Small collection of miscellaneous ephemera from the 1958 reenactment of the Lincoln-Douglas debate held at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.

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Small collection of miscellaneous ephemera from the 1958 reenactment of the Lincoln-Douglas debate held at Knox College, Galesburg, Illinois.

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Includes 2 copies of the script of A Re-enactment of the Lincoln-Douglas debate held in Galesburg, Illinois, on October 7, 1858 by Parker Zellers; rehearsal schedule; letter regarding pictures of the reenactment; pageant cast parade assignments; draft of a speech for the Medill Symposium by Willard L. King; copy of the script for The Galesburg debate and the press; 1 page of a script detached from an unknown play; and 2 registration cards to be filled out by attending alumni.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Douglas, Stephen A. (Stephen Arnold), 1813-1861

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Stephen Arnold Douglas (April 23, 1813 – June 3, 1861) was an American politician and lawyer from Illinois. He was one of two Democratic Party nominees for president in the 1860 presidential election, which was won by Abraham Lincoln. Douglas had previously defeated Lincoln in the 1858 United States Senate election in Illinois, known for the Lincoln–Douglas debates. During the 1850s, Douglas was one of the foremost advocates of popular sovereignty, which held that each territory should be allowe...

Knox College (Galesburg, Ill.)

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King, Willard L. (Willard Leroy), 1893-1981

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Mr. King was a lawyer, a trustee of Chicago Historical Society, and the author of biographies of David Davis and Melville Fuller. From the description of Willard L. King papers, ca. 1930s-1970s. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 713908051 ...

Zellers, Parker

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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...