http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt387017tz No online items Finding Aid for the Collection of Material about Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 1850-1950 Processed by UCLA Library Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé. UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Manuscripts Division Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library Box 951575 Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/ © 2004 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. Finding Aid for the Collection of 2021 1 Material about Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 1850-1950 Descriptive Summary Title: Collection of Material about Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Date (bulk): 1850-1950 Collection number: 2021 Creator: Edward A. Dickson Extent: 9 boxes (4.5 linear ft.) 1 oversize package Abstract: Collection consists of articles, books, pamphlets, clippings, memorabilia, photographs and other pictorial materials relating to Abraham Lincoln. Language: Finding aid is written in English. Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Access COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Gift of William W. Clary on behalf of the Lincoln Club, 1969. Gift of Pasadena Public Library, 1983 & 1991. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Collection of Material about Abraham Lincoln (Collection 2021). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. UCLA Catalog Record ID UCLA Catalog Record ID: 964367 Processing History: Photographs processed by Adolfo Prieto, with assistance from Kelley Wolfe Bachli, in the Center for Primary Research and Training (CFPRT), 2008. Scope and Content Collection consists of articles, books, pamphlets, clippings, memorabilia, photographs and other pictorial materials relating to Abraham Lincoln. Also includes publications concerning organizations and memorials dedicated to Lincoln. Most of the material was collected by Edward A. Dickson. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: 1. Books, pamphlets, and other printed materials (Box 1). 2. Lincoln organizations, museums, memorials, photographs and other pictorial materials relating to Lincoln (Box 2). 3. Articles and newspaper clippings, publishers' and book dealers' announcements of Lincolnia (Box 3). 4. Artifacts and memorabilia (Box 4). 5. Miscellaneous ephemera (Box 5). 6. Portraits and writings of Lincoln, Lincoln organizations, museums, and memorials (Box 6). 7. Writings about Lincoln (Box 7). 8. Posters and sketches (Box 8). 9. Photographs, cartoons, and sketches (Box 9). 10. Pictorial ephemera (Oversize package). Indexing Terms Finding Aid for the Collection of 2021 2 Material about Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 1850-1950 The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the repository's online public access catalog. Subjects Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Presidents--United States--Archives. Other Index Terms Related to this Collection Dickson, Edward A. (Edward Augustus), 1879 or 80-1956--collector. 1. Books, Pamphlets, and Other Printed Materials v.d. Letters, Speeches, Writings of Abraham Lincoln 1861-1928 Box 1 Abraham Lincoln's letter to General Hooker January 26, 1863; with a foreword by M.L. Houser. Peoria, Illinois: Edward J. Jacob 1928 Box 1 Abraham Lincoln - his book. New York: McGlure, Phillips & Company 1904 Scope and Content Note A facsimile reproduction of the original with an explanatory note by J. McCan Davis. Box 1 Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-seventh Congress 1861 Scope and Content Note U.S. Senate Ex. Document no.1. Box 1 “Lincoln's letter to a discouraged student, July 22, 1860.” Gardena, California: Spanish American Institute Press 1928 Scope and Content Note Privately printed for H.E. Barker. Box 1 Abraham Lincoln, his book. New York: McClure, Phillips 1903 Scope and Content Note A facsimile reproduction of the original with an explanatory note by J. McCan Davis. [Added, n.d.] Box 1 Inaugural address of the President of the United States, on the fourth of March, 1861 [1861] Scope and Content Note U.S. Senate Ex. Document no.1. Writings About Abraham Lincoln Box 1 Oakleaf, Joseph Benjamin. “The great task assumed by Abraham Lincoln and the burden he had to bear.” Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Masonic Library 1925 Scope and Content Note Address delivered before the Grand Lodge of Iowa, A.F. & A.M. at its 82nd Annual Communication, Davenport, Iowa, June 9-11, 1925 Box 1 Meese, Williain A. “Abraham Lincoln - incidents in his life relating to waterways.” [Noline, Illinois: Desaulniers & Company [1908 ]. Finding Aid for the Collection of 2021 3 Material about Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 1850-1950 1. Books, Pamphlets, and Other Printed Materials v.d. Writings About Abraham Lincoln Box 1 Martin, Willsie. “Lincoln's trail to greatness.” [Los Angeles: The Institute Press] 1952 Scope and Content Note Address to the Lincoln Fellowship of Southern California, February 23, 1952 Box 1 Oakleaf, Joseph Benjamin. “National Union Convention of 1864 and why Lincoln was not nominated by acclamation.” Moline: Carlson Printing Company 1924 Box 1 McClelland, Stewart W. “Lincoln the tolerant.” Knoxville, Tennessee: Archer & Smith Printing Company, [1941?]. Scope and Content Note Address originally prepared for the annual meeting of the Old Salem Lincoln League at Petersburg, Illinois, February 11, 1941 Box 1 Lindstrom, Ralph G. “Lincoln, the political statesman.” Reprinted from Western Medical Times Box 1 “Life mask of Abraham Lincoln.” Taken from Century Magazine December 1881 [Berkshire? Museum of Natural History and Art?]. 1881 Box 1 The Lincoln Herald, quarterly published by Lincoln Memorial University. Harrogate, Tennessee 1941-1952 Scope and Content Note The following issues are present in this collection: vol.43, no.1 (March 1941) vol.43, no.4 (December 1941) vol.44, no.1 February 1942) vol.45, no.2 (June 1943) vol.45, no.3 (October 1943) vol.46, no.3 (October 1944) vol.50-51, no.4 and 1 (December 1948-February 1949) vol.53, no.1 (Spring 1951) vol.54, no.1 (Spring 1952) Box 1 Lincoln Centennial Association addresses delivered at the annual banquet held at Springfield, Illinois February 11, 1911 Scope and Content Note Contains addresses by William Howard Taft and Martin W. Littleton. Box 1 Houser, M.L. The books that Lincoln read. Peoria 1929 Box 1 McMurtry, Robert Gerald. “Lincoln's friend, Douglas.” [Elsah, Illinois?]: The Principia Corporation 1946 Scope and Content Note A Lincoln Day address delivered at the Principia School of Government, February 12, 1946 Box 1 One hundred and twelfth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, celebrated by Charter Members of the Lincoln Club of California ... Los Angeles February 12, 1921 Scope and Content Note Addresses by Frank O. Lowden, Cornelius Cole, W.D. Stephens. Includes a reprint of an address by Merritt Starr (1920). Finding Aid for the Collection of 2021 4 Material about Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), 1850-1950 1. Books, Pamphlets, and Other Printed Materials v.d. Writings About Abraham Lincoln Box 1 Hill, John Wesley. “America needs today a reincarnation of the spirit and principles of Lincoln.” An address delivered July 8, 1933 1933 Scope and Content Note Printed in the Congressional Record of January 26, 1934, by request of Kenneth McKellar. Box 1 One hundred thirty-third anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, observed by the Lincoln Club of Los Angeles ... February 12, 1942 Scope and Content Note Addresses by Dr. Stewart W. McClelland and James O. Richardson. Box 1 Warren, Louis A. Little known facts about Thanksgiving and Lincoln's proclamation. [Fort Wayne, Indiana?], Lincoln. National Life insurance Company 1939 Box 1 Quinby, Laurie J. “Jofferson-Lincoln symposium of what constitutes Americanism, selected and arranged by Laurie J. Quinby.” Los Angeles: Davies Printing Company 1936 Box 1 Randall, J.G. “Has the Lincoln theme been exhausted?” Reprinted from The American Historical Review. vol.41, no.2 (January 1936) Box 1 Scripps, John Locke. Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1860 Campaign. Foreword and notes by H.L. Houser. Peoria: Edward J. Jacob 1931 Box 1 Strong, J.D. “The nation's sorrow.” San Francisco: George L. Kenny & Company 1865 Scope and Content Note A discourse on the death of Abraham Lincoln, delivered in the Larking Street Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, April 16, 1865 Box 1 Tarbell, Ida M. “Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln's boyhood in Kentucky and Indiana.” In: McClure's Magazine, vol.5, no.6 (November 1895) Scope and Content Note This is the first in a series devoted to Lincoln. Box 1 Tarbell, Ida M. In Lincoln's chair. New York: MacMillan Company 1920 Box 1 Warren, Louis A. Souvenir of Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, Hodgenville, Kentucky. Morganfield, Kentucky: Munford Publishing Company [1927] Box 1 White, Horace. “The Lincoln and Douglas debates.” Chicago: University of Chicago Press [1914] Scope and Content Note February 17, 1914 Box 1 One hundred thirty-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, observed by the Lincoln, Club of Los Angeles ... February 12, 1941 Scope and Content Note Addresses by James Mussatti and Will H. Hays. Box 1 White, Charles T.