Collection of material about Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 1850-1950.

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Collection of material about Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 1850-1950.

Collection consists of articles, books, pamphlets, clippings, memorabilia, photographs and other pictorial materials relating to Abraham Lincoln. Also includes publications concerning organizations and memorials dedicated to Lincoln. Most of the material was collected by Edward A. Dickson.

9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.)5 oversize boxes.1 map folder.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7413056

University of California, Los Angeles

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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...

Dickson, Edward Augustus, 1879-1956

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Biography Edward Augustus Dickson was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, August 29, 1879; family moved to California, 1885; BL, UC Berkeley, 1901; worked for Sacramento Union and San Francisco Chronicle before joining the Los Angeles Evening Express editorial staff in 1906; became owner and editor of the Express, 1919; married Wilhelmina de Wolff, 1907; President, Western Federal Savings and Loan Association, 1931-56; member, Board of Directors, C...