Introduction The Abraham Lincoln Collection is an assembled collection of various sources. It consists of various personal and presidential papers, documents, legal papers, ephemera, and other material that relates primarily to Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States. The collection includes some items from the personal libraries of Carl W. Schaefer and Foreman M. Lebold. The Abraham Lincoln Collection spans the years circa 1839 through 1865, with the bulk of the material covering the...

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The Benjamin F. Trail Family Correspondence contains correspondence among the Trail brothers and two letters from Sergeant Preston Malone (l4th Regiment, U. S. Colored Troops: Infantry) to David Trail. The provenance of the collection is unknown.

Abstract The cartes de visite and cabinet cards collection is an assembled collection, originating from various 19th century photographic studios such as those of Matthew Brady and the London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company. Dr. Lloyd Ostendorf, the internationally known "Lincoln Artist," of Dayton, Ohio, known around the world as the foremost authority on Lincoln images, generously identified the majority of the subjects in the photographs, through his assistance to the museum staff. His 1998...

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This artificial collection of materials relating to Kentucky statesman and U.S. diplomat Cassius Marcellus Clay consists of newspaper articles about Clay and his estate "White Hall," of Richmond, Kentucky; biographical articles published in magazines and journals; brochures about White Hall; and two letters to Brutus J. Clay (1808-1878) from David Hill Jayne (1905) and John. W. Kern (1916?). The collection includes 56 photographs of the White Hall estate, during the pre-restoration years.

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This collection is comprised of sheet music from the mid to late 19th century, as well as music about the American Civil War from the first half of the twentieth century.

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Dr. David R. Curfman Collection

District of Columbia Commandery, Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

War Papers

The only complete set of MOLLUS War Papers as they were originally published and distributed.

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The Edna Lynch Prints Collection features framed prints donated by George E. Campbell in memory of his mother, Edna Mae Campbell nee Lynch.

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The collection consists of 17 song books dating from 1836 through 1902. The majority are war song books published during the Civil War and are predominantly Union.

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The Frank McClendon LMU Scrapbook features scrapbook pages created by Frank Wear nee McClendon focusing on her time as a student at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) in the 1920’s. Photos adhered to these pages include those of students, buildings, and scenes of campus life at LMU.