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| Title: | Lincoln Collection. Monuments and Memorials |
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| Dates: | 1850-1927 |
| Size: | 6 linear feet (5 boxes) |
| Repository: |
Special Collections Research Center |
| Abstract: | The Lincoln Collection, Monuments and Memorials contains photographs and newspaper articles detailing monuments and memorial sites relating to Abraham Lincoln. It also includes printed reproductions of places and events relating to the Civil War. The collection forms part of the William E. Barton Collection of Lincoliana. |
This collection is open for research.
When quoting material from this collection, the preferred citation is: Lincoln Collection. Monuments and Memorials, [Box #, Folder #], Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library
Rev. William Eleazar Barton (1861-1930) The Rev. William Eleazar Barton (1861-1930) was one of the early twentieth century's most prominent writers and lecturers on the life of Abraham Lincoln. Born in Sublette, Illinois, in the same year Lincoln assumed the presidency, Barton grew up in an environment heavily influenced by reverence for Lincoln. After pursuing undergraduate studies at Berea College in Kentucky, Barton earned his divinity degree from the Oberlin Theological Seminary in 1890. He served parishes in Tennessee, Ohio, and Massachusetts before becoming the pastor of the First Congregational Church of Oak Park, Illinois, a position he held until his retirement in 1924. Four years later, Barton accepted an appointment as lecturer at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, where he also organized and served as pastor of the Collegeside Congregational Church.
Barton's work as a writer produced a number of denominational manuals for church organization and a series of books presenting the wisdom and parables of a character he named Safed the Sage. For the last ten years of his life, however, Barton was best known to the public as a prolific author and lecturer on Abraham Lincoln. His publications about Lincoln included The Soul of Abraham Lincoln (1920), The Paternity of Abraham Lincoln (1920), The Life of Abraham Lincoln (1925), The Great and Good Man (1927), The Women Lincoln Loved (1927), and The Lincoln of the Biographers (1930).
In the course of compiling material for his writings and talks, Barton visited Lincoln sites in Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois; interviewed surviving Lincoln relatives and acquaintances; and traveled as far as California and England to collect information and conduct genealogical research on the ancestry of the Lincoln family. While acquiring a large collection of books, periodicals, pamphlets, manuscripts, and ephemera related to Lincoln and the Civil War era, Barton also purchased privately or at auction historical materials amassed by other Lincoln collectors such as John E. Burton and Osborn H. Oldroyd.
The Lincoln Collection Monuments and Memorials makes up the portion of the Barton Collection of Lincolniana which maintains photographs and newspaper articles detailing monuments and memorial sites relating to Lincoln. The collection also contains reproductions of places and events relating to the Civil War. The Lincoln Collection Monuments and Memorials is arranged into three series: Series I, Lincoln Monuments and Memorials, Series II, Civil War Places and Events, Series III, Oversize. The images and articles in these series form part of William E. Barton’s extensive collection of Lincolniana.
Series I, Lincoln Monuments and Memorials, consists of photographs, articles, and a map detailing various sites that relate to the life and death of Lincoln. It is divided into three subseries according to location. This series is mainly comprised of sites located in Illinois, but also includes those in Washington D.C., and Kentucky. Sites include Lincoln’s childhood home, the gravesite of his father, Thomas Lincoln, and Ford Theater, where Lincoln was fatally injured. The map is of New Salem, IL where Lincoln resided from 1831-1837. See Series III, Oversize, for additional material.
Series II, Civil War Places and Events, consists of photographs, drawings, and articles on sites and occurrences relating to the Civil War. A large portion of this series contains scrapbook photographs and captions of monuments and memorials located in Gettysburg, PA as well as sites in Virginia and Maryland. These photographs are possible remnants of a trip taken by Barton through select Civil War states during 1900. They have been kept in the order in which they were received. The newspaper clippings as well as the daily illustrated newspapers detail the dedication of various Civil War monuments, including the Soldiers’ National Monument erected in Gettysburg, PA in 1869. The postcards contain photographs of Civil War monuments, a large portion of which are of those in Gettysburg, PA. The illustrations detail various events that occurred throughout the war, including the capture of rebel congressmen, naval conquests, and the execution of prisoners. There are standard and oversize reproductions of various events and places associated with the Civil War, including Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation. There is an oversize map of the United States which was featured in the Illustrated London News in 1861. See Series III, Oversize, for additional material.
Series III, Oversize, contains oversize material and is arranged by size. Included are newspaper clippings, daily illustrated newspapers, maps, and reproductions of various places and events associated with the Civil War.
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Series I: Lincoln Monuments and Memorials |
Subseries 1: District of Columbia |
| Box 1 Folder 1 | Washington, 1922 |
| Box 1 Folder 2 | Washington, 1927 |
Subseries 2: Illinois |
| Box 1 Folder 3 | Bloomington, circa 1918-1921 |
| Box 1 Folder 4 | Charleston, circa 1915 |
| Box 1 Folder 5 | Chicago, circa 1909 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | Danville, circa 1923 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | Decatur, circa 1865-1904 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | Dixon, circa 1903 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | Freeport, circa 1903 |
| Box 1 Folder 10 | Galesburg, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 11 | Goose Nest Prairie, 1895-1913 |
| Box 1 Folder 12 | Harristown, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 13 | Jonesboro, circa 1908 |
| Box 1 Folder 14 | Kaskaskia, 1897 |
| Box 1 Folder 15 | Mattoon, 1924 |
| Box 1 Folder 16 | Monticello, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 17 | New Salem, 1922-1925 |
| Box 1 Folder 18 | Oregon, 1903 |
| Box 1 Folder 19 | Ottawa, 1905-circa 1908 |
| Box 1 Folder 20 | Peoria, circa 1910 |
| Box 1 Folder 21 | Petersburg, 1921 |
| Box 1 Folder 22 | Pontiac, circa 1919 |
| Box 1 Folder 23 | Shelbyville, undated |
| Box 1 Folder 24 | Springfield, 1858-1923 |
| Box 1 Folder 25 | Springfield, 1885-1922 |
| Box 1 Folder 26 | Unidentified, circa 1921 |
Subseries 3: Indiana |
| Box 1 Folder 27 | Lincoln City, undated |
Subseries 4: Kentucky |
| Box 1 Folder 28 | Jefferson County, circa 1922 |
| Box 1 Folder 29 | Springfield, undated |
Subseries 5: West Virginia |
| Box 1 Folder 30 | Mineral County, 1927 |
Series II: Civil War Places and Events |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Event, Attack on Forts Jackson and St. Phillips, 1862 |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Event, Battle and Retreat from Bull Run, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Event, Battle of Chapin’s Farm, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Event, Battle of Malvern Hill, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Event, Battle of Mill Spring, 1862 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Event, Battle of Wilson’s Creek, 1861 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Event, Bombardment of Port Royal and Fort Sumter, 1861 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Event, Burnside’s Fleet, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Event, Capture of Roanoke, Island, 1862 |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Event, The Charge of Fredericksburg, VA, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Event, Death of Sergeant Dyer, 1887 |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Event, Destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Event, Destruction of the Privateer Petrel, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Event, Execution of Lincoln Conspirators, 1865 |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | Event, The Fall of Reynolds, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 16 | Event, Gen. Kearney’s Charge at the Battle of Chantilly, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 17 | Event, Interview, Generals Sherman and Johnston, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 18 | Event, Shiloh Battlefield and Battle of Stones Creek, 1862-1863 |
| Box 2 Folder 19 | Event, Siege of Vicksburg, 1863 |
| Box 2 Folder 20 | Event, Struggle on a Bridge during the Retreat from Manassas, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 21 | Event, Surrender of General Lee, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 22 | Event, War Bombed Building, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 23 | Illustrations, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 24 | Map of Gettysburg Battlefield and Hospitals, 1863 |
| Box 2 Folder 25 | Newspaper Clippings, 1879 |
| Box 2 Folder 26 | Place, Chesapeake Hospital, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 27 | Place, Dumbarton Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, circa 1850 |
| Box 2 Folder 28 | Place, Hampton Roads, VA, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 29 | Place, Interior of U.S. Ironclad Monitor "Montauk," undated |
| Box 2 Folder 30 | Place, Libby Prison, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 31 | Place, Liberty Hall, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 32 | Place, Prison Camp at Andersonville, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 33 | Place, Richmond Theatre, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 34 | Place, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, 1893 |
| Box 2 Folder 35 | Place, Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 36 | Place, Vicksburg, MS, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 37 | Place, View in the Shenandoah Valley, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 38 | Place, View of Antietam Battleground, 1862 |
| Box 2 Folder 39 | Postcards, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 40 | Scrapbook, The Bloody Cornfield at Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 41 | Scrapbook, The Fond of the Potomac River, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 42 | Scrapbook, 15th Mass Monument at Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 43 | Scrapbook, Burnside Bridge at Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 44 | Scrapbook, Durkard Church, Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 45 | Scrapbook, City Hotel, Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 46 | Scrapbook, Hotel Lewis, Hyattstown, MD, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 47 | Scrapbook, Monocacy River, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 48 | Scrapbook, Wagon Bridge, Monocacy River, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 49 | Scrapbook, Pipers Lane, Antietam Battlefield, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 50 | Scrapbook, Soldiers Monument National Cemetery, Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 51 | Scrapbook, D.R. Miller’s House, Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 52 | Scrapbook, Monument, Antietam Battlefield, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 53 | Scrapbook, Road Entering Frederick, MD, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 54 | Scrapbook, Confederate Fort Evans, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 55 | Scrapbook, Methodist Episcopal Church, Leesburg, VA, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 56 | Scrapbook, Hotel Linden, Leesburg, VA, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 57 | Scrapbook, "Meade" House, Leesburg, VA, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 58 | Scrapbook, U.S. National Military Cemetery, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 59 | Scrapbook, Confederate Fort Johnson, Leesburg, VA, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 60 | Scrapbook, Site of Former Prison (John Brown), Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 61 | Scrapbook, Stone-walled Road, Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 2 Folder 62 | Scrapbook, Blackford’s Ford, Potomac River, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Scrapbook, Leetown Roller Miller, Leetown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Scrapbook, Ruins of Old Church, Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Scrapbook, Old House, Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Scrapbook, Keyes Ferry, Shenandoah River, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Scrapbook, Court House, Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Scrapbook, Watson House, Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Scrapbook, Home of Major Gen. Charles Lee, Leetown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Scrapbook, Valley Hotel, Martinsburg, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Scrapbook, Bluffs, Potomac River, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Scrapbook, Monument, "Here General Reynolds Fell," 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Scrapbook, Monument, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Scrapbook, Howard Avenue, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 13 | Scrapbook, Barn of Christian Breckbill, Greenvillage, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 14 | Scrapbook, Bridge over Yellow Breeches, Boiling Springs, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 15 | Scrapbook, Soldiers Monument, Carlisle, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 16 | Scrapbook, Equestrian Statue of General Meade, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 17 | Scrapbook, Crawford’s Arc, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 18 | Scrapbook, Site of General Sickles’ Injury, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 19 | Scrapbook, Monument, Stephens Battery 5th Maine, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 20 | Scrapbook, View of Bridge and Monuments, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 21 | Scrapbook, Equestrian Statue of Gen. John F. Reynolds, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 22 | Scrapbook, Monument, 1st New York Light Infantry, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 23 | Scrapbook, Devils Den, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 24 | Scrapbook, McCurdy School House, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 25 | Scrapbook, Emmittsburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 26 | Scrapbook, Franklin Hotel, Carlisle, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 27 | Scrapbook, Monument, 1st Mass Infantry, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 28 | Scrapbook, Barlow’s Knoll, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 29 | Scrapbook, Monument 44th New York Regiment, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 30 | Scrapbook, Confederate Avenue, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 31 | Scrapbook, Lee’s Headquarters, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 32 | Scrapbook, High Water Mark, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 33 | Scrapbook, General Meade’s Headquarters, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 34 | Scrapbook, Statue, General Warren, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 35 | Scrapbook, Monument, General Buford, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 36 | Scrapbook, Monument, 90 Pennsylvania Regiment, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 37 | Scrapbook, Stone House, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 38 | Scrapbook, Stone House, Boiling Springs, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 39 | Scrapbook, Miller’s Hotel, Chambersburg, PA, 1900 |
Series III: Oversize |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | The Chattanooga Daily Times, 1895 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Diagram of the United States, 1861 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Event, 2nd Battle of Bull Run, VA, 1862 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Event, Battle, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Event, Battle of Pea Ridge Ark, 1862 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Event, Battery "L" 5th U.S. Artillery, Stuart’s Place, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | Event, Execution of Four Conspirators, 1865 |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | Event, Grand Review of the Army, Washington, D.C., 1881 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | Event, "In Commemoration of the Glorious Victories of 3rd and 9th of April 1865," Richmond, VA, 1865 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | Event, Signing of the Proclamation of Emancipation, 1863 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | Event, "Terrific Engagement Between the ‘Monitor’ 2 guns, ‘Merrimac’ 10 guns, 1862 |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 1886 |
| Box 4 Folder 13 | Map, New Salem, IL, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 14 | Newspaper Clipping, circa 1869 |
| Box 4 Folder 15 | Place, Bird’s Eye View of 6th St. Wharf, Washington, D.C., 1863 |
| Box 4 Folder 16 | Place, Camp Northumberland, Washington, D.C. 1861 |
| Box 4 Folder 17 | Place, Camp Wool, Baltimore, MD, 1862 |
| Box 4 Folder 18 | Place, Campbell U.S. General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 4 Folder 19 | Place, Carver Barracks, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 4 Folder 20 | Place, Cliffbourne Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1862 |
| Box 4 Folder 21 | Place, Douglas and Stanton Hospitals, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 4 Folder 22 | Place, Finley U.S. General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 4 Folder 23 | Place, Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore, M.D., 1862 |
| Box 4 Folder 24 | Place, Hartford’s Soldiers Memorial, undated |
| Box 4 Folder 25 | Place, Havewood Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 4 Folder 26 | Place, Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 4 Folder 27 | Place, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., undated |
| Box 4 Folder 28 | Place, Mount Pleasant Hospitals, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 4 Folder 29 | Place, The Republican Wigwam, Chicago, IL, 1860 |
| Box 4 Folder 30 | Place, Soldier’s Home, Washington, D.C., 1863 |
| Box 4 Folder 31 | Place, Soldiers Rest, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 4 Folder 32 | Place, View of Washington City, D.C., 1862 |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | Event, Siege of Atlanta, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Map of United States, 1861[located in Lincoln Collection Elephants] |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Place, Bird’s Eye View of Andersonville Prison, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Place, View of Public Square, Atlanta, GA, 1864 |