The reels hold newspaper titles from every one of the Illinois counties with many dating from the early nineteenth century. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum 403 403 Memorial of Henry Ware Hall, Adjutant 51st Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers : an address delivered in the …
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The collection contains more than 11,100 items. llinois Firefighter Line of Duty Deaths Digital Image Collection Database (IFLODD) IFLODD documents the ultimate sacrifice of more than 800 Illinois firefighters over the past 150 years. The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library preserves many newspapers in their facility. It includes the complete collection of Stern's contemporary newspapers, Lincoln's law papers, sheet music, broadsides, prints, cartoons, maps, drawings, letters, campaign tickets, and other ephemeral items.This collection contains a large selection of congressional material related to Abraham Lincoln's political career as a member of the House of Representatives and as U.S. president. This collection contains articles on the Emancipation Proclamation and the Lincoln assassination.Alfred Whital Stern (1881-1960) of Chicago presented his outstanding collection of Lincolniana to the Library of Congress in 1953. ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY BOOK PROJECT. The collection is organized into three "General Correspondence" series that include incoming and outgoing correspondence and enclosures, drafts of speeches, and notes and printed material.
Search this collection to find additional references to Lincoln and his family.Horatio Nelson Taft's description of Lincoln's assassination, based on the accounts of his friends and his son, who was one of the attending physicians at Ford's Theatre the night Lincoln was shot.The Herndon-Weik Collection of Lincolniana consists of 4,600 items (9,729 images), most of which were digitized from 15 reels of previously produced microfilm. Spanning the years circa 1824-1933, the collection contains papers representing Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), William Henry Herndon (1818-1891), and Jesse William Weik (1857-1930), records of The Weik Manuscript Corporation, and miscellaneous material collected chiefly by Herndon and Weik for use in writing Historic American newspapers selected and contributed by state partners in the National Digital Newspaper Program. 1 There were four newspaper accounts of Abraham Lincoln’s speech, three in Lowell newspapers and one in the Boston Atlas.The account here, presumably written by Alfred Gilman, appeared in the Lowell Daily Journal and Courier, September 18, 1848.The editors could not locate or obtain the paper for that date either in original newsprint or on microfilm. Also, a great website to use to track newspapers for the entire Illinois state is The Illinois Newspaper Project . Spanning the years 1811 to 1943, with the bulk concentrated in the period 1860-1901, the collection particularly reflects Nicolay’s tenure as private secretary to Abraham Lincoln and documents his numerous literary activities.The Printed Ephemera collection comprises 28,000 primary-source items dating from the seventeenth century to the present and encompasses key events and eras in American history. Since the publications vary in price from a few dollars to $60 or $70 each, any amount you can contribute will be most sincerely appreciated. Also, the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library cooperates with the Illinois Newspaper Project and preserves originals and microfilm of many Illinois newspapers: 112 N. 6th Street, Springfield, IL 62701
for The papers of vice president, senator, and representative Andrew Johnson (1808-1875), who became the seventeenth president of the Unites States in 1865 after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination, consist of 40,000 items (63,710 images), most of which were digitized from 55 reels of previously produced microfilm. Chase served as Secretary of the Treasury from 1861-64 and was nominated by Lincoln in 1864 to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court.The papers of Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885), army officer and eighteenth president of the United States, contain approximately 50,000 items dating from 1819-1974, with the bulk falling in the period 1843-1885.The digital collections of the Library of Congress contain a wide variety of primary source materials associated with Abraham Lincoln, including manuscripts, government documents, printed ephemera, and newspaper articles. They currently receive and microfilm over 250 titles from all across the state, but there remain hundreds of Illinois newspapers not actively collected or preserved. Here you will find more than 5,000 newspaper titles preserved on 89,000 microfilm reels. This is an excellent reference library for finding Illinois people. From the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library; Illinois Newspaper Project Locate microfilm of Illinois newspapers. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Book Project.
The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is the, 98,000-square-foot building is the new home of the Illinois State Historical Library and its world-renown Henry Horner Lincoln Collection.
The reels hold newspaper titles from every county in Illinois with many dating from the early 19th century.We would love to have your participation in this worthwhile project. Here you will find more than 5,000 newspaper titles preserved on 89,000 microfilm reels. This online release presents more than 1,300 items with more than 4,000 images and a date range of 1824-1931. Most of the 20,000 items are from the 1850s through Lincoln's presidential years, 1860-65.
Here you will find more than 5,000 newspaper titles preserved on 89,000 microfilm reels.
The diary details events in Washington during the Civil War years including Taft's connection with Abraham Lincoln and his family. The reels hold newspaper titles from every county in Illinois with many dating from the early 19th century.