Scope and Contents The Mudge Family Collection contains six scrapbooks of newspaper clippings about the Civil War labeled 'Incidents in the War of Abolition' by Susan Hotchkiss Mudge (Mrs. Solomon Mudge).Solomon and Susan Mudge were from New England but lived in New Orleans in the winter and Madison County, Illinois in the summer. Susan Mudge signed allegiance to the Union so that she could keep her farm in Madison County but her sympathies were with the South. Solomon Mudge died in 1860....

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This collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc. related to the life of N.O. Nelson of the N.O. Nelson Manufacturing Company in St. Louis, Missouri and the founder of Leclaire, Illinois in 1890, a model company town founded on the principles of profit sharing. Leclaire, Illinois was annexed by Edwardsville, Illinois in 1934.

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This collection contains correspondence, clippings, photographs, etc. related to the life of N.O. Nelson of the N.O. Nelson Manufacturing Company in St. Louis, Missouri and the founder of Leclaire, Illinois in 1890, a model company town founded on the principles of profit sharing. Leclaire, Illinois was annexed by Edwardsville, Illinois in 1934.

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This collection contains materials related to St. Joseph Croatian Catholic Church, founded in 1904 to serve the Croatian population in south St. Louis.

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This collection contains materials related to Croatia collected by Olga G. Mink of Granite City, Illinois.

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This collection contains photocopies of Civil War letters from Otto E. Wolf of the 117th Regiment, Illinois Volunteers to his family in Southern Illinois.

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This collection consists of the article of indenture of apprenticeship of Philip Lord to Josiah Martin for the trade of a cordwainer, 1791

Scope and Contents This collection contains records and various papers of Progressive Mine Workers of America, Local Union #3 of Collinsville, Illinois and four of its predecessor unions. Records include treasurer's, financial secretary's, and recording secretary's records. It also includes cash books, minutes, balance sheets of relief, disability and burial fund, dues payments and other financial records. Records of other unions include UMWA, Locals 264, 685, 826, and PMWA Locals 41 and 141. The collection...

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This collection contains the correspondence, reports, memos, financial materials, and programs of the Public Question Club of St. Louis, Missouri

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This collection contains transcripts and tapes of interviews concerning the Richland Creek Flood in Belleville, Illinois, 1957. Copies of articles from newspapers on earlier floods in the 1880s and 1897, 1904, 1908, 1911, 1918, 1922, 1942, 1946 are also included, as well as a copy of a manuscript on Floods of Richland Creek by Delta Masterson.

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This collection consists of the personal and professional correspondence of Ellen and Romain Proctor who were internationally known in the puppetry field. The collection also includes brochures, catalogs, clippings, and programs dealing with meetings of puppeteers and puppetry techniques.

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This collection contains the papers of Dr. Ronald J. Glossop, Professor Emeritus of Philosophical Studies at SIUE. Dr. Glossop has published and presented numerous papers on the promotion of peace and other global issues around the world. The collection consists of class records and copies of Glossop's writings.

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Alumni Association ledgers, student activities programs, and newspaper clippings related to Shurtleff College from 1927-1954.

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The Shurtleff College Collection consists of the student records, registrar's grade books, instructor's grade reports, and miscellaneous records related to Shurtleff College from 1855-1950.

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Newspaper clippings, correspondence, campaign papers, board minutes, financial records, and press releases related to the St. Louis Teamsters Joint Council 13

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This collection contains the oral histories of pioneering SIUE faculty and staff members speaking about the history of SIUE during its formative years. The oral histories were taken by Stanley B. Kimball in the early 1990s.

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Research materials, clippings, and articles related to research done by Dr. Stephen Hansen, Professor Emeritus of History and Interim Chancellor of SIUE from 2015-2016, on smoking.

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This collection contains the published papers of Stephen Lin, an economics, business and finanace scholar.

Scope and Contents The Cabet Collection includes materials related to Etienne Cabet, the French philosopher, utopian socialist, and founder of the Icarian movement and utopian communities in Texas, Missouri, and Illinois. This collection was purchased by Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in 1969 from Henry Stevens, Son & Stiles of London and is likely the most complete source for the history of the Icarian movement. The collection consists of 43 books and pamphlets by and about the Icarian founder...

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This collection includes a copy of an autobiographical memoir by Mrs. Eben (Tilton Wead) Rodgers of Alton, Illinois describing early life.

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This collection contains letters written by Hays Hanlin, Al Perfetti, and others to Ugo and Ruth Perfetti of Panama, Illinois from 1941-1948 during World War II.

Scope and Contents The Wesley Raymond Brink Collection contains materials related to the activities of Wesley Raymond Brink of Edwardsville, Illinois who was a publisher of Illinois County Atlases and County Histories between 1873 and 1884. The collection includes an article by Betty and Raymond Spahn published in the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society in 1965, as well as an unpublished manuscript on Brink by the Spahns, a list of County Atlases and County Histories published by Brink, and a...

Scope and Contents The Wiggins Ferry Company operated a steam-powered ferry transporting individuals across the Mississippi River to and from Missouri and Illinois. In addition to the ferry, the Wiggins Ferry Company also developed depots, warehouses, and railroad tracks on both sides of the river. Because the first bridge spanning the Mississippi River was not built until 1874, the Wiggins Ferry Company was essential for individual transportation and transporting rail-car traffic over the Mississippi River....

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The William Corr Shaw Collection consists of materials related to Shaw's tenure as a faculty member at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Shaw was a professor of physics at SIUE from 1959 to 1973 and a professor emeritus from 1973 until his death in 1977. He was instrumental in establishing a permanent viewing facility for the Physics Department's astronomy courses. After his death, the viewing facility was designated the William C. Shaw Skylab.

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The William G. Bek Collection consists of carbon copies of translations by Bek of various manuscripts describing the life and activities of the German community in St. Louis in the 19th century. There are also reprints of articles by Bek about German customs and travels in Missouri.

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This collection consists of three cassette tapes of oral histories taken by William Kasich as well as a information booklet from the US War Department War Crimes Office on the Buchenwald Concentration Camp case

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This collection contains the original letters, clippings, scrapbooks, and account books of the Palmer family and primarily Winfield Scott Palmer of Litchfield, Illinois. It also includes three ledgers and diaries of Winfield Palmer for 1871-1898.

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Wirt Downing was principal of East St. Louis High School and its head coach for football and track from the 1940s through the 1980s. He retired with one of the winningest coaching records in the state, 144-18-7.

The Wirt Downing Papers consist of correspondence, clippings, honors, photos, and ephemera from collected during his tenure as track and football coach of East St. Louis High School and his long career in East St. Louis education.

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This collection contains the genealogy and history of the Yoch family (1847-1978) from the time Chrisian and Katherine Yoch came to Belleville, Illinois from Germany in 1847. It also contains materials related to the Yoch Coal Mine.