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Abraham Lincoln collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: S1170

Scope and Contents This collection contains materials about Abraham Lincoln. Included are photocopies of his various writings and speeches. There is also material that discusses his genealogy and personal accounts of encounters with Abraham Lincoln. Research covers the date range of 1800-1959.

Dates: circa 1888-1959

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Abraham Lincoln funeral train ivy

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: L616

Scope and Contents This collection includes a framed piece of ivy from Lincoln's casket while in Indianapolis, Indiana during the funeral train.

Dates: 1865/04/30

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Arietta F. Seward Bullock papers

Collection — Folder: S0190

Identifier: S0190

Scope and Contents This collection includes a typed document with map from Arietta and George B. Bullock in Indiana ranging from 1830 to 1938 regarding Jonesboro (now Gentryville) Indiana in 1830, the life of Abraham Lincoln and his family during boyhood in Indiana and the Bullocks' life.

Dates: 1830-1938

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

C. Earl Suffrins blank book

Collection

Identifier: V261

Scope and Contents This collection consists of a "Blank Book" manufactured by the William B. Burford Company of Indianapolis, Indiana and used by C. Earl Suffrins starting on February 7, 1905 to record the books that he had read by a number of authors. Much of the volume is empty, but in the back there are several handwritten pages of notes written by his father, Charles A. Suffrin, about his "Life Story." Also tucked in the back cover are a few more handwritten notes, one with gardening directions and two with...

Dates: 1905 and undated

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Charles T. Baker papers

Collection — Folder: S0053

Identifier: S0053

Scope and Contents This collection consists primarily of Baker’s letters to Thelma M. Murphy of Indianapolis. Murphy was able to obtain resources that furthered Baker’s research into the history of Spencer County, and especially Abraham Lincoln. Also contained in this collection are clippings from the Grandview Monitor of Baker’s writings on subjects related to his correspondence with Murphy.

Dates: 1936-1941

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Charlotte Baird, Nancy Hanks Lincoln report

Collection — Folder: S2553

Identifier: S2553

Scope and Contents This collection includes a 31 page typewritten unofficial report on Nancy Hanks Lincoln created by Charlotte N. Baird, an administrative technician at the Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial. The 1977 report contains biographical information about Nancy and her extended family and includes information about their lives in Virginia, Kentucky, and Indiana. The last three pages contain genealogies of the Harper, Hanks, and Shipley families. Baird provides footnotes throughout her report, but it...

Dates: 1977

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Civil War lantern slides

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: P014

Scope and Contents This collection includes glass lantern slides in the United States ranging from circa 1861 to 1864 regarding the U.S. Civil War, with images of maps, forts, battles, military ordnance, and prominent politicians and military leaders.

Dates: circa 1861-1864

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

C.L. Goodwin letter

Collection — Folder: S2176

Identifier: S2176

Scope and Contents This collection includes a November 10, 1913 letter written by C.L. (Clarence LaRue) Goodwin on Indiana Veneer and Lumber Company letterhead and sent to "Prof. Brown." The letter consists of two handwritten sentences, Goodwin's signature, and an attached clipping of "How Simon Cameron Tossed Aside a Paper Signed by 'A. Lincoln," a November 6, 1913 article written by E.J. Edwards and printed in the Pittsburgh Gazette Times. Goodwin mentions in...

Dates: 1913/11

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

Claude Costlaw Hutson papers

Collection — Folder: S708

Identifier: S0708

Scope and Contents This collection includes a typed manuscript from Claude Costlow Huston in Kokomo, Indiana regarding a play about Abraham Lincoln.

Dates: circa 1908-1987

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

E. S. Guilbert collection

Collection — Folder: S0557

Identifier: S0557

Scope and Contents In March 1830, Abraham Lincoln journeyed from southern Indiana to Illinois with his parents. When they went through Vincennes, legend has it that Abraham toured the Western Sun and General Advertiser newspaper office, where he saw his first printing press, and talked to Editor Stout. Mr. Guilbert wrote to Roy H. Garrigus, editor of the Vincennes Sun-Commercial to verify this story, which Mr. Garrigus could not do.Abraham often went to Rockport and borrowed books from Judge John...

Dates: 1828-1830

Found in: Rare Books and Manuscripts

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Abraham Lincoln collection

Abraham Lincoln funeral train ivy

Arietta F. Seward Bullock papers

C. Earl Suffrins blank book

Charles T. Baker papers

Charlotte Baird, Nancy Hanks Lincoln report

Civil War lantern slides

C.L. Goodwin letter

Claude Costlaw Hutson papers

E. S. Guilbert collection

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