Guy S. Allison collection, [194?-196?].

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Guy S. Allison collection, [194?-196?].

The collection contains poems, newspaper clippings, scrapbooks, correspondence, and miscellaneous facsimiles of contemporary documents; topics vary but tend to be historic with an emphasis on Abraham Lincoln.

0.4 linear feet (1 box)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7758827

Western Washington University

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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...

Allison, Guy S.

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Guy Selwin Allison was born near Frankford, Pike County, Missouri on December 24, 1883, was educated in the public schools of Kirksville, moved West in 1906, matriculated to the State Normal School in Bellingham, graduating in 1907. While a student he excelled at Interscholastic Debate, and was editor of the school journal, The Messenger. Upon graduation he began teaching, served also as school principal, received his Life Diploma in 1922, and later became a newspaper columnist. From...