Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

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Life magazine cover featuring image of Vinnie Ream's Abraham Lincoln statue with an attached newspaper clipping about the cover.

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This artificial collection was begun as a catch-all for small single gifts and purchases, and to make them easier for scholars to search them. This assemblage consists primarily of documents, correspondence, photographs, broadsides and artifacts, dealing mostly with United States history.

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"Old Abe tells a few homely truths...." A fictional piece originally published in The Daily Worker, 12 Feb 1947.

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Handwritten and signed letter from 14 New York State Senators to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in reference to request that Ethan C. Clarke be appointed agent for the Chippewaw Indians at Superior, Wisconsion.

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Collection of pages containing copies of various addresses and letters pertaining largely to Vinnie Ream and President Abraham Lincoln. Final page in packet has handwritten notes on the reverse side about Vinnie Ream statues.

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Stereoscopic view featuring potraits of both presidents. Titled, "The Martyrs -- Lincoln and Garfield".

Scope and Contents Consists of the source materials collected by Robert Bruce while researching his book, The Fighting Norths and Pawnee Scouts: Narratives and Reminiscences of Military Service on the Old Frontier. (Lincoln, Nebraska: Nebraska State Historical Society, [1932]. Materials dating from before 1900 are comprised of photographs or photostats of original materials obtained by Bruce during the course of his research. Included are original and photostat copies of correspondence between Bruce and...

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Title of newspaper clipping reads: "The Sculptor Who Knew Lincoln/ At the Arts Club, the Life And Works of Vinnie Ream".

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Souvenir postcard featuring Lincoln's Gettysburgh Address of 1863 and a full-body sculpture of Lincoln at the Art Institute of Chicago.

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Program for Whitman's lecture, held at the Chestnut Street Opera House in Philadelphia. Includes Whitman's poem, "O Captain! My Captain!"; plus admission ticket for one.