Treasures of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

Title:

Title:

Treasures of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

Personal Author:

Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R., 1951-,

ISBN:

9780809333356 (cloth)

OCLC#:

ocn858366452

Language:

English

Subjects:

Presidential libraries -- Illinois -- Springfield.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Museums -- Illinois -- Springfield.

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum -- Catalogs.

Contents:

Foreword by Governor Pat Quinn -- Preface by Michael Burlingame -- Introduction by Eileen R. Mackevich -- A word about the book by Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein -- Part one. Background: Library historical overview -- Organization of the library -- Part two. The library's treasures: "Old stuff" -- Locations -- Business -- Mid-nineteenth century -- Ethnicity -- World Wars I and II -- Art -- Unusual items -- Afterword by Kathryn M. Harris.

Summary:

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, houses a trove of invaluable historical resources concerning all aspects of the Prairie State's past. Treasures of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library commemorates the institution's 125-year history, as well as its contributions to scholarship and education by highlighting a selection of eighty-five treasures from among more than twelve million items in the library's collections. After opening with a historical overview and extensive chronology of the Library, the volume organizes the treasures by various topics, including items that illustrate various locations and materials relating to business, the mid-nineteenth century and the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the oldest items, unusual treasures, ethnicity, and art. From the Gettysburg Address, Abraham and Mary Lincoln's letters, and Governor Dan Walker's boots to a Deering Harvester Company catalog, WPA publications, and an Adlai Stevenson I campaign hat, each entry includes a thorough description of the item, one or more images, and a discussion of its history and how the library acquired it, if known. Other treasures include the Thomas Yates General Store daybook, Dubin Pullman car materials, Civil War newspapers, a Lincoln coffin photograph, the Mary Lincoln insanity verdict, the Directory of Sangamon County's Colored Citizens, and Lincoln's stovepipe hat. To highlight the academic importance of the Library, nineteen researchers share how study in the Library's collections proved essential to their projects. Although these treasures only scrape the surface of the vast holdings of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, together they epitomize the rich, varied, and sometimes quirky resources available to both serious scholars and curious tourists alike at this valuable cultural institution.

Format:

Book

Length:

xvii, 199 pages :

Copies:

Available:*

Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
Non-Fiction	026.9737 TRE	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable
Sangamon Valley Collection	026.9737 TRE	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

Bound With These Titles

On Order

Summary

Illinois State Historical Society Superior Achievement Award 2015

The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, houses a trove of invaluable historical resources concerning all aspects of the Prairie State's past. Treasures of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library commemorates the institution's 125-year history, as well as its contributions to scholarship and education by highlighting a selection of eighty-five treasures from among more than twelve million items in the library's collections.

After opening with a historical overview and extensive chronology of the Library, the volume organizes the treasures by various topics, including items that illustrate various locations and materials relating to business, the mid-nineteenth century and the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the oldest items, unusual treasures, ethnicity, and art. From the Gettysburg Address, Abraham and Mary Lincoln's letters, and Governor Dan Walker's boots to a Deering Harvester Company catalog, WPA publications, and an Adlai Stevenson I campaign hat, each entry includes a thorough description of the item, one or more images, and a discussion of its history and how the library acquired it, if known. Other treasures include the Thomas Yates General Store daybook, Dubin Pullman car materials, Civil War newspapers, a Lincoln coffin photograph, the Mary Lincoln insanity verdict, the Directory of Sangamon County's Colored Citizens , andLincoln's stovepipe hat.

To highlight the academic importance of the Library, nineteen researchers share how study in the Library's collections proved essential to their projects. Although these treasures only scrape the surface of the vast holdings of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, together they epitomize the rich, varied, and sometimes quirky resources available to both serious scholars and curious tourists alike at this valuable cultural institution.

Author Notes

Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein , a manuscript librarian at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, is the author of Lincoln and Medicine , The Encyclopedia of Civil War Medicine , and Confederate Hospitals on the Move: Samuel H. Stout and the Army of Tennessee.