Scrapbook, 1950-1951.

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Scrapbook, 1950-1951.

Scrapbook of newspaper articles concerning the efforts of the campaign to raise funds and the train as it travelled around Illinois and also to other states.

1 v. ; 41 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7610292

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

Related Entities

There are 3 Entities related to this resource.

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...

Lincoln Historical Fund Campaign.

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Committee formed by Governor Adlai Stevenson to raise funds for the purchase of the Oliver Barrett Lincoln Collection, the largest in the country, which was offered to the state in Barrett's will at a cost of $220,000. A train car containing much of the collection travelled around the state allowing people to see the historic items. From the description of Scrapbook, 1950-1951. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49574784 ...

Barrett, Oliver R. (Oliver Roger), 1873-1950

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Collector. From the description of Oliver R. Barrett collection regarding sale of lands by American Indians, 1638-1769. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79456077 Oliver Roger Barrett (1873-1950), lawyer, author, and collector of Chicago, Ill. From the description of Oliver R. Barrett papers, 1925-1929 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 46399346 Epithet: of Cooke, Sullivan and Ricks, Chicago British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Pe...