Lincoln, Abraham— Miscellaneous Publications Collection

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McLean County Museum of History

Collection Information VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 2 boxes COLLECTION DATES: 1860-2009 RESTRICTIONS: None REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained in writing from the McLean County Museum of History

ALTERNATIVE FORMATS: None OTHER FINDING AIDS: None LOCATION: Archives NOTES: None

Box and Folder Inventory

Box 1

Folder 1: Lincoln Autobiographies 1.1.1 Appleman, Roy Edgar, ed. Abraham Lincoln From His Own Words and Contemporary Accounts. National Park Service. Source Book Series. Number Two. GPO, Washington, D.C., 1942 (revised 1956).C. & A. Athletes, Balle’s Orchestra, March 14, 1905 1.1.2 Sage, Harold K. Jesse W. Fell and the Lincoln Autobiography. Bloomington: The Original Smith Printing Co, 1971.

Folder 2: Lincoln Comic Books 1.2.1 Classics Illustrated. Abraham Lincoln. No.142. New York: Gilberton Company Inc, 1967. 1.2.2 “All Aboard Mr. Lincoln” Washington: Association of American Railroad, 1959.

Folder 3: Biographies 1.3.1 Cameron, W.J. Lincoln. Chicago Historical Society, 1911. 1.3.2 Neis, Anna Marie. Lincoln. Boston: George H. Ellis Company, 1915. 1.3.3 Newman, Ralph G. Lincoln. Lincoln: George W. Stewart Publisher Inc, 1958. 1.3.4 Pierson, A.V. Lincoln and Grant. n.p., n.d. 1.3.5 Young, James C. “Lincoln and His Pictures.” The New York Times Book Review and Magazine (New York, NY), February 12, 1922. 1.3.6 The Board of Temperance of the Methodist Church. “Abraham Lincoln” The Voice, February 1949. 1.3.7 “The Wanamaker Primer on Abraham Lincoln” Lincoln Centenary, 1909. 1.3.8 “Lincoln’s Mother,” by Bloomingtonian Chester Wonderlin, October 20, 2016, 5pp.

Folder 4: Emanuel Hertz Essays 1.4.1 Hertz, Emanuel. And His Name Is Abraham Lincoln – A Homily. n.p. (Delivered at the Temple of Congregation B’Nai Jeshurun February 10, 1929) 1.4.2 Hertz, Emanuel. Anniversary of Birth of Abraham Lincoln. Washington: United States Printing Office, 1935. 1.4.3 Hertz, Emanuel. Lincoln the Lawyer. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1937. (2 copies) 1.4.4 Hertz, Emanuel. Lincoln and The Grand Street Boys. n.p. (Notes of an addressee delivered before the Grand Street Boys on February 4, 1930) 1.4.5 Hertz, Emanuel. Abraham Lincoln’s Legislative Career. n.p. (Delivered over WRNY on February 12, 1929, 2 copies) 1.4.6 Hertz, Emanuel. Lincoln’s Purposes. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1936. 1.4.7 Hertz, Emanuel. As Lincoln Said at Gettysburg. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1936. (2 copies) 1.4.8 Hertz, Emanuel. Abraham Lincoln: The Great Anti-Climax after the Whirlpool of Political Vicissitudes. n.p. (Delivered at the Republican Union February 5, 1929) 1.4.9 Hertz, Emanuel. Abraham Lincoln: What Might Have Been – Let His Contemporaries Testify. n.p. (Delivered before the New York Schoolmasters’ Club February 9, 1929) 1.4.10 Hertz, Emanuel. Abraham Lincoln: As to His Kindness and Mercy – Let Woman Testify. n.p. (Delivered before the Women’s National Republican Club February 11, 1929) 1.4.11 Hertz, Emanuel. Abraham Lincoln and Hillel’s Golden Rule. n.p. (Delivered under the auspices of the United Synagogue over WEAF February 6, 1929)

Folder 5: Lincoln Marriage Temple Book 1.5.1 Hutton, D.M. The Lincoln Marriage Temple. Harrodsburg KY, 1931.

Folder 6: Lincoln Heritage Trail Books and Visitor Pamphlets 1.6.1 Trails and Shrines of Abraham Lincoln. Decatur: The Lincoln Memorial Publishing Co, 1934. 1.6.2 Lincoln Heritage Trail. Indianapolis: Tourist Division Indiana Department of Commerce, 1966. (Pamphlet for Heritage Trail going through Illinoi, Indiana, ad Kentucky) 1.6.3 Abraham Lincoln in Illinois. Springfield: Authority State of Illinois, 1977. (State welcome pamphlet detailing Abraham Lincoln site descriptions and activities in Illinois) 1.6.4 Abraham Lincoln National Historical Park Kentucky Information Guide. (From the Department of the Interior printed by the U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959) 1.6.5 The Lincoln Tomb. Department of Conservation: Authority State of Illinois, 1965. (Pamphlet for Lincoln Tomb in Oak Ridge Cemetery) 1.6.6 Lincoln’s Tomb: State Memorial. Department of Conservation: Authority State of Illinois, 1973. (pamphlet for Lincoln’s Tomb)

Folder 7: Lincoln – Death, Funeral, and Tomb (Books) 1.7.1 Stanely, McLure. The Lincoln Museum and the House Where Lincoln Died. Series 3, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1949 (revised 1960) 1.7.2 Newman, Ralph G. In This Sad World of Our, Sorrow Comes to All: A Timetable for the Lincoln Funeral Train. Reprinted by the Civil War Centennial Commission of Illinois, 1965. 1.7.3 Simpson, Mathew. Funeral Address. New York: Carlton and Porter, 1865. (Funeral address delivered at the burial of President Lincoln Facsimile) 1.7.4 Johnson, Edward S. Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln and His Last Resting Place. Springfield: Illinois State Journal Co, 1916.

Folder 8: Lincoln Sesquicentennial 1.8.1 The Lincoln Ideals: His Personality and Principles as Reflected in His Own Words. Springfield: Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1957. 1.8.2 Lincoln Sesquicentennial 1809-1959 Handbook of Information. Springfield: Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1958.

Folder 9: Lincoln Teacher’s Guide and Classroom Materials 1.9.1 Connolly, Phyllis. Abraham Lincoln: A Guide for Teachers. Springfield: Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1960. 1.9.2 Bland, H.L. Thirty Minutes with Lincoln: Stirring Scenes from the Life of The Great Emancipator. New York: Belwin, Inc, 1938.

Folder 10: Illinois State Historical Library 1.10.1 Pratt, Harry. Abraham Lincoln Chronology 1809-1865. Springfield: Illinois State Historical Society, 1953. (2 copies, one signed by author) 1.10.2 Pratt, Harry. Lincolniana in the Illinois State Historical Library. Springfield: Illinois State Historical Society, 1955. (Reprinted from the Winter, 1953 Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society)

Folder 11: Miscellaneous 1.11.1 Commemorative envelope for 100th Anniversary of Lincoln-Douglas Debates, postmarked Bloomington Oct 4, 1858. 1.11.2 “Lincoln’s Gettysburg Speech,” Parkers Supplementary Reader, July 1893. 8 pp. 1.11.3 “Illinois, the Great Debates of 1858,” booklet, 1956 reprint by Illinois State Historical Society from Illinois Blue Book, 1953-1954. 1.11.4 Bramantip, Bocardo. The Abraham Lincoln Myth. No. 6. New York: The Mascot Publishing Co, 1894.

Loose Item - Political Debates Between Abraham N. Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas. Columbus: Follett, Foster and Company, 1860. (Book which details the debates between Lincoln and Douglass during the campaign of 1858)

Box 2

Folder 1: Lincoln - New Salem 2.1.1 New Salem: A Memorial to Abraham Lincoln, Second Edition. Illinois: Department of Public Works and buildings, 1934. 2.1.2 Townley, Wayne C. Abraham Lincoln From New Salem. Illinois: Lincoln Statue Commission, 1954. (2 copies) 2.1.3 Owen, Ira E. A Guide to New Salem Village, Twenty-Second Edition, 1975. 2.1.4 Lincoln’s New Salem State Park. Illinois: Department of Conservation, 1963-1966. (2 copies, pamphlets for the New Salem State Park) 2.1.5 Lincoln’s New Salem State Park. Illinois: Department of Conservation, 1975. (Small booklet detailing the New Salem State Park) 2.1.6 Pond, Fern. Picture Guidebook of New Salem State Park. Distributed by Ira E. Owen, The Wagon Wheel Inn, Petersburg, IL, 1950.

Folder 2: Lincoln - Springfield 2.2.1 Souvenir of Springfield, IL, n.d. (Tiny book of early images of key buildings, compliments of The St. Nicholas Hotel) 2.2.2 The Home of Abraham Lincoln: A Memorial Maintained by the State of Illinois. Illinois: Department of Conservation, n.d. (4 copies) 2.2.3 Darneille, Frank. History of the Lincoln Home. Springfield, copyrighted 1938. 2.2.4 Hickey, James T. The Lincoln’s Globe Tavern: A Study in Tracing the History of a Nineteenth-Century Building. Springfield: Illinois State Historical Library, 1964. (Reprinted from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Winter, 1963)

Folder 3: Lincoln – McLean County 2.3.1 Newspaper notice of McLean County bill collections to be made with A. Lincoln, Sagmo Journal, May 5, 1838. On email from G. Koos, October 2016. 2.3.2 “The Fusion Congressional Convention,” Ottawa Free Trader, September 16, 1854, plus email from Greg Koos regarding Lincoln’s September 1854 Bloomington address, etc., September 12, 2017. 3pp. 2.3.3 “The Gas Works,” Pantagraph, April 20, 1859. Lincoln represented Col. Gridley who’d purchased the Gas Company (Bloomington). 2.3.4 “Lincoln’s Lost Speech”: Now First Published from the Unique Report, by H.C. Whitney and The Circumstances and Effect of Its Delivery by Joseph Medill. Published in McClure’s Magazine Vol. VII June – Oct 1896. 14pp 2.3.5 A. Lincoln: The Circuit Lawyer 1839-1859 McLean County, Illinois. Bloomington: Lincoln Sculpture Committee, 1977. 2.3.6 Lincoln’s Lost Speech Invitation Envelope’s, 1956. (2 items)

Folder 4: Lincoln – Peoria and Tazewell County 2.4.1 East, Ernest. Abraham Lincoln in Peoria: A Historical and Pictorial Record and His Visits to Peoria from 1832 to 1858. Peoria Historical Society, 2009. 2.4.2 Portfolio of Documents, Tazewell County, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln Association, Lincoln Legal Papers Project, 1994.

Lose Items - Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address. Folder containing four items:  Cover letter from Illinois State Historical Society President Wm. A. Pitkin to “Fellow Member,” Sept 15, 1965.  Heath, Caroline R. (editor/compiler). Four Days in May: Lincoln Returns to Springfield. Springfield: Sangamon County Historical Society, 1965.  Lincoln, Abraham. “Gettysburg Address.” n.d. Facsimile of handwritten original.  Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. n.d., 7 pp.

- Ten Lincoln Letters. n.p., 1959. Two copies, numbers 1056 and 1059 of 1500 copies numbered and signed [by Governor William G. Stratton], and presented to the guests at the Lincoln Sesquicentennial Banquet by William G. Stratton, Governor. 22pp each.

- Abraham Lincoln’s Autobiography. n.p. Bound in brown.