![Prepare, Prevent, Protect: 110 Years of the Edwardsville Fire Department Prepare, Prevent, Protect: 110 Years of the Edwardsville Fire Department](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/EFD.jpg?fit=616%2C405&ssl=1)
Prepare, Prevent, Protect: 110 Years of the Edwardsville Fire Department
Nearly 800 images documenting the activities of the Edwardsville Fire Department from the 1890s through the 2000s.
![Bertha Love, WWI Nurse- In Her Own Words Bertha Love, WWI Nurse- In Her Own Words](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Bertha.jpg?fit=203%2C269&ssl=1)
Bertha Love, WWI Nurse- In Her Own Words
Presents the handwritten journals of World War I Army Nurse Bertha Love who served in Rouen, France.
![Private and Real–A Collection of Correspondence Between Women Private and Real–A Collection of Correspondence Between Women](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/wade-envelope.jpg?fit=500%2C402&ssl=1)
Private and Real–A Collection of Correspondence Between Women
Correspondence between Monticello classmates providing rare insight into the real lives and private thoughts of late nineteenth-century women.
![Flaggs of Moro–Flagg Family Correspondence Flaggs of Moro–Flagg Family Correspondence](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/flagg-letter.jpg?fit=449%2C705&ssl=1)
Flaggs of Moro–Flagg Family Correspondence
Centers on three generations of the Flagg family with themes including local and national politics and Madison County farm life.
![Picturing the History of Madison County- Selected Snapshots Picturing the History of Madison County- Selected Snapshots](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IT-car.jpg?fit=499%2C337&ssl=1)
Picturing the History of Madison County- Selected Snapshots
A visual introduction to some of the unique and interesting people, places, objects, and events of Madison County.
![Schoolhouses of Madison County Schoolhouses of Madison County](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/atkin-school.jpg?fit=499%2C367&ssl=1)
Schoolhouses of Madison County
Features photographs of rural schoolhouses from all 23 townships in Madison County.
![Advertising: The Art of Persuasion Advertising: The Art of Persuasion](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Brooks-catsup-bottle-fix-1.jpg?fit=469%2C705&ssl=1)
Advertising: The Art of Persuasion
Explores textual and textual-visual advertising in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
![One Hundred Years<br>of Cooking One Hundred Years of Cooking](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/NESCO-pie-pan.jpg?fit=705%2C528&ssl=1)
One Hundred Years
of Cooking
Showcases selected cooking-related items, focusing on the period circa 1830-1950.
![Women’s Suffrage Movement<br>in Madison County Women’s Suffrage Movement in Madison County](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/20093020015FIC.jpg?fit=705%2C529&ssl=1)
Women’s Suffrage Movement
in Madison County
Artifacts and images illuminate the women’s suffrage movement in the county, state, and country.
![Edward Coles, Champion of Freedom Edward Coles, Champion of Freedom](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Valley-View-Monument-1986-072-023a-scaled-2.jpg?fit=705%2C563&ssl=1)
Edward Coles, Champion of Freedom
Tells the story of the twists and turns in Coles’ path to personally manumitting ten people and keeping Illinois a “free state.”
![Wood River Refinery’s<br>First 100 Years Wood River Refinery’s First 100 Years](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Refinery_construction_online1.jpg?fit=705%2C549&ssl=1)
Wood River Refinery’s
First 100 Years
Presents the refinery’s history 1917-2017.
![Musical Madison County Musical Madison County](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/20010180001.jpg?fit=705%2C529&ssl=1)
Musical Madison County
Features antique instruments, sheet music, record albums, and images of historic local bands.
![Laborers in Madison County History Laborers in Madison County History](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p5_miners-lamp-2.jpg?fit=705%2C570&ssl=1)
Laborers in Madison County History
Artifacts, documents, and photographs illuminate eleven trades prevalent in Madison County circa 1912.
![Black History in Madison County Before 1900 Black History in Madison County Before 1900](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/p4_Kelley.jpg?fit=463%2C705&ssl=1)
Black History in Madison County Before 1900
Features photographs, illustrations, documents, and artifacts about the lives of early African American Madison Countians.
![Farming in Madison County Before 1900 Farming in Madison County Before 1900](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/feedchopper2.jpg?fit=705%2C496&ssl=1)
Farming in Madison County Before 1900
Explores early agricultural tools and the people who used them.
![Archaeology of Madison County Archaeology of Madison County](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Sutter_0629.jpg?fit=403%2C500&ssl=1)
Archaeology of Madison County
Explores changes in archaeology through the collections and stories of three Madison County citizens.
![Civil War Stories Civil War Stories](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/lusk_map1-1.jpg?fit=705%2C446&ssl=1)
Civil War Stories
Features letters, photographs, artifacts, original military records, and ideas for classroom activities.
![World’s Fair Stories World's Fair Stories](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/purse_and_tickets.jpg?fit=393%2C565&ssl=1)
World’s Fair Stories
Tells the stories of some Madison County residents who participated in or visited the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis.
![Vintage Jewelry & People Who Wore It intage Jewelry & People Who Wore It](https://i0.wp.com/madcohistory.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2006_089_0006_3rev.jpg?fit=705%2C650&ssl=1)
Vintage Jewelry & People Who Wore It
Features selected jewelry items and related photographs.
CONTACT US
Library/Museum
801 N. Main Street
Edwardsville, IL 62025
info@madcohistory.org
(618) 656-7569
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Madison County Historical Society
801 N. Main Street
Edwardsville IL 62025
(618) 656-1294