Mudge Family Collection
Title
Mudge Family Collection
Subject
Mudge Family
United States--History--Civil War
Description
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.
The collection also contains the personal and professional papers of Dick H. Mudge, Junior State's Attorney, and John G. Mudge, Assistant State's Attourny in the mid-20th century.
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.
The collection also contains the personal and professional papers of Dick H. Mudge, Junior State's Attorney, and John G. Mudge, Assistant State's Attourny in the mid-20th century.
Creator
Mudge Family
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Louisa H. Bowen University Archives and Special Collections
Date
1861-1993
1956-1964
Rights
All requests to reproduce, publish, or use collection materials must be submitted to the University Archivist, Library and Information Services, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Permission is given on behalf of Library and Information Services as the owner of the physical items and does not automatically constitute permission from the copyright owner. It is the responsibility of the researcher to secure permission from both LIS and the copyright holder before publication. Retrictions also apply to digital representations of original materials.
A published work using these materials as sources must acknowledge Library and Information Services, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Citation should include the following information: file, container, collection, Library and Information Services, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois. "Published work" used here refers to term or seminar papers, capstone projects, theses, dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital projects or digital scholarship, and other scholarly works.
A published work using these materials as sources must acknowledge Library and Information Services, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Citation should include the following information: file, container, collection, Library and Information Services, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois. "Published work" used here refers to term or seminar papers, capstone projects, theses, dissertations, journal articles, monographs, books, digital projects or digital scholarship, and other scholarly works.
Format
3 record cartons; 3.0 cu. ft.
1 record carton; 1.0 cu. ft.
1 record carton; 1.0 cu. ft.
Language
English
Type
Collection
Identifier
ACC. #M78:12; M89:31; M95:30
ACC. #M90:44
ACC. #M91:18
Collection
Citation
Mudge Family, “Mudge Family Collection,” Digital Exhibits, accessed September 19, 2020, https://digitallis.isg.siue.edu/items/show/2360.
