The Margaret K. Bearden papers, 1944-1983.

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The Margaret K. Bearden papers, 1944-1983.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/71280073

The Bearden papers consist of correspondence, primarily relating to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and various theories offered in partial explanation of that event, between Mrs. Bearden and such other scholars and theorists as Robert Anderson, David Rankin Barbee, John C. Brennan, Bruce Catton, Otto Eisenschiml, Dr. Richard D. Mudd, Col. Julian E. Raymond, Richard Sloan, and E. H. Swaim. The correspondence is supplemented by an extensive file of tape recordings of lectures concerning various aspects of the Civil War.

1.5 linear feet (3 boxes)

Georgetown University, Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8081060

Georgetown University, Joseph Mark Lauinger Memorial Library

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Mudd, Richard Dyer, 1901-2002

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Grandson of Dr. Samuel Mudd who was implicated in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. From the description of Oral history interview, 1972. (Maryland Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 32818965 ...

Bearden, Margaret

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Margaret K. Bearden is a well known expert on the Lincoln assassination, especially on John H. Surratt and the Surratt family. From the description of The Margaret K. Bearden papers, 1944-1983. (Georgetown University). WorldCat record id: 71280073 From the description of The Margaret K. Bearden papers. Part 2, 1865-1999 (bulk 1950-1979). (Georgetown University). WorldCat record id: 71280067 ...

Eisenschiml, Otto, 1880-1963

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Chemist, author, and Civil War/Lincolniana expert. From the description of Papers, 1936-1963. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 21204274 ...

Barbee, David Rankin, 1874-1958

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David Rankin Barbee was born Oct. 15, 1874, in Murfreesboro, Tenn., son of the Rev. John Dodson and Margaret Overson Rankin Barbee. He attended Emory and Henry College, without receiving a degree. In 1896 Barbee began a career in journalism with the Nashville Banner. He subsequently worked for newspapers in Memphis, Chattanooga, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans and Ashville. Barbee came to Washington, D.C. as a feature writer for the Washington Post in 1928. He joined the F.D. Roosevelt administr...

Surratt family.

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Brennan, John C.

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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...

Raymond, Julian E. (Julian Erskine), 1897-1975

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Julian Raymond was an avid student of the Lincoln assassination. From the description of Julian E. Raymond photograph collection. 1865-1940. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 51932342 ...

Anderson, Robert C.

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Robert Anderson was the son-in-law of Alexander Macauley. From the description of Anderson-Macauley papers, 1770-1858 [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145410781 Robert Anderson, born in Jefferson County, Kentucky, in 1805, was the commander of Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor at the outbreak of the Civil War. The Union commander held out against Confederate forces for four months, without supplies from the North. When the Confederate troops discovered that a shipm...