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This is an artificial collection of papers and manuscripts from Civil War and Abraham Lincoln academics and from prominent nineteenth century figures. This collections also includes other eighteenth and nineteenth century documents.

Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum's Abraham Lincoln Collection.

A series of collection related to Abraham Lincoln.

Collections that have materials relating to the United States Civil War.

A collection of carte-de-visites, letters, and other materials from soldiers who fought in the Cumberland Gap region during the United States Civil War.

A collection of diaries and other person belongings of people related to the Civil War.

A collection of films and videos about Abraham Lincoln and the American Civil War.

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 collecting and selling autographs. After Dr. Hill's death, Dr. Robert Stanley McCordock, of the Department of History and Citizenship, took responsibility for the collection and its expansion, assisted for several years by Audrey Coulter, class of 1939.  Under Dr. McCordock's leadership the collection grew to include items from over 1300 people, all of whom were identified and contacted without today's convenience of the Internet.

A collection of household furnishings from the nineteenth century.

The Mary Todd Lincoln Theater Collection is comprised of materials about plays regarding Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. It includes newspaper clippings, scripts, and notes about the different plays. The collection mainly focuses on "The Last of Mrs. Lincoln," "Look Away," and "The Lincoln Mask".

A collection of documents and books relating to the MOLLUS organization and the Civil War.

This is an artificial collection created by the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum that contains posters and promotional materials for movies, tv shows, plays, and radio shows that are about Abraham Lincoln.

A collection of phonographs about Abraham Lincoln and other nineteenth century figures from the mid-twentieth century. The collection consists of phonograph record albums in 3 sizes, 7 inch, 10 inch and 12 inch. the collection includes individual LPs, box sets and compilation albums. LP = long playing record album. Designed to be played back at 33 1/2 rpm. box sets = LPs and accompanying text in one coordinated package. Compilation album = a set of LPs without accompanying text.

A collection of political cartoons from the 1850s to the 1960s.

Election tickets from various United States elections between 1860-1865. A few political writings, a couple of pieces of Confederate money, etc.

A collection of postcards 

The Presidential Novelty Card Collection is comprised of smaller documents pertaining to former presidents, including Abraham Lincoln, and other Lincoln association documents. The collection includes his Gettysburg Address Speech, reserved seating tickets for memorial events, and quotes from Abraham Lincoln. It also includes the novelty cards of the first twenty U.S. Presidents.

A collection of Stereographic records.

A collection of presidential signatures and documents.

A collection about the book and republishing of the Wilderness Road book by Robert L. Kincaid.

The personal papers of Sarah Whiting Avery.

The Kenneth Bernard Collection contains materials of and related to Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War, and music. Included in the collection are Civil War hymnals, music sheets, and Kenneth Bernard's writings on Abraham Lincoln and music from the Civil War.

The personal papers of Betty Draper.

Cassius Marcellus Clay was born on his father's plantation, Clermont, in Madison County, Kentucky, October 19, 1810, the son of Revolutionary War veteran General Green Clay and Sally Lewis.

Clay fought for the abolishment of slavery, becoming one of Kentucky's greatest anti-slavery crusaders in the years before the Civil War. While attending Yale University, Clay had been deeply influenced by a pro-emancipation speech of William Lloyd Garrison. Clay became one of the most prominent American abolitionists and statesmen, and was a proponent of Henry Clay's American System. He rejected extreme measures pertaining to slavery and advocated gradual emancipation. In 1845 he founded a leading anti-slavery newspaper the True American, an anti-slavery weekly. When his printing equipment was seized by local opposition, he continued to publish the paper from Cincinnati, Ohio. Later, changing its name to the Examiner, he moved the operation to Louisville, Kentucky.

Clay served three terms in the Kentucky Legislature, from 1835-1840. He helped found the Republican Party in 1854, and gave his support to its' Presidential tickets in 1856 and 1860. He was named Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia in 1861, during the Lincoln Administration, returning home for a brief period when he received a commission from the Lincoln Administration to serve as a Major General for the Union Army. Clay returned to St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1863, to continue his diplomatic service as Minister to Russia until 1869.

In his late years, he wrote an autobiography: The Life of Cassius Marcellus Clay: Memoirs, Writings, and Speeches. As health failed due to advancing age, Clay confined himself more and more to his estate, White Hall, the remodeled estate built upon the original estate house structure of Clermont. Cassius Marcellus Clay died July 22, 1903, in the older section of the house, where he had been born ninety-three years earlier.

This collection contains the personal papers and correspondences of Cassius Marcellus Clay.

 Finding Aid for Cassius Marcellus Clay Papers

Finding Aid for Cassius Marcellus Clay Collection

The George B. Cockrell Papers include correspondence, business papers (invoices, receipts, and bills of sale), and miscellaneous printed and handwritten items. The collection was presented to Lincoln Memorial University shortly after WWI by Major George B. Cockrell, C.S.A., who lived for a number of years at Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, following the industrial development of 1890.

The Dorothy Ellis McClelland Collection contains materials regarding Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, and his memorial. It includes pamphlets and articles about the Civil War, Lincoln's speeches, and various memorial associations. The collection focuses on the Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation.

The George P. Hambrecht Collection contains materials related to Abraham Lincoln from the 1800s and early 1900s. The collection includes writings from Hambrecht's research of Abraham Lincoln, and other writings from various authors about Abraham Lincoln, his education, memorial, and the Civil War.

The O.O. Howard Collection contains letters of correspondence from Oliver Otis Howard to his uncle, John Otis (Representative from Maine to the Thirty-first Congress as a Whig), written while he was a student at Bowdoin College (1850), and later while he was a cadet at West Point (1851); as well as correspondence by and with other members of his family, spanning the years up to October 30, 1909.

The personal papers of Robert L. Kincaid.

Series of 8 original mixed media watercolors by R. J. LeFevre depicting prominent figures in the Civil War.

This is a collection of photographs that seem to be from an LMU trip to Springfield, Illinois based on photographs of the Lincoln Tomb and other memorials and burial sites photographed here.

The Lloyd D. Miller - Civil War Round Table Collection is comprised of documents and research materials for the Civil War Round Table Annual Battlefield Tours. Lloyd D. Miller was a member of the Civil War Round Table of Chicago and was president of the organization from 1948-1949.

R. Gerald McMurtry was born in 1906. His interest in Lincolniana began while he worked as a librarian at the Lincoln National Life Foundation. Before coming to Lincoln Memorial University as the Director of Research at the Lincoln Museum, he was an insurance salesman. While at LMU, McMurtry wrote dozens of books, pamphlets and lectures about Abraham Lincoln. He died in 1988.

The personal papers of Stephen T. McMurtry.

A collection about Lloyd Ostendorf's art.

Weldon was a well-known scholar of Abraham Lincoln and the music he enjoyed. He was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1923. Petz started as a musician in the Big bands, but went into education in 1953. He published two books and several articles on Lincoln and LMU. He died in 2011.

Weldon Petz was born September 11, 1923. He began his career as a trombonist in an orchestra with Jimmy Dorsey and Johnny Long, and worked with many others such as Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante, and Abbott & Costello. Petz even started his own orchestra, the Tommy Weldon Orchestra, which operated from 1947 to 1953. He eventually sought a career in education, but continued to focus on music, and furthered his career as a historian focusing on the presidential history of Lincoln, music, and education. He went to Wayne State University and received his Master’s Thesis in 1951, which is entitled Music and Abraham Lincoln. In 1954 he became involved a legal dispute with John Lair, who he accused lair of having plagiarized for Lair’s book research he had shown him. While the evidence was substantial, nothing came of the lawsuit. Petz received the Lincoln Diploma of Honor in 1972. His publications include In the Presence of Lincoln, published in 1973, and Michigan's monumental tributes to Abraham Lincoln published in 1987. He died April 28, 2011 at the age of 88.

The personal papers of Sal Satinsky.

This is a collection of objects and papers belonging to James Scatterfield, a private in Company D of the First Regiment of the Light Artillery Tennessee Volunteers. He was born on June 27, 1843 and died on January 31, 1880 at age 36. He resided and is buried in Grainger County, TN, and is buried in Liberty Hill Cemetery. He was married to Matilda Beeler and had a son, Samuel Satterfield. Variations of last name spelling include Satterfield, Scatterfield, and Seatterfield. Personal effects include a wallet, carte-de-viste picture, minor child claim, discharge papers, books, and tax receipts.

The Hal Seaberg Collection contains two plays: Twice a Pilgrim Through the Lincoln Country by Hal Seaberg and Lincoln Takes a Wife: A Comedy in Three Parts by Earl Hobson Smith.

A collection of ephemera relating to Cassius Clay donated to the Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum by Frank A. Seiberling.

The personal papers of Max Shively.

The Henry Spencer Collection is a collection of nineteenth century etchings and engravings donated by Dr. Henry Spencer. The archival materials range in topic from pre-civil war to post-civil war nineteenth century.

A collection of scrapbooks by John W. Starr, Jr. about President Abraham Lincoln.

The Dorothy Lamon Teillard Collection is comprised of various documents and materials from Dorothy Lamon Teillard and her family. Some of the documents include her marriage license, voter registration card, and various personal letters. The collection also contains several photographs of Dorothy Lamon Teillard and other members of her family. The collection mainly focuses on Dorothy, her father (Ward H. Lamon), and their relation to Abraham Lincoln. Teillard was born in 1858 and died in 1953.

The Benjamin F. Trail Family Correspondence contains correspondence among the Trail brothers and two letters from Sergeant Preston Malone (l4th Regiment, U. S. Colored Troops: Infantry) to David Trail. The provenance of the collection is unknown.

The personal paper of Randle B. Truett.

The personal belongings of Bernhardt Wall.

Various items relating to Abrahm Lincoln, including several Lloyd Ostendorf prints, a plaque, two vinyl records, medallions, and books.

The collection consists of the original book manuscript to "The Boys in White," published in 1870; two handwritten journals (September 10, 1862, to December 31, 1867) that records her daily field and hospital experiences during the Civil War and furnishes the basis of "The Boys in White;" a scrapbook (see accession #80-2700), consisting of poetry, clippings of war stories, certificates, and documents relating to her wartime experiences. Her official papers, consisting of certificates of appointment, war passes, etc., and a photo album (chiefly portraits of Michigan soldiers and officers) also forms part of the collection. The inscription on the photo album states "Presented to Mifs Julia S. Wheelock, in behalf of the Officers of the Michigan Soldier Relief Association, by Mrs. F.W. May, Dec. 25th, 1862."

Julia Susan Wheelock Freeman was a Union nurse during the United States Civil War. Wheelock was born on October 7, 1833 and died June 7, 1900 (age 66 years). She is the author for "The Boys in White: The Experience of a Hospital Agent in and Around Washington," a memoir about her time in Washington as a nurse.

The “Whitney Family Papers” collection is a large compilation of letters and correspondence centered on Grove D. Whitney. Grove served in the Army of the Potomac during the Civil War, during which he sustained injuries that landed him in hospitals in Alexandria VA. He is also one of the longest living Civil War veterans, having lived until 1932.

The papers of John Lorimer Worden (1818-1897) span the years 1835-1891, with the bulk of the material covering the years 1861 to 1868.

The collection consists of correspondence and official papers relating to Rear Admiral John Lorimer Worden's service in the U.S. Navy, a personal scrapbook, and various handwritten manuscripts authored by Worden. These papers have great historical value because of the epic naval engagement between the U.S.S. "Monitor" and the C.S.S. "Virginia" (generally known as the Merrimac, although the actual battle ship that was seized and remodeled was the Merrimack).

This collection was acquired by Lincoln Memorial University in April, 1931 from Thomas F. Madigan, a well known autograph dealer of New York City, who had previously purchased the majority of the items from Commodore Worden's daughter. Mr. Madigan then added several Worden items from his own stock which made up sixty-six original documents.

In addition to the papers, a large scrapbook containing Photostats of the original documents, the speaking trumpet used by Admiral Worden, and a model of the "Monitor" also supplement the manuscript items. Another exhibit feature, on display in the museum, is a large bronze plaque of Rear Admiral Worden, mounted on a wooden base and bearing the following identification marks: "John L. Worden, Rear Admiral, U.S.N., Aug. 27, 1892, Olivia W. Busbee from J.E. Kelley, Sc., 1892, Quaker Hill, N.Y."

The personal papers of Levi Worster.

The personal papers of Roy Blanton Wyatt.