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Lincoln Collection at the Dixon Public Library at the Dixon Public Library The Lincoln Collection at the Dixon Public Library We are very proud of our Lincoln Collection at DPL. There has been a distinct collection of books and pamphlets about Lincoln here for many years, some of it given by Edward Vaile. This was substantially added to in 1987 when the library received a large gift of materials from Howard Engelbrecht of Oregon, IL. For nearly 30 years much of the collection was housed in The Lincoln Room, which had been the Director’s office until 1969, although there were other Lincoln titles throughout the non-fiction, biography, and even fiction sections of the library. In 2017 the main book collection was gathered together on new shelves next to our beautiful arch window on the main floor, re-cataloged and relabeled, and made readily accessible to anyone who is interested. Our Lincoln Collection can be found online using this link: https://tinyurl.com/dplincolncollection. Click on the link and you will be taken to a listing of all of our Lincoln items in our online catalog. There is an option to sort this list in several ways, such as by author, call number, and title. There are two parts of the collection which can’t be checked out: our Lincoln pamphlets held in magazine boxes and index card box at the adult circulation desk, but along with the items held in our vault they may be consulted on request in the library. On the following pages is a list of over 810 items and 680 different titles that the library holds on Lincoln. We hope that you find this list useful. We will keep it up to date, as we add new titles. If you have any questions or suggestions for specific items we might add to this collection, please address those to the Director of the Dixon Public Library, Antony Deter. One other thing that might be of interest to the Lincoln enthusiast is the book “Lincoln in Dixon”, which is published by the Dixon Public Library. It was written by former director Nancy Gilfillan with local historian Duane Paulsen, and was reissued in 2017. Copies can be checked out or purchased at the library for $5.00. Look for more information on the back page of this brochure. Call Location Title Author Year Type Number Notes LC Ab33a Abe Lincoln and his times, 1809-1865 1946 Book Abe Lincoln in Illinois: 6th annual 2 copies, LC Ab33a 1951 Pamphlet production adult desk LC Ab33a Abe Lincoln, an anthology 1953 Book LC Index LC Ab33a The Abe Lincoln digest Abe Lincoln Café 1970 Pamphlet card box, adult desk Lincoln's Jewish spy: the life and times of LC Ab34l Abel, E. Lawrence 2020 Book Issachar Zacharie LC Abraham Lincoln and Jack Armstrong LC Ab824a 1937 Photograph Photograph wrestling box, vault Abraham Lincoln and Stephan A. Douglas LC Ab824a the candidates for United States senator 1958 Pamphlet Adult desk (Centenary reprint) LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln chronology 1990 Pamphlet Adult desk LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln chronology 2002 Pamphlet Adult desk Abraham Lincoln: from his own words LC Ab824a 1961 Pamphlet Adult desk and contemporary accounts LC Ab824a The Abraham Lincoln companion 2008 Book The Abraham Lincoln Association, its Abraham Lincoln LC Ab824a 1949 Pamphlet Adult desk purposes, accomplishments and plans Association Abraham Lincoln LC Ab824a The Abraham Lincoln Association 1993 Pamphlet Adult desk Association LC Index Abraham Lincoln Memorial, Washington, LC Ab824a B. S. Reynolds Co. 1951 Postcard card box, D. C. adult desk LC Index LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln (3/4 face view) Curt Teich & Co. 1898 Postcard card box, adult desk LC Index LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln (front view) Curt Teich & Co. 1898 Postcard card box, adult desk LC Index Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge in LC Ab824a Curt Teich & Co. 1935 Postcard card box, their courting days adult desk LC Index Abraham Lincoln's home, Springfield, Curt Teich & LC Ab824a 1960 Postcard card box, Illinois Company adult desk Abraham Lincoln as attorney for the Illinois Central LC Ab824a 1905 Book Vault Illinois Central Railroad Company Railroad Company Illinois, Department LC Ab824a The Abraham Lincoln Home of Public Works and 1938 Pamphlet Adult desk Buildings Illinois, Department LC Ab824a The Abraham Lincoln Home of Public Works and 1950 Pamphlet Adult desk Buildings John Hancock Mutual LC Index LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln, the great emancipator Life Insurance 1975 Pamphlet card box, Company adult desk Larue County Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, LC Ab824a Chamber of 1980 Pamphlet Adult desk Hodgenville, Kentucky Commerce LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln's stories and speeches Lincoln, Abraham 1898 Book LC Index Miller Publishing LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln's bedroom 1990 Postcard card box, Company adult desk LC Index Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National LC Ab824a National Park Service 1978 Pamphlet card box, Historic Site adult desk LC Index Ostendorf-Temple- LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln the postmaster 1978 Postcard card box, Wagner adult desk Public Service LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln in northern Illinois Company of 1950 Pamphlet Adult desk Northern Illinois LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln Rand McNally 1970 Pamphlet Adult desk State of Illinois, Department of 2 copies, LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln in Illinois Conservation, 1971 Pamphlet adult desk Division of Parks and Memorials LC Index LC Ab824a Abraham Lincoln the Hoosier youth Stein Advertising 1932 Postcard card box, adult desk Every drop of blood: the momentous LC Ac47e Achorn, Edward 2020 Book second inauguration of Abraham Lincoln LC Index Acknowledgment to Mr. and Mrs. LC Ac579a 1950 Invitation card box, Engelbrecht adult desk LC Ac834l Lincoln’s Last Trial Abrams, Dan 2018 Book Addresses delivered at the celebration of Lincoln Centennial LC Ad28a the one hundred and eighth anniversary 1917 Book Association of the birth of Abraham Lincoln Addresses delivered at the celebration of Lincoln Centennial LC Ad28a the one hundred and ninth anniversary of 1918 Book Association the birth of Abraham Lincoln LC Al134a Abe & Fido: Lincoln’s Love of Animals Algeo, Matthew 2015 Book Lincoln comes to Wisconsin: address at LC Al266l annual meeting, Lincoln fellowship of Alexander, Edward P. 1944 Book Vault Wisconsin, Madison, February 12, 1943 Pictorial history and guide book: Lincoln's LC Al273p Alexander, Marda 1967 Pamphlet Adult desk New Salem, Illinois Pictorial history and guide book: The LC Al273p Alexander, Marda 1966 Pamphlet Adult desk Lincoln Home LC Index LC Al539l The Lincoln Pew Allen, Lyman W. 1900 Pamphlet card box, adult desk Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: Lincoln and LC An254l Andreasen, Bryon C. 2015 Book Mormon Country Looking for Lincoln in Illinois: Lincoln’s LC An254l Andreasen, Bryon C. 2015 Book Springfield "Here I have lived": a history of Lincoln's LC An462h Angle, Paul M. 1935 Book Springfield, 1821-1865 The Lincoln Collection of the Illinois State 2 copies, LC An462l Angle, Paul M. 1940 Pamphlet Historical Library adult desk A shelf of Lincoln books: a critical, LC An462s Angle, Paul M. 1946 Book selective bibliography of Lincolniana LC Ar647l The life of Abraham Lincoln Arnold, Isaac N. 1909 Book The Assassination and history of the conspiracy: a one-hundred-year-old LC As72a chronicle of the assassination of President 1965 Book Abraham Lincoln from the early plotting to the execution of the conspirators Booth and the spirit of Lincoln: a story of a LC B114b Babcock, Bernie 1925 Book living dead man LC B116a A. Lincoln with compass and chain Baber, Adin 1968 Book Vault LC Mary Todd Lincoln: a biography Baker, Jean H. 2008 Book B1742m LC The military genius of Abraham Lincoln: Ballard, Colin R. 1952 Book B2121m an essay LC B216l The Lincoln conspiracy Balsiger, David W. 1977 Book Nancy Hanks, the destined mother of a LC B2331n Baber, Adin 1963 Book Vault President A house dividing: Lincoln as president LC B2397h Baringer, William E. 1945 Book elect LC B2397l Lincoln's Vandalia, a pioneer portrait Baringer, William E. 1949 Book Abraham Lincoln, his life in Illinois: being LC B242a Barker, H. E. 1940 Book year by year incidents from 1830 to 1865 LC Index Barrett Lincoln collection fund donor LC B2756b 1952 Invitation card box, invitation adult desk The Life and Public Services of Hon. LC B2842L Bartlett, D. W. Book Abraham Lincoln (Reprint) LC B2858a Abraham Lincoln and his books Barton, William E. 1920 Book Lincoln at Gettysburg: what he intended to LC B2858l say; what he said; what he was reported Barton, William E. 1950 Book to have said; what he wished he had said LC B3804a Abraham Lincoln, the prairie president Beardsley, Harry M. 1943 Pamphlet Adult desk 38 nooses: Lincoln, Little Crow, and the LC B4528t Berg, Scott W. 2012 Book beginning of the frontier's end LC B4567l Lincoln and the music of the Civil War Bernard, Kenneth A. 1966 Book LC Index Berry-Lincoln store, New Salem State LC B4596b Genuine Curteich 1943 Postcard card box, Park, Lincoln's New Salem, Ill. adult desk House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, LC B4598h Berry, Stephen W. 2007 Book a family divided by war 2 volumes. 2 LC B4677a Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1858 Beveridge, Albert J. 1928 Book copies, Vault LC A bicentennial tribute: Abraham Lincoln American Philatelic 2009 Pamphlet Adult desk B47197b on U. S. stamps Society LC B5416d The day Lincoln was shot Bishop, Jim 1955 Book The one hundredth anniversary of the LC B5754o Blair, Francis G. 1908 Pamphlet Adult desk birth of Abraham Lincoln LC B6216d The diary of Orville Hickman Browning Browning, Orville H. 1925 Book A self-made man: the political life of LC B627s Blumenthal, Sidney 2016 Book Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1849 Wrestling with his angel: the political life LC B627w Blumenthal, Sidney 2017 Book of Abraham Lincoln Vol II, 1849-1856 LC Right or wrong, God judge me: the Booth, John W.
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