- The Hall of Holography Collection
- The Hall of Holography Collection was established at Lincoln Memorial University in October 1934 by Dr. John Wesley Hill, Chancellor of the University. The nucleus of the collection was a gift from Dr. Thomas F. Madigan, who had spent over 20 years... View Exhibit Page Vex 2
- Hall of Holography Collection - Timing is Everything
- The Hall of Holography Collection was established at Lincoln Memorial University in October 1934 by Dr. John Wesley Hill, Chancellor of the University. The nucleus of the collection was a gift from Dr. Thomas F. Madigan, who had spent over 20 years... View Exhibit Page Vex 4
- Lost, Hidden, and Forgotten in the Depths of the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum
: A Fragment of a Book of Hours - ... View Exhibit Page Vex 3
- Hall of Holography - World War II
- The Hall of Holography Collection was established at Lincoln Memorial University in October 1934 by Dr. John Wesley Hill, Chancellor of the University. The nucleus of the collection was a gift from Dr. Thomas F. Madigan, who had spent over 20 years... View Exhibit Page Vex 5
- Dr. Harry Wood Channels Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln's Influence After Death
- Dr. Harry Wood was one of the foremost observers of Abraham Lincoln's face and physical characteristics, translating those observations into unique art known world-wide.
Born in 1910 in Indianapolis, Indiana, Dr. Wood demonstrated at an early... View Exhibit Page Vex 6
- Hall of Holography - Women
- The Hall of Holography Collection was established at Lincoln Memorial University in October 1934 by Dr. John Wesley Hill, Chancellor of the University. The nucleus of the collection was a gift from Dr. Thomas F. Madigan, who had spent over 20 years c... View Exhibit Page Vex 7
- Following Bernhardt Wall: A Pictorial Biography of the Etcher of Books
- Bernhardt Wall was an American artist who dedicated most of his life to following and documenting the lives of famous people in etched books. Most notably, over the course of ten years, Bernhardt Wall etched an 85-volume pictorial biography of Abrah... View Exhibit Page Vex 9
- Battle at Cumberland Gap
- "100,000 cant whip out 20,000, but it is one of the easiest places in the world to starve out a set of men"
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- Strong Women…Man's World
- This is the online version of the physical display at ALLM. We have provided the images of the physical items referenced in the media file attached to this online exhibit.
Imagine that you are a little girl in the 1820's - almost 200 years ago.... View Exhibit Page Vex 11
- African Americans in the Civil War Period: An practium exhibit by Erin Upshaw, Spring 2015
- The Civil War was a tumultuous time in our nation's history. While there were many factors at play that brought this conflict to a head, there is one that is attributed as being the breaking point: slavery. Slavery has been a part of America since... View Exhibit Page Vex 12
- Broadside Song Sheet Collection
This collection showcases musical broadside printed song sheets, a type of temporary memorabilia popular during the Civil War era. Broadsides, or song sheets, are printed leaflets displaying "new" lyrics meant to be sung to already familiar tunes... View Exhibit Page Vex 13
- Sheet Music Collection
- One of the ways that individuals express themselves is through artwork including the use of music. As such, the study of society through the lens of music gives vaulable insight into the past. The use of music was widespread during the turbulent day... View Exhibit Page Vex 21
- Lincoln in Caricature
- By 1860 tensions and inflammatory rhetoric between Republicans and Democrats were incredibly high. No matter who had won the presidential election, the Civil War was all but inevitable. Lincoln took office under that cloud - whatever action he took... View Exhibit Page Vex 14
- Photographs and Engravings Collection
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- The Civil War Music Collection - The War Begins
- One of the ways that individuals express themselves is through artwork including the use of music. As such, the study of society through the lens of music gives vaulable insight into the past. The use of music was widespread during the turbulent day... View Exhibit Page Vex 16
- Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
- Young Mr. Lincoln is a 1939 partly fictionalized biopic about the early life of President Abraham Lincoln, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda. The film is based upon the William "Duff" Armstrong murder case, which took place in 1858 at th... View Exhibit Page Vex 17
- Henry Spencer Collection
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- Stereographic Collection
- Invented by Charles Wheatstone in 1838, the stereoscope device added an entirely new dimension to the burgeoning field of photography. Utilizing a stereo card (two copies of essentially the same image with one partially offset on a single card), the... View Exhibit Page Vex 19
- MOLLUS
- MOLLUS is one of the oldest veterans/hereditary organizations still in existence in the country. MOLLUS seeks to foster military and naval science, promote allegiance to the United States government, perpetuate the memory of those who fought to prese... View Exhibit Page Vex 20
- Cumberland Gap Byrnes Collection
- The Cumberland Gap was a strategic location during the American Civil War and changed hands several times throughout the course of the conflict. The collection includes correspondence, cartes-de-visite, and artifacts from soldiers belonging to both... View Exhibit Page Vex 22
- 2018 Acquisitions
- This is a list of our recent book acquisitions for the Museum's library. Although these resources cannot be checked out, they are freely accessible by simply contacting the archivist via email to schedule a time to see them.