This annotated list includes some of the primary and secondary source documents at the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum that pertain to the history and study of Abraham Lincoln and the times in which he lived.

#80-3024

#80-1430

This multi-volume collection of Civil War ephemera was originally formed by John C. Browne, a Philadelphia resident. The set contains many thousands of individual items from both the North and the South, including broadsides, patriotic covers, numerous Confederate postage stamps, badges, a fine series of Currier & Ives views of military and naval actions, election posters, flyers and ballots of the 1864 Presidential campaign, Confederate bonds, song sheets and sheet music, photographs, engraved and lithographic portraits, Confederate playing cards, advertising cards, paper currency, newspaper and magazine clippings, lithographic caricatures, recruiting posters, Confederate proclamations, and numerous lithographs. The set also includes a "Constitution" printed for John Brown, various rare broadsides, and possibly the first printing of "Maryland, My Maryland." The donor of the scrapbooks was Mr. Raymond S. Wilkins, who formerly served as a trustee of Lincoln Memorial University.

#95-001.1 through 95-001.500; 95-002.001 through 95-002.077; 95-004.001 through 95-004.050; 95-005.001 through 95-005.007

A collection of carte-de-visites, pertaining chiefly to the Civil War era. Several of the carte-de-visites are signed. The photographs include those of P.G.T. Beauregard (signed), John Wilkes Booth, William Cullen Bryant, James Buchanan, James Fenimore Cooper, George A. Custer, Jefferson Davis, Stephen A. Douglas, David G. Farragut, Garibaldi, Horace Greeley, Joseph Hooker, Samuel F. B. Morse, Henry W. Slocum, Gideon Welles, and Felix K. Zollicoffer. The collection includes over seventy Lincoln-related carte-de-visites. A notebook containing photocopies of the portraits is available.

#80-2892; 80-2893

American abolitionist and statesman, who served as a Union General for a brief span, until returning to the diplomatic post of U.S. Minister to Russia in 1863. The collection consists of chiefly incoming correspondence, of which there are approximately 540 letters. Some are in Russian and French, written when he served as Minister to Russia. The correspondence includes letters from Abraham Lincoln, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Douglass, Samuel F.B. Morse, Edward Everett, Gustavus V. Fox, Horace Mann, William H. Seward, Benjamin Harrison, Leo Tolstoy, and other famous writers, reformers, and politicians. Available on microfilm.

#98-0034

This bound volume consists of clippings of a published broadside of an address delivered by William H. Herndon, circa November 1866, to a small audience gathered in Springfield, Illinois. The title of the published lecture is Abraham Lincoln, Miss Ann Rutledge, New Salem, Pioneering, and the Poem.

Book case set

America's first great photograph collector, and N.Y. textile executive. This extensive collection of photographs from the collection of Frederick H. Meserve, was printed directly from both the original negatives and other negatives made from photographs. It was privately printed during 1913-1915. The portraits are mounted photographs, and each volume is arranged by subject area. The titles for the volumes are as follows: I-III, Authors, Artists, Journalists, and Educators; IV-VIII, Prominent People in Public Life; IX-XVI, General Officers of the Union Army, War of the Rebellion (and Including Those Brevetted for Gallantry and Service); XVII, Regimental Officers, Union Army, War of the Rebellion; XVIII, Officers of the Union Navy; Caricatures; [and] Miscellaneous Portraits; XIX-XX, Confederate States of America; XXI, Confederate States of America; Miscellaneous; XXII, Clergymen; XXIII-XXV, Dramatic XXVI, Celebrities of Other Countries; Miscellaneous; XXVII, Lincolniana; XXVIII, Index. The multi-volume set was donated by Carl W. Schaefer.

#80-2561.1 through 80-2561.111

Infantryman in the Twentieth Ohio Infantry during the Civil War, Custodian of Lincoln's home in Springfield, and renown Lincoln collector. The collection consists of numerous tributes to Abraham Lincoln that Oldroyd gathered from celebrated 19th century personalities. Among the tributes in this collection are those from diplomats, statesmen, military officers, educators, lawyers, justices, clergy, editors, and authors. The original handwritten tributes include those from Thomas Chase, John Fee, Augustus Hill Garland, Henry Grosvenor, Josiah Holland, Leonidas Houk, Noah Porter, Alexander Ramsey, and Thomas Young. Additional material such as a few photographs, autographs, and selections from Oldroyd's 1890 publication, The Lincoln Memorial Album of Immortelles: Tributes and Gems of Thought by Eminent men, also forms part of the collection.

This privately printed book of photographs of Abraham Lincoln was published in 1911; it is the 15^th copy in an edition of 102 numbered and signed copies. It features approximately 100 individual photographs of Abraham Lincoln, each with an annotated description, and arranged in chronological order. The contents include photographs of "Mrs. Lincoln and the Sons", "Photographs of the Vice-Presidents, the Speakers, Members of the Cabinets, and others," and "The Interment of Lincoln." Also, one section of photographs feature "Lincoln at Gettysburg," from photographs made by Matthew Brady or his assistants.

These albums were presented by the State of Illinois on June 3, 1934 during the governorship of Henry Horner. Other officials cited on the cover include Robert Kingery, Director of Public Works and Buildings, and C. Herrick Hammond, State Architect. The photographs originated from the Herbert Georg studio. [Vol.1] includes portraits of "Green's Rocky Branch," the "Living and Dining Room of Samuel Hill's Residence," the "Hill-McNamar Store," the "Berry-Lincoln Store," "Robert Johnson's Residence," the "Miller-Kelso Home, and the "Offut store looking North." [Vol. 2] includes photographs of the exterior view of the Lincoln Tomb, various sculpture in the rotunda and corridors, and Lincoln's sarcophagus surrounded by state flags that symbolize the various states through which the Lincoln family migrated.

These "Original Drawings by Romaine Proctor" were created for the book Lincoln's New Salem by Benjamin P. Thomas. The drawings were part of the Foreman M. Lebold Collection. They include the following sketches: "The Interior of Doctor Allen's House," "The Hill-McNeil Store," "Clary's Grocery," "The Lincoln-Berry Store," "The Miller-Kelso House," and "Robert Johnson's Shop."

The original drawings in this set were later published in Lincoln's Vandalia by William E. Baringer. The drawings were part of the Foreman M. Lebold Collection. They include vignettes of "the State House," "Prairie Schooner," "Log Cabin," "Ninian Edwards," "Stephen A. Douglas," "Joseph Duncan," "James Shields," and the "Present Restored Third State House."

The illustrations in this set consist of portraits of Lincoln biographers. It includes original drawings of the following biographers: William H. Herndon, Josiah G. Holland, Ward Hill Lamon, John G. Nicolay, John Hay, Robert Todd Lincoln, Jesse W. Weik, Henry C. Whitney, Ida M. Tarbell, Horace White, William E. Barton, Logan Hay, Albert J. Beveridge, and Carl Sandburg.

#98-0032, Storage

The series of scrapbooks are chiefly comprised of newspaper clippings that relate to a variety of subjects, including numerous articles about firefighters, victims of fires, gas tank blasts, street car crashes, train wreckages, and rescues--most of which occurred in the Chicago area. Articles relating to Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and slavery are interspersed throughout the series. Includes several articles pertaining to stage and screen players, Lincoln scholars, book reviews, dinners, speeches, Civil War veterans, G.A.R. encampments, published poetry, and Memorial Day services.

#98-0006.1-.3

Popular Lincoln biographer, journalist, and graduate of Allegheny College in 1880. Her biography of Lincoln, The Life of Abraham Lincoln, was issued in a special illustrator's edition in 1900. Only seventy-five copies were printed of the special illustrated edition entitled The Life of Abraham Lincoln: Drawn from Original Sources and Containing Many Speeches, Letters and Telegrams Hitherto Unpublished. The various primary and secondary sources include photographs, newspaper clippings, a late 18th century accounting manuscript, and numerous signed autograph letters. The set also includes several letters written to President Abraham Lincoln and one document signed by President Lincoln. Additional letters include those written by various politicians and military officers who flourished in the 19th century. Includes an index. The three-volume set formerly belonged to the library of Foreman M. Lebold, and was donated by Peggy Lebold.

Etcher, and pictorial biographer of Abraham Lincoln. This multi-volume set is comprised of etchings entitled Following Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865. It was etched and printed by Bernhardt Wall, of Lime Rock, Connecticut, and each plate, signed by the etcher, contains descriptive text. It took eleven years and four months of work to complete the series. The hand-printed pages were done from six hundred thirty plates, of which four hundred forty-five are pencil-signed pictures. Altogether, the pictorial biography of Abraham Lincoln consists of one thousand thirty-five pages.

Etcher, and pictorial biographer of Abraham Lincoln. A one volume compilation of signed, hand printed etchings from the series Following Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865. It was etched and printed by Bernhardt Wall of Lime Rock, Connecticut. "Trial Copy No. 1, BW" is written on the flyleaf. It was dedicated to "Ralph G. Lindstrom, California Lincoln Scholar." This pictorial biography of Abraham Lincoln consists of approximately 350 leaves of signed, hand-printed etchings created by Bernhardt Wall, d.h.l., and his wife Doris Turbet Wall.

Etcher, and pictorial biographer of Abraham Lincoln. This book was etched, printed, and bound by Bernhardt Wall personally. It is entitled Lincoln's New-Salem: a Pilgrimage and was privately published by the artist in 1926. It consists of 55 leaves of tinted etched plates depicting various subjects. The subjects include a map of New Salem, the flatboat, the Offut store, the Rutledge tavern, the Berry & Lincoln store, "Postmaster Lincoln," Hill-McNamar store, Hill House, "Dr. Allen's," Dr. William E. Barton, "Lincoln & Mentor Graham," Ann Rutledge's grave, Lincoln's Springfield home and law office, and "Wayside shrine." There are 25 plates of etched text inlaid among the pictorial representations.