Papers, 1915.

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Papers, 1915.

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Includes signed typescript of his article "Comments and Corrections on "The Lincoln Life Mask and How It Was Made." Written in response to an article by Leonard Volk which appeared in Century Magazine, Dec. 1881. Typed manuscript of "I Come: A Study of Life Through Dreamland's Open Door" an unpublished article written in memory of his wife, Alma Hurd Rankin(1863-1915). Gives an account of a dream in which Rankin finds himself within the presence of Jesus.

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