served from 1862-1865. Creator

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The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (A.M.C. & B.W. of N.A.) collections consist of materials related to Locals 225 and 530, Hunter Packing Co. from 1937-1977.

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The Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America (A.M.C. & B.W. of N.A.) collections consist of materials related to Locals 225 and 530, Hunter Packing Co. from 1937-1978.

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Records relating to the American Association of University Professors for Southwestern Illinois College and Southern Illinois University

Scope and Contents This collection was donated by Dr. Andrew J. Theising, Associate Professor of Political Science, to Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's Louisa H. Bowen University Archives and Special Collections in 2003. The collection was the primary research resource for Made in USA: East St. Louis, which was published both as a book and a public television documentary. The collection contains approximately 1,000 papers, books, artifacts, and images. Additional materials were added to the...

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This collection contains records related to the memorial service for Annette Baich, professor emeritus of biochemistry at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where she taught from 1969-2005.

Scope and Contents The Beatrice Stegeman Collection of Metro-East Feminism includes materials collected by Stegeman in the course of her work as a feminist organizer and author of "Yesterdays" in which she analyzes the early feminist movement in the Metro-East area through interviews and a collection of early documents. The collection consists of correspondence, annual reports, clippings from "The Feminist" newspaper, public information sheets, membership lists, and organization documentation. This collection...

Scope and Contents The Benjamin Sawyer Collection consists of account books, diaries, farm books and diaries of various members of the Sawyer family. Benjamin Sawyer was a prominent figure in the Alton, Illinois community as a graduate of Shurtleff College and an inspector of public improvement. The collection also contains documents related to other members of the Sawyer family including John Y. Sawyer, a lawyer of Vandalia, Illinois, and Seth T. Sawyer. Travel accounts of trips to Colorado, Arizona, and the...

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These collections contain an annotated inventory of housing and housing sites in Edwardsville, Illinois.

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These collections contain historical documents and SIUE manuals of Edwardsville, Illinois streets.

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This collection contain historical photo negatives of Edwardsville, Illinois streets.

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This collection contains records from Beverly Farms in Godfrey, Illinois, a residential facility for children and adult with developmental disabilities. The collections also includes the personal and professional papers of William Hammond Cross Smith who founded Beverly Farms in 1897.

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The Bohm, Smith, Keiser Family Documents consists of family papers for these families as they settled in the Metro-East and Madison County, Illinois area.

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A series of correspondence to and from Bowman and Johnson of the Columbus Insurance Agency

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The Burton C. Bernard Papers represent the bulk of Bernard's research on Elijah P. Lovejoy, his wife Celia, and their son. The collection includes newspaper clippings, Bernard's articles, unpublished manuscripts, microfilm, correspondence related to research on Lovejoy, and historical abstracts.

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A collection of photographs and miscellaneous materials relating to Captain Donald T. Wright, riverboat captain and editor and publisher of Waterways Journal (St. Louis) from 1922-1965.

Scope and Contents Carl R. Baldwin was a prominent investigative reporter and historian for the Metro-East, Illinois region, reporting for the East St. Louis Journal and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He began his journalism career in 1925 for the East St. Louis Journal as a sports writer before moving to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporting first on the newspaper's East Side beat before transferring to national storylines and eventually taking on an administrative and teaching role. After Baldwin's retirement...

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This collection contains the papers of Carol A. Keene, Emerita Professor of Philosophy at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Keene is a native of Chicago, Illinois and joined the SIUE faculty in 1968. She received her bachelor degree in philosophy from Saint Xavier College, Chicago, her master's degree from Loyola University, and her doctorate from St. Louis University.

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The Beck Coal Mining Collection consists of the personal and business papers of Clarence V. Beck, Sr. and Jr, owners and operators of several mines in the St. Louis and Metro-East area from 1938-1974. The collection includes photographs, correspondence, financial papers, accident reports, maps, bills, and blueprints.

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Newspapers from 1968 in English, German, and Slavic languages

Scope and Contents This collection includes materials related to the Delinquency Study and Youth Development Center, from 1961 through 1985. The Center was developed jointly by Southern Illinois University and the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime for the purpose of investigating and addressing issues related to youth delinquency and development. In addition to training, research, and program planning, the Center developed an associated Baccalaureate Degree Program in Human Services...

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This collection contains transcriptions and audio cassettes of interviews conducted by Delta Barber Masterson between 1979 and 1983 with retired southern Illinois coal miners and relatives of coal miners. The collection also includes photographs, clippings, and publications collected from those interviews. Other research materials obtained from local historical collections and libraries are also included. The primary focus of these interviews is Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois.

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This collection contains transcriptions and audio cassettes of interviews conducted by Delta Barber Masterson between 1979 and 1983 with retired southern Illinois coal miners and relatives of coal miners. The collection also includes photographs, clippings, and publications collected from those interviews. Other research materials obtained from local historical collections and libraries are also included. The primary focus of these interviews is Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois.

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This collection contains transcriptions and audio cassettes of interviews conducted by Delta Barber Masterson between 1979 and 1983 with retired southern Illinois coal miners and relatives of coal miners. The collection also includes photographs, clippings, and publications collected from those interviews. Other research materials obtained from local historical collections and libraries are also included. The primary focus of these interviews is Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois.

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This collection contains transcriptions and audio cassettes of interviews conducted by Delta Barber Masterson between 1979 and 1983 with retired southern Illinois coal miners and relatives of coal miners. The collection also includes photographs, clippings, and publications collected from those interviews. Other research materials obtained from local historical collections and libraries are also included. The primary focus of these interviews is Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois.

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The Duckles Family Papers contains correspondence from Edward Duckles to Eliza Duckles from 1862-1865

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The East St. Louis Oral Histories includes oral histories taken by Charles L. Lumpkins of community members of their experiences living in East St. Louis, Illinois

Scope and Contents This collection consists of the handwritten sermons of Ebenezer Rodgers, 1820-1830 and his personal account books.Ebenezer Rodgers was born in Monmouthshire, England in 1788. He was educated in ministry in England before traveling to America in 1818 on a whaling vessel, reaching New Orleans and traveling up the Mississippi River to Louisville, Kentucky. He organized a church in Shelbyville, Kentucky and was ordained at Chariton, Missouri in 1820. In 1834, with his family, he...

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The Edme-Jean Leclaire Collection consists of originals and photocopies of publications related to Edme-Jean Leclaire and his endeavors obtained from the Leclaire Company of France. Leclaire was a French businessman and profit-sharing pioneer in the early to mid 19th century. The model community of Leclaire in Edwardsville, Illinois founded by N.O. Nelson in 1890 was named after Edme-Jean Leclaire and operated based on Leclaire's profit sharing principles.