Pratt, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1901-1956

Illinois State Historian, Lincoln scholar and author, this scrapbook reflects Pratt's interest in Illinois past.

From the description of Scrapbook, 1882-1946. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49700227

Cambridge, Illinois author, Lincoln scholar, history professor and director of the Illinois State Historical Library. Pratt graduated from the University of Illinois in 1923 and after teaching for awhile, returned to complete his doctorate in history in 1930. He wrote his dissertation on "David Davis: 1815-1886."

From the description of Papers, ca. 1930. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 56511131

Abraham Lincoln, lawyer in Springfield, Ill. and president of the United States, was frequently depicted as living in near poverty but was actually financially quite well off. Pratt, a Lincoln biographer, used primary sources to find Lincoln's actual income, taxes, landholdings and investments, political contributions and household expenditures and then blended these with biographical information to portray a different side of Lincoln's life.

From the description of Original manuscript of the personal finances of Abraham Lincoln, 1943. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 50674089

Pratt was an Illinois author, Lincoln scholar, history professor, and director of the Illinois State Historical Library.

From the description of Correspondence, 1937-1955. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 405596732

Pratt was an Illinois author, Lincoln scholar, history professor, executive secretary of the Abraham Lincoln Association, Illinois state historian, and director of the Illinois State Historical Library.

From the description of Papers, 1910-1991 (1937-1956). (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 430538754