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Prepare, Prevent, Protect: 110 Years of the Edwardsville Fire Department

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

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

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

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

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

Features photographs of rural schoolhouses from all 23 townships in Madison County.
Advertising: The Art of Persuasion

Advertising: The Art of Persuasion

Explores textual and textual-visual advertising in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
One Hundred Years of Cooking

One Hundred Years
of Cooking

Showcases selected cooking-related items, focusing on the period circa 1830-1950.
Women’s Suffrage Movement in Madison County

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

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 First 100 Years

Wood River Refinery’s
First 100 Years

Presents the refinery’s history 1917-2017.
Musical Madison County

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

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

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

Explores early agricultural tools and the people who used them.
Archaeology of Madison County

Archaeology of Madison County

Explores changes in archaeology through the collections and stories of three Madison County citizens.
Civil War Stories

Civil War Stories

Features letters, photographs, artifacts, original military records, and ideas for classroom activities.
World's Fair Stories

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.
intage Jewelry & People Who Wore It

Vintage Jewelry & People Who Wore It

Features selected jewelry items and related photographs.

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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

 

 

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