Plans, photographs, and working files of the Planning Committee for the Shrine for the Emancipation Proclamation, 1961-1963.

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Plans, photographs, and working files of the Planning Committee for the Shrine for the Emancipation Proclamation, 1961-1963.

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This series contains files kept by the secretary of the Planning Committee for the Shrine for the Emancipation Proclamation, established by law in 1962. These files relate to the committee's activities in designing a shrine for permanent exhibit of Lincoln's draft of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation held by the New York State Library. The shrine was designed for the Education Building in Albany, but was never built. These files provide information on the work of the committee, design of the proposed shrine, and other displays of the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation during the centennial of the Civil War.

3 cu. ft. (2 oversize folders, 2 boxes)

New York State Archives

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