Collection, f 1880-1882.

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Collection, f 1880-1882.

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Consists of numerous tributes to Abraham Lincoln that Oldroyd gather from celebrated 19th century personalities. Among the tributes are those from diplomats, statesmen, military officers, educators, lawyers, justices, clergy, editors, and authors. The original handwritten tributes include those from Thomas Chase, John G. Fee, Augustus Hill Garland, Henry Grosvenor, Josiah Holland, Leonidas Houk, Noah Porter, and Alexander Ramsey. Additional material includes a few photographs, autographs, and printed excerpts from Oldroyd's 1890 publication "The Lincoln Memorial Album of Immortelles: Tributes and Gems of Thought by Eminent Men."

3 boxes (1.32 cubic ft.)

Lincoln Memorial University Library, Carnegie-Vincent Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7419138

Lincoln Memorial University Library, Carnegie-Vincent Library

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Chase, Thomas, 1827-1892

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Thomas Chase was the son of Anthony and Lydia (Earle) Chase of Worcestor, Ma. He began teaching philosophy, classical and English literature at Haverford College in 1855 and was named president in 1875. In 1885 he resigned due to failing health. He served on the American Committee for the revision of the Bible from 1881-1894. From the description of Papers, 1843-1947 (bulk 1843-1892). (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 26445069 ...

Garland, A. H. (Augustus Hill), 1832-1899

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U.S. senator from Arkansas. From the description of A.H. Garland letter and address, 1862. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 604884726 American lawyer and politician; Governor of Arkansas. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Little Rock, to the Daily Tribune, 1875 Jan. 30. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269572048 American lawyer and politican; Governor of Arkansas. From the description of Signature to printed fo...

Fee, John Gregg, 1816-1901

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Holland, J.G. (Josiah Gilbert), 1819-1881

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Josiah Gilbert Holland was a doctor, an educator, and a popular author, but is best remembered as the first editor of Scribner's. After brief careers in medicine and education, he became editor of the Springfield Republican in his native Massachusetts. In 1870, he became the founding editor and co-owner of Scribner's. His many published works include poetry, regional short stories, history, and popular philosophical essays. He sometimes used the pseudonym "Timothy Titcomb." From the ...

Ramsey, Alexander, 1815-1903

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U.S. secretary of war, U.S. senator and governor of Minnesota, governor of Minnesota, U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, mayor of St. Paul, Minn., banker, and lawyer. From the description of Letter and portraits of Alexander Ramsey, 1838. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79449469 ...

Grosvenor, Charles Henry, 1833-1917

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Charles Henry Grosvenor (CHG) was an attorney, a general in the Union Army during the Civil War, and a United States Congress representative for 20 years. CHG grew up in Athens, Ohio. He was responsible for persuading Andrew Carnegie to provide funds for a library at Ohio University. Constance Leete (CL) is his granddaughter through his second wife Louise Currier. CL lived in the Grosvenor house until sold to the Episcopal Church in 1948. From the guide to th...

Oldroyd, Osborn H. (Osborn Hamiline), 1842-1930

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Infantryman in the Twentieth Ohio Infantry during the American Civil War, later the custodian of Lincoln's home in Springfield, Illinois, and renow Lincoln collector. From the description of Collection, f 1880-1882. (Fisk University). WorldCat record id: 40121882 Oldroyd was an author and publisher of Abraham Lincoln books and a collector of Lincoln artifacts. From the description of Papers, 1919. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 268661...

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...

Houk, L. C. (Leonidas Campbell), 1836-1891

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L C. Houk, lawyer, judge and U.S. Representative and his son, John Chiles Houk, lawyer, State legislator and U.S. Representative (both of Knoxville.). From the description of Papers of Leonidas Campbell Houk and John Chiles Houk; 1863-1923. (Knox County Public Library System). WorldCat record id: 46673999 ...

Porter, Noah, 1811-1892

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Noah Porter: Congregational clergyman, educator, president of Yale College; B.A., Yale, 1831; studied at the Yale Divinity School with Nathaniel W. Taylor; ordained in 1836; from 1843-1846 pastor of the Second Congregational Church in Springfield, Massachusetts; president of Yale from 1871-1886. From the description of Noah Porter papers, 1781-1889 (inclusive). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702169079 Congregational minister, metaphysician, author, and president of Yale. ...