Papers, 1904-1973 (bulk 1959-1973).

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Papers, 1904-1973 (bulk 1959-1973).

Collection includes text of a speech on the religion of Abraham Lincoln; slides and accompanying text for a lecture on the Lincoln assassination and the search for John Wilkes Booth; a 1904 letter signed by Booker T. Washington; and a small amount of other correspondence.

.25 cubic ft. (1 box)

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Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

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Booker T. Washington was an African American educator and public figure. Born a slave on a small farm in Hale's Ford, Virginia, he worked his way through the Hampton Institute and became an instructor there. He was the first principal of the Tuskegee Institute, and under his management it became a successful center for practical education. A forceful and charismatic personality, he became a national figure through his books and lectures. Although his conservative views concerned many critics, he...

Seabourne, J. Gay (Josiah Gay)

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Josiah Gay Seabourne (1896-1978) was a member of the Civil War Round Table of the District of Columbia and served as its president in 1958. For many years he was a field guide and narrator for field trips to Civil War battlefields in the Washington, D.C. area. From the description of Papers, 1904-1973 (bulk 1959-1973). (University of Wyoming, American Heritage Center). WorldCat record id: 29950089 ...

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Abraham Lincoln (born February 12, 1809, Sinking Spring Farm near Hodgenville, Kentucky-died April 15, 1865, Washington, D.C.) was the sixteenth President of the United States from 1861 until his death by assassination. He was the son of a Kentucky frontiersman, Thomas Lincoln, and Nancy Hanks. In 1816, Lincoln moved to Pigeon Creek, Indiana, where he worked on his family's farm. Following his mother's death two years later, he continued working on farms until moving with his father to New Sa...

Booth, John Wilkes, 1838-1865

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Actor; assassin of President Abraham Lincoln. From the description of John Wilkes Booth-Miller collection, 19??-1946 / Ernest Conrad Miller. (Allegheny College). WorldCat record id: 44935230 From the description of Papers, 1863 June-1865 April. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418055 From the description of Letter: Franklin, [Pennsylvania], to John, [18]64 June 17. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 27418059 ...