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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Lincoln Collection Bibliography Series Mary Todd Lincoln [Revised 10/4/10] Books and Pamphlets Baker, Jean H. The Lincoln Marriage: Beyond the Battle of Quotations (Gettysburg, Penn.: Gettysburg College, 1999). L2 F7375L 38th 1999 _____. Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography (New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1987). L2 L7374b _____. Parallel Lives: Abraham and Mary Lincoln (Redlands, Calif.: Lincoln Memorial Shrine, 1990). L2 R317d 1990 Bassett, Margaret Byrd. Abraham & Mary Todd Lincoln (Porter’s Landing, Maine: Wheelwright, 1973). L2 B319a Bauer, Charles J. The Lincoln-Douglas Triangle—With Naughty Mary Lincoln, Seduced by Latest Paris Fashions (Silver Springs, Maryland: Silver Springs Press, 1980). L2 B344L Berry, Stephen W. House of Abraham: Lincoln and the Todds, A Family Divided By War (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007). L2 B5338h Brinkley, Phyllis C. Abraham Lincoln and His Wife, Mary: A Study of Two Human Beings: Address at Annual Meeting, Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, Madison, 1973 (Madison, Wis.: The Fellowship, 1974). L2 H6734 no. 29 _____. The Lincolns: Targets for Controversy (Waunakee, Wis.: P. Brinkley, 1985). L2 B8581L Brown, Mary Edwards (edited by Wayne C. Temple). Mrs. Mary Edwards Brown Tells the Story of Lincoln’s Wedding (Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1960). L2 B8786m 2 Cashman, Dorthy Moline. Lincoln’s Only Love (Springfield, Ill.: s.p., 1969). L2 C3379Lo Clinton, Catherine. Mrs. Lincoln: A Life (New York: Harper, 2009). L2 C6409m Croy, Homer. The Trial of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln (New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962). L2 C9535t Darrin, Charles Van Valkenburg. Your Truly Attached Friend, Mary Lincoln (Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Society, 1951). Not in our Library Donald, David Herbert. Lincoln at Home: Two Glimpses of Abraham Lincoln’s Family Life (Simon & Schuster, 1999, 2000). L2 D675Linc Dunn, C. Frank. The Boarding School of Mary Todd Lincoln: A Discussion As to Its Identification Between C. Frank Dunn and William H. Townsend, Originally Published in the Sunday Herald-Leader of Lexington, Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky: Townsend, 1941). L2 D9228b Dunn, Peggy. “Mrs. Lady President” and the Women of Washington Society (Springfield, Ill.: History on Fire, 2005). Not in our Library Ellestson, D. H. Maryannery: Mary Ann Lincoln and Mary Ann Disraeli (London: J. Murray, 1959). L2 E454m Emerson. Jason. The Madness of Mary Lincoln (Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 2007). L2 E5311m Evans, Sam T. Lincolns (Galatin, Mo.: S. T. Evans, 1981). L2 E9258L Fiore, Jordan D. Books About Mary Todd Lincoln: A Contribution to a Bibliography. (self-published, 1982). Not in our Library Fleischner, Jennifer. Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckley: The Remarkable Story of the Friendship Between A First Lady and a Former Slave (New York: Broadway Books, 2004). 3 L2 F596m Helm, Katherine. The True Story of Mary, Wife of Lincoln; Containing the Recollections of Mary Lincoln’s Sister Emilie (Mrs. Benjamin Hardin Helm), Extracts from Her War- Time Diary, Numerous Letters and Other Documents now First Published (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1928). L2 H4782m2 Henderson, Lyndee Jobe. More Than Petticoats: Remarkable Illinois Women (Guilford, Conn.: Two Dot, 2007). Not in our Library Holzer, Harold. Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln (Richmond, Vir.: United States Historical Society, 1984). L2 H762a Hunt, Eugenia Jones. My Personal Recollections of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln (Peoria, Ill.: H. A. Moser, 1966). L2 H9393m 1966 Jackson, Ronald Vern. Abraham Lincoln and Mary Ann Todd Ancestry (Bountiful, Utah: Accelerated Indexing Systems, 1980). L2 J137a Oversize James, Jeannie H., and Temple, Wayne C. Mrs. Lincoln’s Clothing (n.p., 1960). L2 J274m Keckley, Elizabeth (edited by Frances Smith Foster). Behind the Scenes; Formerly a Slave, but More Recently Modiste, and Friend to Mrs. Lincoln or, Thirty Years a Slave and Four Years in the White House (Chicago, Ill: R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 1998; Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, 2001). L2 K25b 1868 L2 K25b 1868 (1998) L2 K25b 1868 (2001) King, C. J. Four Marys and a Jessie: The Story of the Lincoln Women (Manchester, Vt.: Friends of Hildene, Inc., 2005). L2 K522f Kinnaird, Virgina. Mrs. Lincoln as a White House Hostess (Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Society, 1938?). L2 K557m Largent, Kimberly J. Defining Moments in the Lives of Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis: First Ladies of the Civil War (PublishAmerica, 2006). Not in our Library 4 Larrimore, Hazel Rice. Stories of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln In and About Sprinfield (Chautauqua, N.Y.: Chataqua Literary and Scientific Circle, 1942). L2 L334s Martin, Lorene. Mary Lincoln (Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Historical Society, 1929). Not in our Library Miller, Helen Topping. Christmas for Tad: A Story of Mary and Abraham Lincoln (New York: Longmans, Green, 1956). L2 M6475 Mitgang, Herbert. Has History Wronged Mary Lincoln? (Courier Journal & Times), 1973). Morrow, Honore. Mary Todd Lincoln: An Appreciation of the Wife of Abraham Lincoln (W. Morrow & Co., 1928). L2 M8834m Neely, Mark E., and McMurtry, R. Gerald. The Insanity File: The Case of Mary Todd Lincoln (Carbondale, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press, 1986). L2 L734n Ostendorf, Lloyd. The Photographs of Mary Todd Lincoln (Springfield, Ill.: Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 1989) L2 O85p 1968 (1989) Packard, Jerrold M. The Lincolns in the White House: Four Years That Shattered a Family (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2006). L2 P1189L Randall, Ruth Painter. The Courtship of Mr. Lincoln (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown & Co., 1957). L2 R189c _____. I Mary: A Biography of the Girl Who Married Abraham Lincoln (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown & Co., 1955). L2 R189i _____. Lincoln’s Sons (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown & Co., 1955). L2 R189L _____. Mary Lincoln: Biography of a Marriage (Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown & Co., 1953). L2 R189m 5 ____. When Mary Lincoln Was Adjudged Insane: New Light on the Tragic Case of a President’s Widow Who Saw Her Own Son as a Hated Enemy (American Heritage Publishing Co., 1955). Not in our Library Rhodes, James A., and Jauchius, Dean. The Trial of Mary Todd Lincoln (Indianapolis, Ind.: Bobbs-Merrill, 1959). L2 R476t Roberts, Octavia. The Road of Remembrance (Aptos, Calif.: N. Lenox, 1997). Not in our Library Ross, Ishbel. The President’s Wife: Mary Todd Lincoln, A Biography (New York: Putnam, 1973). L2 R8242p Rogstad, Steven K. Companionship in Granite: Celebrating the Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln Monument (Racine, Wis.: Kenson Publishing, 1998). L2 R735c Samples, M. David. Mrs. President; A Play About Mary Todd Lincoln (New York: n.p., 1970). L2 S1921m Sandburg, Carl, and Angle, Paul M. Mary Lincoln: Wife and Widow (New York: Harcourt, Brace & Co., 1932). L2 S213m Sang, Philip D. Mary Todd Lincoln: A Tragic Portrait (New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University 1961). L2 S225m Schreiner, Samuel Agnew, Jr. The Trials of Mrs. Lincoln: The Harrowing Never-Before- Told Story of Mary Todd Lincoln’s Last and Finest Years (New York: Donald I Fine, Inc., 1987). L2 L7374s Simmons, Dawn Langley. A Rose for Mrs. Lincoln: A Biography of Mary Todd Lincoln (Boston, Mass.: Beacon Press, 1970). L2 S592r Spencer, J. M. A Monument to Mary Todd Lincoln. (s.n., 1911). Not in our Library Stoltz, Charles. The Tragic Career of Mary Todd Lincoln (South Bend, Ind.: privately published, The Round Table, 1931). 6 L2 S876t Stone, Irving. Mary Todd Lincoln, A Final Judgement? (Springfield, Ill.: Abraham Lincoln Association, 1973). L2 S8775m Strakes, George. Mary Todd Lincoln and the Illuminati (Authorhouse, 2006). Not in our Library Temple, Wayne C. Lincoln’s Marriage Ceremony (Harrowgate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University Press, 1960). L2 P967L Todd, Malcolm Newton. A Genealogy of the Todd-Family Descendents and Celebrities: Mary Todd, Wife [of] Abraham Lincoln (Lawrenceville, Ind.: s.n., 1951). EZG T633t Turner, Justin G., and Turner, Linda Levitt. Mary Todd Lincoln: Her Life and Letters (New York: Knopf, 1972). L2 L7374 1972 United States Senate (Committee on Pensions). Report…[of] the Committee on Pensions, to Whom Was Referred Senate Joint Resolution No. 196, “Granting a Pension to Mrs. Mary Lincoln, Widow of the Late President of the United States, Who Was Killed During the War of the Rebellion (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1869). L2 U58rs 40-3 No. 197 _____. Report…[of] the Committee on Pensions, to Which Was Referred Senate Bill No. 19, “Granting a Pension to Mary Lincoln, Widow of Abraham Lincoln, Late President of the United States… (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1870). L2 U58rs 41-2 No. 148 _____. Report (to Accompany Bill S.934) [Re] What Increase of Pension, if Any, Should Be Allowed to Mary Lincoln, Widow of Abraham Lincoln, and also Senate Bill 860…Granting Arrears of Pension to Mary Lincoln… (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1882). L2 U58rs 47-1 No. 77 Van der Heuvel, Gerry. Crowns of Thorns and Glory: Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Howell Davis, the Two First Ladies of the Civil War (New York: E. P. Dutton, 1988). L2 L7374v Wallace, Frances [Todd]. Frances Jane (Todd) Wallace Describes Lincoln’s Wedding (Harrogate, Tenn.: Lincoln Memorial University, 1960). L2 W189m 7 Ward, Geoffrey C. Lincoln and His Family (Springfield, Ill.: Sangamon State University, 1978). L2 L74197L 1978 [v. 2] Warren, Louis Austin. The Woman In Lincoln’s Life: With Special Emphasis on Her Cultural Attainments…An Address Before the Filson Club, April 3, 1944 (Louisville?, Kentucky: s.n., 1946?). L2 W2895w Winkler, H. Donald. Lincoln’s Ladies: The Women in the Life of the Sixteenth President (Nashville, Tenn.: Cumberland House, 2001, 2004). L2 W775w L2 W775w 2004 Wise, Sheila A. A Study in Nineteenth Century American Costumes Based on Mary Todd Lincoln and Thomas “Tad” Lincoln—Dissertation (ProQuest/UMI 2006). Not in our Library Articles Bach, Jennifer L. “Acts of Remembrance: Mary Todd Lincoln and Her Husband’s Memory,” Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Association 25 (Summer 2004): 25-49.
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