Small collection of correspondence by Lincoln collectors 1867-1964.

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Small collection of correspondence by Lincoln collectors 1867-1964.

The collection includes holograph letters, typescripts, carbon copies, images, newspapers, photographs, ephemera, holding lists, etc. Includes individual folders on Oliver R. Barrett, Truman Bartlett, Russell Conwell, Herbert Wells Fay, William H. Lambert, Clarence S. Lercher, John S. Little, Ralph G. Newman, Harry E. Pratt, Henry B. Rankin, C.E. Van Norman, Sr., and Bernhardt Wall, as well as a small folder on various other collectors.

1 cubic foot box.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8122753

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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There are 13 Entities related to this resource.

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...

Conwell, Russell H., 1843-1925

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Van Norman, Clarendon E., 1903-1991

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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...

Little, John S., 1864-1938

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Wall, Bernhardt, 1872-1956

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Bernhardt Wall, distinguished American artist and etcher of books. Born at Buffalo, New York, and graduated from the public schools, where he carried off the principal prizes in both drawing and painting competitions. He went to New York City to study art, leaving there to travel to various states as he sketched scenes along the way. He served in Cuba with the 202nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. After he was mustered out of the army, he returned to New York, where he became known as the ...

Lercher, Clarence S.

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Lambert, William H. (William Harrison), 1842-1912

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Fay, Herbert Wells, 1859-1949

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Bartlett, Truman Howe, 1835-1923

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Bartlett was an American author who wrote books and articles about artists and art movements. From the description of Collection on Auguste Rodin, 1886-1913. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612367704 Truman Howe Bartlett (1835-1923) was a sculptor in Boston, Mass. From the description of Truman Howe Bartlett scrapbook, circa 1880-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646402695 ...

Pratt, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1901-1956

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Illinois State Historian, Lincoln scholar and author, this scrapbook reflects Pratt's interest in Illinois past. From the description of Scrapbook, 1882-1946. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 49700227 Cambridge, Illinois author, Lincoln scholar, history professor and director of the Illinois State Historical Library. Pratt graduated from the University of Illinois in 1923 and after teaching for awhile, returned to complete his doctorate in history ...

Rankin, Henry B. (Henry Bascom), 1837-1927

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Springfield, Illinois attorney who worked in Abraham Lincoln's law office 1856 to 1861, and wrote on subjects relating to Lincoln. From the description of Letter, January 14, 1927. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 268659002 Springfield, Ill. attorney who worked in Lincoln's law office for a time and wrote on subjects relating to Lincoln. From the description of Personal recollections of Abraham Lincoln, the first American, 1916. (Abraha...

Newman, Ralph Geoffrey, 1911-

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Mr. Newman died July 23, 1998. From the description of Ralph G. Newman papers, 1938-1998. (Chicago History Museum). WorldCat record id: 729758882 Chicago, Illinois proprietor of the Abraham Lincoln Bookshop, manuscript dealer and appraiser, author, member of many historical and cultural organizations, especially related to the Civil War. From the description of Collection of Adlai E. Stevenson Material, 1892, 1947-1968. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). Wor...