Given to Berea College by a number of contributors over many years, the Abraham Lincoln Historical Collection is a supplementary extension of the Shedd/Schwarzschild Abraham Lincoln Book Collection. The backbone of today's Abraham Lincoln Collection came to Berea College in 1935, with the gift of John A. Shedd's valued collection of autographed books, collectable images, and memorabilia, under an agreement with Mrs. Shedd (Annie K. Shedd). In 2000, the Lincoln Collection of Henry Schwarzschild, a well-known civil-rights attorney, was added to the holdings in Special Collections. Schwarzschild's important collection of printed works, government publications, and other contemporary pieces came to the College through the generosity of Berea alumna, Katherine Jett Schwarzschild, '46. The collection continues to grow through purchases of recently published material and other donations (for example, a small collection of items identified in the Chester A. Young Papers was recently added).
From the description of Abraham Lincoln Historical Collection (Berea College). WorldCat record id: 426045508
