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University of Chicago Library
Guide to the Lincoln Collection, William E. Barton Papers 1780-1976
© 2009 University of Chicago Library
Descriptive Summary
| Title: | Lincoln Collection. William E. Barton. Papers |
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| Dates: | 1780-1976 (bulk 1861-1930) |
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| Size: | 29.5 linear feet (48 boxes) |
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| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray Special Collections Research Center
University of Chicago Library
1100 East 57th Street
Chicago, Illinois 60637 U.S.A.
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| Abstract: | This collection is made up of materials compiled by William E. Barton. A pastor in Oak Park, Illinois, Barton published and lectured on Lincoln extensively. He also maintained connections with fellow Lincoln experts and carried out multiple research projects that delved into the many different facets of Lincoln's life, times, and family history. The collection includes correspondence, research notes, manuscripts, proofs, lectures, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, scrapbooks, magazines, and photographs. |
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Biographical Note
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 in 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 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.
Scope Note
The William E. Barton Papers forms part of the William E. Barton Collection of Lincolniana. The collection consist of materials collected by William E. Barton, a Lincoln expert and enthusiast and primarily cover the years 1861 to 1930 (Lincoln's inauguration to Barton's death). The collection includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, published and unpublished writings, research notes, bibliographical materials, sheet music and song lyrics, maps, pamphlets, textiles, and photographs. A handful of materials concern Barton himself and relate to his role as pastor, his publications, and his many speaking engagements. The vast majority of the collection, however, consists of materials directly related to Barton's work on Abraham Lincoln. Barton's research on Lincoln's family history, the controversy over his genealogy, and the Civil War are especially well represented in this collection.
The collection is organized into seven series. Series I, Correspondence, contains letters exchanged between Barton and publishers, fellow Lincoln scholars and enthusiasts, and occasionally family and friends. Also housed in this series is a small collection of nineteenth-century letters gathered for research purposes.
Series II contains materials related to Roy E. Tomlinson, a Lincoln expert with whom Barton exchanged research materials and ideas. This series houses correspondence, clippings, bibliographical materials, photographs, and articles.
Series III is extensive and consists of Barton's writings and lectures both published and unpublished. The majority of the typescripts housed in the series bear marginalia and research notes. Series IV is small and contains published works penned by authors other than Barton.
Series V is the largest series in the collection and is devoted to Barton's research. It is divided into several subseries, the first of which covers research into Lincoln's family tree. This subseries includes materials regarding the controversy over the identity of Lincoln's mother, the English ancestry of the Lincoln family, the charge of insanity leveled against Mary Todd Lincoln, and a variety of other topics. The other subseries of particular note is that devoted to the Civil War. Barton collected song books, newspaper clippings, anti-slavery materials, and, in particular, items related to the Lincoln-Douglas debates. Additionally, this series contains subseries consisting of Lincoln portrait reprints, memorials, photographs, and bibliographical materials.
Series VI, is reserved for materials unrelated to Barton's work on Abraham Lincoln and includes items related to Barton's alma mater (Berea College), his travels, his meeting with President Coolidge. This series also contains clippings of obituaries published upon Barton's death.
Series VII, consists of oversize materials and follows the organization of the collection as a whole, divided into correspondence, writings, research, and general materials.
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Subject Headings
- Barton, William Eleazar, 1861-1930
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Hanks, Lucy, d. 1825
- Hanks, Nancy, 1784-1818
- Collectors and collecting -- United States
- American Civil War, 1861-1865
- Abolition of Slavery
INVENTORY
This series primarily contains correspondence written by Barton. This includes letters exchanged with family, professional correspondence regarding his role both as reverend and author, and communication with fellow Lincoln experts. Additionally, this series houses correspondence that was not written by Barton. This includes posthumous correspondence written by his son as well as a handful of nineteenth-century letters, presumably collected by Barton for their historical interest.
| Box 1 Folder 4 | January-March 1919 |
| Box 1 Folder 6 | May-June 1919 |
| Box 1 Folder 7 | July-August 1919 |
| Box 1 Folder 8 | September-October 1919 |
| Box 1 Folder 9 | November-December 1919 |
| Box 2 Folder 1-2 | January-March 1920 |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | May-June 1920 |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | July-August 1920 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | September 1920 |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | October 1920 |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | November-December 1920 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | November-December 1920 |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | January 1921 |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | February 1921 |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | April-May 1921 |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | June-August 1921 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | September 1921 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | October-November 1921 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | December 1921 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | January 1922 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | February 1922
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 1
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| Box 5 Folder 5 | August 1922 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | September 1922 |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | October 1922 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | November 1922 |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | December 1922 |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | January 1923 |
| Box 6 Folder 4-5 | February 1923 |
| Box 7 Folder 3 | August-September 1923 |
| Box 7 Folder 4 | October 1923 |
| Box 7 Folder 5 | November 1923 |
| Box 7 Folder 6 | December 1923 |
| Box 7 Folder 7 | January 1924 |
| Box 8 Folder 1 | February 1924 |
| Box 8 Folder 2 | March-April 1924 |
| Box 8 Folder 5 | July-December 1924 |
| Box 8 Folder 6-7 | January-December 1925 |
| Box 9 Folder 1 | January-December 1925 |
| Box 9 Folder 2-4 | January-Dec 1926 |
| Box 9 Folder 5-6 | January-August 1927 |
| Box 9 Folder 7 | September-October 1927 |
| Box 9 Folder 8 | November-December 1927 |
| Box 10 Folder 1-2 | January-December 1928 |
| Box 10 Folder 3 | January-August 1929
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 2
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| Box 10 Folder 4 | September-October 1929 |
| Box 10 Folder 5 | November-December 1929
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 3
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| Box 10 Folder 6 | January-February 1930 |
| Box 10 Folder 7 | March 1930 |
| Box 10 Folder 8 | April 1930
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 4
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| Box 11 Folder 1 | May-July 1930 |
| Box 11 Folder 2 | August-September 1930 |
| Box 11 Folder 3 | October-December 1930 |
| Box 11 Folder 4-5 | January 1931-February 1932, December 1934 |
| Box 11 Folder 6 | Undated correspondence |
Series II: Roy E. Tomlinson |
This series is composed of materials related to fellow Lincoln expert, Roy E. Tomlinson. This includes correspondence, newspaper clippings, photographs, bibliographical materials, as well as published and unpublished articles. Please note that Series I: Correspondence contains additional Tomlinson correspondence.
| Box 11 Folder 7 | Correspondence with George Alfred Townsend, copies of Townsend, "The Real Life of Abraham Lincoln: A Talk with Mr. Herndon, his Late Law Partner," 1867-1943 |
| Box 11 Folder 8 | Correspondence with Barton, which includes exchanged newspaper clippings, research notes, bibliographies, and inventories, 1909-1949
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 5
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| Box 12 Folder 1 | Correspondence with Barton, which includes exchanged newspaper clippings, research notes, bibliographies, and inventories, 1909-1949
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 5
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| Box 12 Folder 2 | Newspaper and journal clippings, 1913-1922
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 6
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| Box 12 Folder 3 | Copy of Arthur E. Morgan, "New Light on Lincoln's Boyhood," 1920 |
| Box 12 Folder 4-6 | General Lincoln-related materials held by Tomlinson, which includes articles, photographs, correspondence, and inventories, 1922-1961 |
| Box 12 Folder 7 | of books, pamphlets, autographs, broadsides, prints, and historical relics belonging to Barton, 1931 |
| Box 12 Folder 8 | Clippings from the Foxboro Recorder, 1944-1949
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folders 7-8
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| Box 12 Folder 9 | Photographs of unidentified home interior, sent from Barton to Tomlinson, enclosed with brochure on Foxboro, 1947
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 29, Folder 9
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| Box 12 Folder 10 | Correspondence with Mary M. Flannery, which includes an excerpt from Ida Tarbell In the Footsteps of Lincoln, postcard prints of sites around Birdsboro (Pennsylvania), and maps, 1949
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 10
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| Box 12 Folder 11 | "The Volk Life-Mask of Lincoln" (unknown author), undated
- SEE ALSO Series V: Research, Subseries III: Lincoln Portraits and Memorials
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| Box 13 Folder 1 | Scrapbook of George Parsons, undated |
Series III houses materials related to published and unpublished texts authored by Barton. It is divided into three subseries: Lincoln and Walt Whitman (a topic of special interest for Barton), Lincoln Genealogy and Family (Barton researched claims that Lincoln's parentage was not what it was generally thought to be), and General Writings. Primarily, all three subseries contain copies, manuscripts, reprints, and proofs of Barton's writings. While the majority of the research materials housed in this collection are to be found in Series V: Research, some texts housed in Series III: Writings are accompanied by research materials. Lastly, the final folder in this series contains reviews of Barton's work. Please note that although not always highlighted in individual folder descriptions, most typescripts include marginalia and notes.
Please note that the majority of texts housed in Subseries 2 have correlates housed in Series V: Research, Subseries I: Lincoln Genealogy and Family.
Subseries 1: Lincoln and Walt Whitman |
| Box 13 Folder 2 | "Abraham Lincoln: A Lecture by Walt Whitman," with introductory note by Barton - Typescript, undated |
| Box 13 Folder 3 | "Abraham Lincoln and Walt Whitman" - Typescript and letter of rejection from The Century Magazine, 1925 |
| Box 13 Folder 4 | Walt Whitman, "Memories of Lincoln," undated |
| Box 13 Folder 5-8 | Lincoln and Walt Whitman - Several typescript copies with varying levels of marginalia, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 1-2 | Lincoln and Walt Whitman - Several typescript copies with varying levels of marginalia, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 3 | Lincoln and Walt Whitman - Partial typescript, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 4 | "Lincoln and Walt Whitman" - Typescript of article/lecture, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 5 | "A Little Journey to the Home of Walt Whitman" - Manuscript, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 6 | Research notes on Whitman and Lincoln, undated |
| Box 14 Folder 7 | Clippings, articles, and notes regarding Walt Whitman, 1911-1927 SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 11 |
Subseries 2: Lincoln Genealogy and Family |
| Box 14 Folder 8-9 | The Paternity of Abraham Lincoln - Typescript and notes, undated |
| Box 15 Folder 1-2 | The Paternity of Abraham Lincoln - Typescript and notes, undated |
| Box 15 Folder 3-6 | The Lineage of Lincoln - Multiple typescripts with varying levels of marginalia, correspondence, notes, 1922-1924 |
| Box 16 Folder 1-2 | The Lineage of Lincoln - Multiple typescripts with varying levels of marginalia, correspondence, notes, 1922-1924 |
| Box 16 Folder 3 | "A Family by the Name of Hanks" - Typescripts, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 4-5 | "The Hankses" - Multiple typescripts with varying levels of marginalia, undated |
| Box 16 Folder 6-7 | "The Kinsmen Lincoln Knew Best: An Essay on Dennis and John Hanks" - Typescript, correspondence, notes, clippings,
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| Box 17 Folder 1-2 | "The Birthplace of Nancy Hanks" - Typescripts, correspondence, railroad time tables, clippings, photographs, copy of The Dearborn Independent, 1927-1929 |
| Box 17 Folder 3 | "Where the Mother of Lincoln was Born" - Clipping, copy of The Dearborn Independent, 1927 |
| Box 17 Folder 4 | "Nancy Hanks Lincoln and the Granny-Woman" - Typescript, clippings, correspondence, 1897-1930 |
| Box 17 Folder 5-7 | "Lucy Hanks" - Several typescripts with varying levels of marginalia, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 8 | Correspondence and clippings regarding controversy over Lucy Hanks, 1920-1927
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 12
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| Box 17 Folder 9 | "The Birth of a Backwoods Baby" - Typescript, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 10 | "Lincoln's Two Mothers" - Typescript, undated |
| Box 17 Folder 11 | "Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln" - Typescripts, clipping, 1925-1930 |
| Box 18 Folder 1 |
- "The Parents of Abraham Lincoln" - Typescripts, 1922
- "The Father of Abraham Lincoln" - Typescript, undated
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| Box 18 Folder 2 | "The Man Who Married Lincoln's Parents" - Typescripts, published booklet of address delivered at the dedication of monument to Rev. Jesse Head, correspondence, program for the dedication, scrapbook of related clippings, 1922
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 14
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| Box 18 Folder 3-4 | "Abraham Lincoln's Lost Grandmother" - Typescripts, offprints, clippings, correspondence, 1922
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 13
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| Box 18 Folder 5 | "Abraham Lincoln's English Ancestry" - Typescript with notes, undated |
| Box 18 Folder 6-7 | "The Lincolns in their Old Kentucky Home" - Typescript and correspondence with Louis A. Warren regarding the article, booklet titled "Mountain Ballads," maps, tourism pamphlet, 1922-1925
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 23
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| Box 18 Folder 8-9 | "Lincoln was a Lee" - Typescript, notes, and correspondence with Good Housekeeping regarding publication of the article, 1928
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 29, Folder 16
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| Box 18 Folder 10 | "Following the Footsteps of Lincoln" - Typescript, rejection notice from the Boston Evening Transcript, notes, correspondence, clippings, 1921-1928
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 17
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Subseries 3: General Writings |
| Box 19 Folder 1 |
- "A. Lincoln, Advertising Man" - Clipping from Advertising and Selling Fortnightly, February 10, 1926
- "Abraham Lincoln: An Address" - Pamphlet, 1920
- "Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge: What We Really Know About Them and Their Courtship" - Typescripts, related correspondence, copy of "'Aunt Sally Saunders, Sister of Ann Rutledge," 1929
- "Abraham Lincoln and George Washington" - Typescript, undated
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| Box 19 Folder 2 | "Abraham Lincoln, American" - Typescripts, notes, undated |
| Box 19 Folder 3 | "Abraham Lincoln and His Books" - Typescript, related correspondence, 1920 |
| Box 19 Folder 4 | "Abraham Lincoln and the American Ideal" (lecture delivered at the Congressional Church in Jacksonville, Illinois) - Typescripts, correspondence, 1921-1923 |
| Box 19 Folder 5 | "Abraham Lincoln and the Bad Boy" - Typescripts, correspondence, 1929 |
| Box 19 Folder 6 | "Abraham Lincoln and the Hooker Letter" - Typescripts, correspondence, 1927 |
| Box 19 Folder 7 | "Abraham Lincoln as We Know Him Now" - Copy of The Homiletic Review in which it appeared, typescript, related correspondence, 1928-1929 |
| Box 19 Folder 8 | "Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky Mountaineer" (lecture delivered at Berea College) - Typescripts, manuscript, 1923 |
| Box 19 Folder 9 | "Abraham Lincoln, Lover of Poetry" - Typescripts, research notes, correspondence, pamphlets and programs for various poetry functions, 1869-1926 |
| Box 19 Folder 10 | "Abraham Lincoln, Lumberman" - Typescript, correspondence, 1926
- "Abraham Lincoln, Newspaperman" - Typescripts, undated
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| Box 19 Folder 11 | "Abraham Lincoln of Decatur" - Typescripts, correspondence, clippings, itinerary, 1923 |
| Box 19 Folder 12 | "Abraham Lincoln of Illinois" (address delivered before the Union League Club of Chicago) - Typescript, correspondence regarding speaking engagement at the Union League Club as well as engagements elsewhere for talks on Lincoln and Illinois, map of churches in Washington D.C., clippings, 1921
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 15
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| Box 19 Folder 13 | "Abraham Lincoln of Ohio" - Typescript, correspondence, minutes of the Debates of the Constitutional Convention, 1919-1920 |
| Box 19 Folder 14 | "Abraham Lincoln of Springfield" - Typescripts, clippings, church program, 1923 |
| Box 19 Folder 15 |
- "The Abraham Lincoln of the Prairies" - Journal clipping, undated
- "Abraham Lincoln, Prophet" - Typescript, correspondence, copy of The American Ministry in which it appeared, 1925
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| Box 20 Folder 1 | "Abraham Lincoln's Address on Zachary Taylor" - Typescripts, galley proofs, notes, 1922 |
| Box 20 Folder 2 | "Adventures of a Biographer of Lincoln" - Typescript, correspondence, notes, 1925 |
| Box 20 Folder 3-4 | "The American Pulpit on the Death of Lincoln" The Open Court, Vol. 37, No. 9 (September 1923) - Offprints, typescript, notes, 1923 |
| Box 20 Folder 5-6 | A Beautiful Blunder - Page proofs, galley proofs, undated |
| Box 20 Folder 7 | "The Beginnings of Lincoln Biography" - Typescript, correspondence, 1929 |
| Box 20 Folder 8 | "Captain Abraham Lincoln" - Typescript, clipping from The American Legion Monthly in which it appeared, correspondence, 1926-1927 |
| Box 20 Folder 9 | "The Cause of Lincoln's Sadness" - Typescript, undated |
| Box 20 Folder 10 | "The Diary of Mat Cameron" - Typescript and related correspondence, 1929 |
| Box 20 Folder 11 | "The Education of Lincoln" - Clipping from The Christian Century in which it was published, notes, correspondence, clippings, typescript of address delivered by Barton at Illinois College, postcards of Vandalia, Illinois, 1923 |
| Box 20 Folder 12 | "The Enduring Lincoln" - Typescripts and drafts for address delivered at the unveiling of Lincoln statue in Urbana (Illinois), 1927 |
| Box 20 Folder 13 | "Frank Edwards and the Lincoln Family" - Typescript, undated
- "Freedom, the Only Finality: an Hitherto Undiscovered Address by Abraham Lincoln," undated
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| Box 21 Folder 1-5 | The Great Good Man: How the Boy Lincoln Grew to Manhood and Achieved Immortality - Typescript and proofs, undated |
| Box 21 Folder 6 | "The Greatness of Abraham Lincoln" - Typescripts, press release, 1922 |
| Box 21 Folder 7 | A Hero in Homespun - Reviews, correspondence, 1894-1913 |
| Box 22 Folder 1 |
- "Has Our Country a Father?" - Typescript, undated
- "How Abraham Lincoln Learned About Slavery" - Typescripts, undated
- "How Lincoln Looked" - Typescript, undated
- "How Lincoln Took Advantage of Handicaps" - Typescript, undated
- "How the Ministers Changed Their Plans" - Typescript, clipping, 1923
- "If Ann Rutledge Had Lived" - Typescript, undated
- "The Influence of Abraham Lincoln" - Clipping of article, 1920
- "Is Lincoln Among the Aristocrats?" Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (April 1929) - Journal clipping, 1929
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| Box 22 Folder 2 | Life of Lincoln - Typescript sheets, undated |
| Box 22 Folder 3 | "The Life of Lincoln, Vol. II The First Inaugural" - Typescript, notes, partial clipping of journal article titled "Lincoln's Inauguration," undated |
| Box 22 Folder 4 | The Life of Abraham Lincoln - Suggestions for publishers' prospectus for, undated |
| Box 22 Folder 5 | "Lincoln and His Springfield Minister" - Typescript, clipping, 1920 |
| Box 22 Folder 6 | "Lincoln and Labor" - Typescript, correspondence, 1921 |
| Box 22 Folder 7 | "Lincoln and Liberty" - Typescripts, correspondence, clipping, 1922 |
| Box 22 Folder 8 |
- "Lincoln and Liquor" - Typescripts, clipping, 1926, SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 18
- "Lincoln and National Defense," undated
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| Box 22 Folder 9 | "Lincoln and Temperance" - Typescript, correspondence, Russian-language reprint, clippings, 1925-1926
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 19
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| Box 22 Folder 10 |
- "Lincoln and the Land Office," undated
- "Lincoln as a Business Man," undated
- "Lincoln as Lawyer and Lover," undated
- "Lincoln Autographs and Manuscripts Relating to Lincoln," undated
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| Box 22 Folder 11 | "Lincoln Biography" - Typescript for chapters 25-36, undated |
| Box 22 Folder 12 | "The Lincoln Log Cabins" - Typescripts, notes, correspondence, photograph, 1929
- SEE ALSO Series VII:Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 20
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| Box 22 Folder 13 |
- "Lincoln the Lawyer" - Typescript, correspondence, 1927
- "Lincoln the Young Rail-Splitter" - Clipping, 1922
- "Lincoln's Autobiography, Plus" - Typescript, undated
- "Lincoln’s Belief in Evolution" - Typescript, undated
- "Lincoln's Cabinet" - Typescript sheets, undated
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| Box 22 Folder 14 | "Lincoln's Lost Speech" - Typescripts, clippings, notes, bound reproduction of the speech, 1923-1926 |
| Box 22 Folder 15 | "A Lincoln Mystery Solved" - Typescript, undated
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 21
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| Box 23 Folder 1 | "Lincoln's Wit and Humor," undated
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 22
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| Box 23 Folder 2 | "The Making of Abraham Lincoln and the Influence of Illinois on His Development" - Typescript of talk delivered at the Illinois Historical Society, notes, 1921 |
| Box 23 Folder 3 | "The Molding of Lincoln" - Typescript, correspondence, 1928 |
| Box 23 Folder 4 | "My Night with General Grant" - Typescript, correspondence, notes, 1923 |
| Box 23 Folder 5 | "Parables of Wise Safed" - Page proofs, 1921 |
| Box 23 Folder 6-8 | "The Parson at Play" - Typescripts, notes, clippings, undated |
| Box 23 Folder 9 |
- "Pioneer Abraham Lincoln and Wife" - Typescript, undated
- "The Politics of Moral Reform" - Typescript, undated
- "A Purist on Drinkwater’s Lincoln," copy of The Literary Digest in which it appeared, 1920
- SEE ALSO Series V: Research, Box 40, Folders 6-7
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| Box 23 Folder 10 | "The Religion of Abraham Lincoln" - Clippings, correspondence, typescript, 1929-1930 |
| Box 23 Folder 11-12 | The Soul of Abraham Lincoln - Typescripts, review clipping,
- typescript of editorial changes, notes, 1919-1922
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 24
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| Box 24 Folder 1-4 | The Soul of Abraham Lincoln - Typescripts, review clipping,
- typescript of editorial changes, notes, 1919-1922
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 24
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| Box 24 Folder 5 | "The Spiritual Evolution of Lincoln" - Clipping, 1920 |
| Box 24 Folder 6 | "Springtime in the Plum Orchard" - Typescript, undated |
| Box 24 Folder 7 | "Through Life with Abraham Lincoln" - Clipping, 1916 |
| Box 24 Folder 8 |
- "The Town that Lincoln Put on the Map" - Clipping, 1926
- "What Lincoln Thought of Evolution" - Typescript, undated
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| Box 24 Folder 9 | "When Wallstreet Misbehaved in Lincoln's Day" - Typescript, correspondence, 1929 |
| Box 24 Folder 10 |
- "Where Lincoln Died" - Typescript, 1917
- "Why We Should Remember Lincoln" - Clipping, 1928
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| Box 24 Folder 11-13 | The Women Lincoln Loved - Notes, correspondence regarding research and publications, clippings, letter from The Ladies' Home Journal regarding revisions, 1920-1927
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 26
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| Box 25 Folder 1-2 | The Women Lincoln Loved - Notes, correspondence regarding research and publications, clippings, letter from The Ladies' Home Journal regarding revisions, 1920-1927
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folder 26
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| Box 25 Folder 3 | "The Youth of Abraham Lincoln" - Typescript, correspondence, notes, 1925 |
| Box 25 Folder 4 | Book of poetry - Typescript, notes, and correspondence regarding the book's publication, 1925 |
| Box 25 Folder 5-6 | Unidentified typescript about Washington D.C., 1923-1931 |
| Box 25 Folder 7 | Clippings of Barton's publications in The Dearborn Independent, 1926-1927 |
| Box 25 Folder 8 | Barton's review of Carl Sandburg's Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie
- Years - Typescript, correspondence, 1928
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| Box 25 Folder 9 | Reviews of Barton's publications, 1920-1928
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 45, Folders 27-29
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Series IV: Writings by Others |
This series is composed of both published and unpublished texts not authored
by William E. Barton.
| Box 25 Folder 10 |
- Colonel W.J. Anderson, "Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln," 1921
- Paul Angle, "Atlantic Monthly Lincoln Letters Spurious," 1928
- Bruce Barton, "We Need More Men Like Lincoln," undated
- Robert Barton - Multiple typescripts, 1949
- Roy P. Basler, "Abraham Lincoln - Artist," 1938
- F. Lauriston Bullard, "Lincoln Pardons Conspirator on Plea of an English Stateman," 1939
- F. Lauriston Bullard, "The Other Lincoln," 1941
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| Box 26 Folder 1 |
- Colonel Charles Pomeroy Button, "Lincoln as Antagonist," 1901
- W.J. Cameron, "Washington and Lincoln," 1937
- W.J. Cameron, "The Lines in Lincoln’s Face," 1939
- Rev. George Candee, "A Sermon on the Death of President Lincoln," 1865
- Josephine Craven Chandler, "Lincoln in Springfield," 1930
- William Ellery Channing, "Was Abraham Lincoln a Christian?" undated
- B.J. Cigrand Abraham Lincoln: Prophet and Patriot, 1925
- Charles H. Coleman, "Sarah Bush Lincoln, the Mother Who Survived Him," from the Lincoln Herald, 1952
- : Maria T. Davies, "Sisters of Lincoln's Mother," 1923
- Maria T. Davies, "The History of Mercer and Boyle Counties," undated
- Daniel Kilham Dodge, "Lincoln’s Qualifications for the Presidency: Outline of an Address before the Chicago Historical Society," 1925
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| Box 26 Folder 2 | George A. Dondero, "Why Lincoln Wore a Beard" - Typescript, correspondence, clippings, photograph, 1860-1931
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 48, Folder 5
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| Box 26 Folder 3 |
- Lincoln Dubois, "Personal Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln," undated
- Hon. Daniel Fish, "The Religion of Abraham Lincoln," 1896
- Hannah M. Fisher, "Lincoln, the World’s Noblest Hero," 1930
- John Huston Finley, "The Education of Lincoln," 1927
- Margaret Flint, "Chronology of Illinois History," 1955
- Thomas Wakefield Goodspeed, "Lincoln and Douglas with Some Personal Reminiscences," 1933
- James M. Graham, "Abraham Lincoln," 1913
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| Box 26 Folder 4 | Walter Graves, "Abraham Lincoln and Fundamentalism," "Abraham Lincoln" - Typescript, correspondence, 1925 |
| Box 26 Folder 5 |
- Carl R. Gray, "The Lincoln Car on Union Pacific, 1865," 1937
- Elizabeth Todd Grimely, "Six Months in the White House," undated
- Josiah Grout, "A Soldier’s Tribute to His Chief," 1925
- George P. Hambrecht, "Abraham Lincoln: His Spirit Lives," undated
- Elizabeth Harlow-Goetz, "The Simplicity of Greatness and the Greatness of Simplicity," 1915
- Jacob Louis Hasbrouck, "Lincoln in Some of his Unheroic Hours," 1938
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| Box 26 Folder 6-7 | Emanuel Hertz - Multiple writings, 1927-1930 |
| Box 26 Folder 8 |
- Max J. Herzberg, "A Guide to the Study of the Historical Photoplay ‘Young Mr. Lincoln,’" 1939
- John Wesley Hill, "Lincoln the Lawyer," 1933
- Herbert Hoover, "Address at the Dedication of the Remodeled Tomb of Abraham Lincoln," 1931
- Z.P. Hotchkiss, "How I Told Lincoln of His Election," 1909
- M.L. Houser, "The Education of Abraham Lincoln," 1938
- Beverly W. Howe, "Two Hours and Two Minutes, or Lincoln and Everett at Gettysburg," 1937
- Harvey Ingham, "Lincoln in Iowa," undated
- Edgar DeWitt Jones, "Abraham Lincoln, Apostle of Brotherhood," undated
- Roy V. Jordan, "Abe Lincoln in Southern Illinois: A Tableau in Four Scenes," undated
- Edward J. Kempf, "Abraham Lincoln's Organic and Emotional Neurosis," A.M.A. Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry, Vol. 67, 1952
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| Box 26 Folder 9 |
- Charles Zebrina Lincoln, address delivered at a meeting of The Lincoln Historical and Genealogical Association, 1906
- Stephen T. Logan, "Stephen T. Logan Talks about Lincoln," 1928
- Matthew S. Marsh, "Letter to the Folks," 1926
- Peter Marshall, "From Laurie to Lincoln," 1939
- O.M. Mather, "Thomas Lincoln's Accounts with Elizabethtown Merchants," 1930
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| Box 26 Folder 10 | Stewart McClelland - Multiple writings, 1939 |
| Box 27 Folder 1 |
- Colonel A.K. McClure, "The Night at Harrisburg: A Reminiscence of Lincoln's Journey to Washington in 1861," 1895
- R. Gerald McMurtry, "Fort Wayne's Contacts with Abraham Lincoln," 1966
- E.S. Meany and J.G.B., "A French Tribute to Lincoln," 1936
- George Fort Milton, "Lincoln and the Modern World," 1939
- Chas L.C. Minor, "The Real Lincoln, from the Testimony of his Contemporaries," undated
- Honoré Willsie Morrow, "Lincoln Among the Trees," 1935
- Robert Russa Moton, "The Negro's Debt to Lincoln," 1922
- Rev. Elias Nason, "Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln," 1865
- O.H. Oldroyd, "How My Eightieth Birthday was Celebrated," 1922
- R.D. Packard, "Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt," 1938
- Admiral Porter, "Lincoln at Richmond," undated
- Anna Rice Powell, "The New Abolitionists: the International Federation for the Abolition of State Regulation of Vice and the Promotion of Social Purity," 1888
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| Box 27 Folder 2 |
- Harry E. Pratt, "Lincoln's Inner Circle: Thirty-one Pictures of
- Abraham Lincoln and His Family, Cabinet, Home, Statues and Tomb," 1955
- Harry E. Pratt, "Lincoln in the Legislature," 1947
- Addison G. Proctor, "The Slave-Holding Indians," 1920
- J.G. Randall, "Has the Lincoln Theme Been Exhausted?" 1936
- Rev. J.A. Reed - Funeral address delivered upon the death of Mary Todd Lincoln, correspondence, 1882, 1930
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| Box 27 Folder 3 |
- Albert T. Reid, "Boston Corbett: the Man of Mystery of the Lincoln Drama," 1929
- E.F. Rudeen, "Lincoln, a Christian, though not a 'Campbellite,'" 1923
- Carl Sandburg, script of broadcast on the eve of the presidential election, November 4, 1940
- Dorothy Schuller, "A Reminiscence of Benjamin Franklin Stoneberger, 1852-1939: A Lincoln Student," 1939
- Milton H. Shutes, "Republican Nominating Convention of 1860: A California Report," undated
- T.V. Smith, Typescript of address delivered to the Illinois State Senate on Lincoln's birthday, 1935
- Smith Stimmel, "Personal Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln," undated
- William O. Stoddard, "A Journalist Sees Lincoln," 1925
- John W. Starr, Jr., "Abraham Lincoln's Religion in His Eldest Son's Estimation," 1926
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| Box 27 Folder 4 | James Tanner, "The Passing of Abraham Lincoln" - Typescripts, correspondence, 1924 |
| Box 27 Folder 5 |
- Wayne C. Temple, "Builder of Lincoln's Home: Page Eaton," undated
- Wayne C. Temple, "Lincoln as Seen by C.C. Brown," 1963
- Benjamin P. Thomas, "Profile of a President," chapter nineteen from Thomas' Abraham Lincoln, 1952
- Wayne Townley, "Story of Abraham Lincoln’s Lost Speech," 1924
- Bartow A. Ulrich, "Abraham Lincoln and Constitutional Government" - Clippings, correspondence, 1919-1921
- Clarendon E. Van Norman, "A Rotarian in Lincoln Land," 1954
- Artemus Ward, "On his Visit to Abe Lincoln," 1860, 1939
- Louis A. Warren, "Abraham Lincoln: A Concise Biography," undated
- Raymond Warren, "Abraham Lincoln as a Spiritual Influence: An Address by Raymond Warren," 1929
- Otho Wiecker, "The Story of an Artist, while executing a portrait-sketch, the first from life, of Abraham Lincoln," undated
- Bell I. Wiley, "Abraham Lincoln: a Southerner's Estimate After 110 Years," (as part of the Andrew W. Mellon Lectures in the Humanities), 1975
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| Box 27 Folder 6 |
- Major General Forrester Williams, "General Sheridan's Bad Temper," undated
- Unknown, "Life of Abe Lincoln of Illinois," 1860
- Unknown, "Reminiscences of Stephen A. Douglas," The Atlantic Monthly, 1861
- Unknown, Sermon delivered in Hawaii upon the announcement of Lincoln's death, 1865
- Unknown, "Abraham Lincoln," (foreign-language publication), 1893
- Unknown, "Lincoln's Literary Experiments," 1894
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| Box 27 Folder 7 | Unknown, "Two Portraits of Lincoln" and "How it Began," both published in the University of Chicago's The Courier, 1934, 1939 |
| Box 27 Folder 8 |
- Unknown, "The Lincoln Who Lives in Anecdote," Readers Digest, 1959
- Unknown, "Abraham Lincoln on Prohibition," undated
- Unknown, "Stephen A. Douglas and Gen. Sam. Houston," undated
- Unknown, "The Duty of the Hour," undated
- Unknown, "A New Story About Lincoln," undated
- Unknown, "Lincoln's Place in the Universe," undated
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This is the largest series in the collection. It houses a variety of research materials, the bulk of which are Lincoln related. These include: correspondence, hand-written notes, partial typescripts, photographs, bibliographical materials, and newspaper clippings. The series is divided into six subseries: (1) Lincoln Genealogy and Family, (2) The Civil War, (3) Lincoln Portraits and Memorials, (4) Photographs and Prints, (5) Bibliography, and (6) General Research Materials. Of particular interest is Subseries 2: The Civil War, as it contains a small but interesting collection of correspondence.
Series VII: Oversize Materials also houses a variety of interesting Civil War texts and artifacts, including newspaper clippings and an anti-slavery printed textile. Additional material on Lincoln genealogy can be found in Series III.
Subseries 1: Lincoln Genealogy and Family |
| Box 27 Folder 9-10 | Materials regarding Lincoln’s relationship to the Hanks family - Notes, correspondence, photographs, maps, field notes from trips to Virginia, clippings, 1922-1929
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folders 5-7
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| Box 28 Folder 1-6 | Materials regarding Lincoln’s relationship to the Hanks family - Notes, correspondence, photographs, maps, field notes from trips to Virginia, clippings, 1922-1929
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folders 5-7
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| Box 29 Folder 1 | Research materials gathered by James A. Peterson regarding the Lucy Hanks controversy, writings, 1976 |
| Box 29 Folder 2 | Materials regarding Virginia, home of the Hanks family - Maps, clippings, correspondence, book of porches and porticos, undated
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folders 8-10
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| Box 29 Folder 3-8 | Notes and clippings regarding Lincoln's ancestry, including some materials regarding the Hanks and Sparrow families, photographs and postcards, typescripts, correspondence, clippings, 1908-1931
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folders 2-4
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| Box 30 Folder 1-3 | Notes and clippings regarding Lincoln's ancestry, including some materials regarding the Hanks and Sparrow families, photographs and postcards, typescripts, correspondence, clippings, 1908-1931
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folders 2-4
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| Box 30 Folder 4 | Notes on Lincoln's English ancestry, undated |
| Box 30 Folder 5 | Notes, correspondence, and photographs regarding Lincoln’s ancestry, specifically John and Richard Berry, 1923 |
| Box 30 Folder 6 | Correspondence with Hon. Daniel Fish regarding Lincoln's ancestry and other Lincoln matters, 1909-1921 |
| Box 30 Folder 7 | Notes and papers regarding Lincoln's genealogy, 1930 |
| Box 30 Folder 8 | List of birth and death dates for descendants of David Hubbard and Prudence Goodrich, undated |
| Box 30 Folder 9-10 | Materials regarding Lincoln's paternity - Correspondence, notes, maps, Knights of Columbus pamphlet, clipping, 1919-1921 |
| Box 31 Folder 1 | "Lincoln Marriage Temple" - Bound volume devoted to marriage site of Lincoln’s parents, undated |
| Box 31 Folder 2 | Pamphlet put together by the Elizabethtown Women's Club and titled "Sarah Bush Lincoln, the Beloved Foster Mother of Abraham Lincoln: A Memorial," 1922 |
| Box 31 Folder 3 | Materials related to Mary Todd Lincoln - Notes, newspaper clipping, photos, copy of Justin G. Turner's "The Mary Lincoln Letters to Mrs. Felician Slataper," 1929-1956 |
| Box 31 Folder 4 | "Mary Todd Lincoln as Her Sisters Remembered Her," excerpt from Herndon manuscripts, undated |
| Box 31 Folder 5 | Materials related to Robert Todd Lincoln - Correspondence, clippings, notes, 1926-1930
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folders 11-12
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| Box 31 Folder 6 | Letter from Katherine Helm, Abraham Lincoln’s niece, containing a cut from the curtains that hung in Thomas Lincoln’s house, 1929 |
| Box 31 Folder 7 | Materials regarding route taken by the Lincoln family to Illinois - Correspondence, clippings, notes, map, 1921-1928
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folders 13-14
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| Box 31 Folder 8-10 | Materials regarding the Lincoln Migration Centennial - Clippings, correspondence, event programs, 1930
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folder 15
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Subseries 2: The Civil War |
| Box 31 Folder 11 | Materials regarding the abolition of slavery - State legislature documents, clippings, 1836-1911 |
| Box 31 Folder 12 | Materials related to Orville H. Browning - Correspondence, notes, excerpts from Browning’s diary, 1851-1924
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folder 18
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| Box 31 Folder 13 | Notes on The Diary of Orville Hickman Browning, undated |
| Box 31 Folder 14 | Civil War era caricatures with introduction, 1856-1872 |
| Box 31A Folder 1-3 | Materials regarding Lincoln-Douglas debates - Clippings, notes, typescripts, correspondence, writings, 1858-1955
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folders 22-23
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| Box 32 Folder 1-3 | General Civil War materials - Clippings, Union flags, veteran symbols, photographs, correspondence, notes, collection of sermons, typescripts, 1861-1923 |
| Box 32 Folder 4 | Bound volume titled "The Revolution of 1860: A Speech Delivered by Mr. Sickles, of New York, in the House of Representatives, January 16th, 1861," undated |
| Box 32 Folder 5 | Copy of Lincoln letter to Horace Greeley, correspondence, 1862, 1923 |
| Box 32 Folder 6 | Letters of Charles A. Scott, a clerk for a quartermaster’s office of the Army of the Potomac, to his unidentified sister, 1862-1864 |
| Box 32 Folder 7-8 | Civil War songbooks and lyric sheets, 1864-1902 |
| Box 32 Folder 9 | Small scrapbook titled "Old Lincoln and His Fellows in the Abolitionist's Government: Copperhead Handbill of 1864," 1864 |
| Box 32 Folder 10-11 | The Gettysburg Address - Copies of the address, pamphlet on the address, booklet titled Lincoln at The Wills Home and The Gettysburg Address, November 18-19, 1863, pamphlets, booklets, Barton text titled "Lincoln at Gettysburg," correspondence, clippings, map, 1884-1950
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folder 26
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| Box 33 Folder 1 | The Gettysburg Address - Copies of the address, pamphlet on the address, booklet titled Lincoln at The Wills Home and The Gettysburg Address, November 18-19, 1863, pamphlets, booklets, Barton text titled "Lincoln at Gettysburg," correspondence, clippings, map, 1884-1950
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folder 26
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| Box 33 Folder 2 | Booklet titled "The Loyalists of Tennessee in the Late War," 1887 |
| Box 33 Folder 3 | Materials regarding John Brown - Program for memorial, text of ode to Brown, notes, clippings, and typescript of "Reminiscences of John Brown and his Friends," 1911-1930
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folder 25
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| Box 33 Folder 4 | Materials regarding Lincoln-Bixby letter - Clipping, notes, and a copy of The Literary Digest, which contains an article regarding the letter, 1925
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 46, Folder 21
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| Box 33 Folder 5 | Prints of Stephen A. Douglas, undated |
| Box 33 Folder 6 | Lists of Union and Confederate officers - original folder states that each entry includes the number of pictures, clippings, and letters of each in the collection, though which collection this refers to is unclear, undated |
Subseries 3: Lincoln Portraits and Memorials |
| Box 33 Folder 7 | Commemorative Lincoln medals, 1864-1865 |
| Box 33 Folder 8-11 | Materials related to statues, portraits, and busts of Lincoln, as well as memorials to Lincoln - Clippings, correspondence, reproductions, pamphlets, programs, 1886-1950
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 47, Folders 1-2
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| Box 34 Folder 1-5 | Materials related to statues, portraits, and busts of Lincoln, as well as memorials to Lincoln - Clippings, correspondence, reproductions, pamphlets, programs, 1886-1950
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 47, Folders 1-2
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| Box 34 Folder 6 | Booklet titled "Oration on Major General Hancock at Gettysburg," 1886 |
| Box 34 Folder 7 | "Abraham Lincoln in Contemporary " - Booklet, 1901 |
| Box 34 Folder 8 | Booklet produced for the schools of Illinois and titled "The One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln," 1908 |
| Box 34 Folder 9 | Pamphlets and programs for Lincoln birthday celebrations, 1916-1924 |
| Box 35 Folder 1 | Materials related to Douglas Volk’s portraits of Lincoln - Clippings, photograph, correspondence, 1926-1936
- SEE ALSO Series II: Roy E. Tomlinson, Box 12, Folder 11
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| Box 35 Folder 2 | Booklet titled "Trails and Shrines of Abraham Lincoln," 1934 |
| Box 35 Folder 3 | Reprint titled "Lincoln Memorials in Many States," 1937 |
| Box 35 Folder 4 | Book of Lincoln portraits presented in stamp format, 1941 |
| Box 35 Folder 5 | Booklet titled "Abraham Lincoln's Sesqui-Centennial Birthday Celebration, under the auspices of the Japan-American Cultural Society," 1963 |
| Box 35 Folder 6 | Booklet titled "A Guide to the Shrines of Abraham Lincoln," undated |
| Box 35 Folder 7 | Programs for the Lincoln Centennial Association's banquet celebrating the birth of Lincoln, 1910 |
Subseries 4: Photographs and Prints |
| Box 35 Folder 8 | Blank postcards and envelopes, undated |
| Box 35 Folder 9-11 | Photographs, prints, and negatives - Berea, cemeteries, Malmesbury, portraits, and a variety of other subjects, undated |
| Box 36 Folder 1-7 | Photographs, prints, and negatives - Berea, cemeteries, Malmesbury, portraits, and a variety of other subjects, undated |
| Box 37 Folder 1 | Photographs of manuscripts and correspondence, undated |
| Box 37 Folder 2 | Prints of military and other officials, undated |
Subseries 5: Bibliography |
| Box 37 Folder 3 | List of newspaper references to Lincoln as compiled by the Library of Congress, 1922 |
| Box 37 Folder 4 | A Catalogue of Lincolniana, correspondence, 1930 |
| Box 37 Folder 5 | Booklet containing the titles of bulletins and indexes for Bulletins One to Five Hundred at the Lincoln National Life Foundation, 1939 |
| Box 37 Folder 6 |
- Guidebook for the department of Lincolniana at Lincoln Memorial University, 1939
- The Lincoln Collection of the Illinois State Historical Library, 1940
- Lincoln Collections in the Library of Congress, 1942
- Sifting the Herndon Sources, 1948
- Special issue of The American Book Collector titled "Following Abraham Lincoln," undated
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| Box 37 Folder 7 | Lincoln Topics - Published volume containing bibliographies for various Lincoln research topics, 1951 |
| Box 37 Folder 8 | Information on Lincoln-related holdings at the University of Kentucky Library, program for Civil War roundtable at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, 1962-1963
- SEE ALSO Series V: Research, Subseries II: The Civil War
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| Box 37 Folder 9 | A Catalogue of Lincolniana, with an Essay on Lincoln Autographs by the Rev. Dr. William E. Barton, undated |
| Box 37 Folder 10 | Lincoln, the War & the Confederacy: Books, Pamphlets, Broadsides, and a Few Maps & Pictures, undated |
| Box 37 Folder 11 | Bibliographic notes and clippings, undated |
| Box 38 Folder 1-3 | Bibliographic notes and clippings, undated |
Subseries 6: General Research |
| Box 38 Folder 4 | Materials related to Lincoln land transactions - deeds, land grants, correspondence, 1780-1928
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 47, Folder 8
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| Box 38 Folder 5 | Several typescripts of articles published in The Sangamo Journal, 1837-1840 |
| Box 38 Folder 6 | Copy of letter from Lincoln to J.M. Clayton, 1849 |
| Box 38 Folder 7-9 | Collection of editorials believed by Barton to be written by either Lincoln or Herndon, as well as Barton’s notes on these editorials, 1854, 1928 |
| Box 39 Folder 1 | Published copy of Lincoln reply to invitation to address Jefferson commemoration, 1859, 1937 |
| Box 39 Folder 2-4 | Newspaper clippings on Lincoln related themes, 1860-1931
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 47, Folders 11-16
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| Box 39 Folder 5 | Illinois Republican Convention - Newspaper accounts, typescripts of speeches, daily reports, 1860 |
| Box 39 Folder 6 | Multiple publications (pamphlets, booklets) of the Loyal Publication Society, 1863-1865 |
| Box 39 Folder 7 | Materials regarding Lincoln's tomb - Correspondence, clippings, 1865-1923 |
| Box 39 Folder 8 | Materials regarding Lincoln's nomination for office - Clippings, correspondence, notes, typescripts, first-hand accounts, 1866-1929 |
| Box 39 Folder 9 | Materials regarding Lincoln's defense of Armstrong - Notes, correspondence, articles, 1866-1924 |
| Box 39 Folder 10-11 | Lincoln's critics - Clippings, correspondence, 1884-1931 |
| Box 39 Folder 12 | Materials related to Lincoln’s inventions - Newspaper clippings, prints of Lincoln’s inventions, prints from the U.S. Patent Office, 1899, 1935 |
| Box 39 Folder 13 | Extracts from letter written by Geo. H. Platt to his sister Mary Platt Hoover, February 1900 |
| Box 39 Folder 14 | Abraham Lincoln as Attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad Company, book about Lincoln's involvement with the company that includes original text and reproductions of manuscripts, 1905 |
| Box 39 Folder 15 | Underground railroad - Correspondence between Harlow Lindby and Professor E.E. Sparks regarding the railroad, a photograph of Governor Morton's birthplace, and a booklet titled "Headquarters, Newport, IND., Underground Railroad," 1905 |
| Box 40 Folder 1 | Copy of Pearson’s Magazine, July 1906 |
| Box 40 Folder 2 | Copies of The Advance: A Progressive Religious Weekly, which include articles about Lincoln, 1916-1917 |
| Box 40 Folder 3 | Materials regarding Lincoln’s assassination - Clippings, notes, correspondence, articles, 1917-1929
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 47, Folders 9-10
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| Box 40 Folder 4 | Materials regarding New Salem - Notes, print, clippings and correspondence, 1918-1919
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 47, Folder 19
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| Box 40 Folder 5 | Research notes regarding Hardin Wallace Masters, B.P. and Anna Herndon, Clinton L. Conkling, Thomas Stevens, G.W. Murray, and H.B. Rankin, related correspondence and newspaper clippings, 1920-1926 |
| Box 40 Folder 6-7 | Materials related to Lincoln impersonators, films, and plays - Playbills, prints, correspondence, photographs, stills, 1920-1924
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 48, Folders 1-3
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| Box 40 Folder 8-9 | Materials related to Lincoln and Chicago - Correspondence, notes, clippings, Chicago Historical Society programs and invitations, Barton typescript titled "Lincoln and Chicago," 1921-1924 |
| Box 40 Folder 10 | Materials related to fellow Lincoln enthusiast E.W. Baker - Clippings, documented recollections of Lincoln, correspondence, 1921-1922 |
| Box 40 Folder 11 | Typescript of address given by Barton at the Shiloh Church, which is adjacent to the cemetery where Thomas and Sally Lincoln are buried, related newspaper clippings, 1922 |
| Box 40 Folder 12 | Interview with Hon. A.G. Proctor, notes, clippings, 1922-1924 |
| Box 41 Folder 1 | Clippings of reviews of Lincoln-themed publications, 1923-1924 |
| Box 41 Folder 2 | Notes regarding Susan D. Baker, a fellow Lincoln enthusiast - photos of Baker, copies of her Lincoln-themed poetry, ca. 1923 |
| Box 41 Folder 3 | Booklet of Lincoln quotations titled "Abraham Lincoln Said: July 1834 to November 7, 1860 |
| Box 41 Folder 4 | Materials regarding Barton's participation in the Sixth Annual Indiana History Conference - Programs, notes, correspondence, 1924 |
| Box 41 Folder 5 | Lincoln's Last Speech in Springfield in the Campaign of 1858 - Book that contains a newspaper reprint, introductory remarks, the text of Lincoln's speech, and a first-hand account by John H. Morgan, 1925 |
| Box 41 Folder 6 | "One Year in Retrospect: an Editorial Review of the First Twelve Months of the Administration of Abraham Lincoln," 1925 |
| Box 41 Folder 7 | Oral history of Mrs. Adolph Heile, as recorded by Barton, 1927 |
| Box 41 Folder 8 | "Abraham Lincoln on the Coming of the Tractor," 1929 |
| Box 41 Folder 9 | Materials regarding Lincoln log cabin in Boston - Correspondence, clippings, press release, notes, Barton typescripts titled "The Lincoln Cabin on Boston Common," 1928-1929 |
| Box 41 Folder 10-11 | Materials regarding research trip - Notes, maps, booklets, photographs, 1930 |
| Box 41 Folder 12 | Copy of "Lincoln's Springfield: A Guide Book and Brief History," 1938 |
| Box 41 Folder 13 | Transcript of University of Chicago Round Table titled "What Would Lincoln Think?" 1939 |
| Box 41 Folder 14 | Copy of The Lincoln Log Cabin Almanac, 1940 |
| Box 41 Folder 15 | Transcript of CBS program titled "Dear Mr. Lincoln," 1947 |
| Box 41 Folder 16 | Transcript of radio broadcast titled "The Lincoln Men," 1948 |
| Box 41 Folder 17 | Copy of The Abraham Lincoln Quarterly, 1950 |
| Box 42 Folder 1 | Copy of Illinois State Parks and Memorials (Lincoln memorials listed in index), undated |
| Box 42 Folder 2-3 | Notes on the Lamon copies of the Herndon manuscripts, Herndon correspondence regarding "Herndon's Lincoln," undated |
| Box 42 Folder 4 | A Chronology of Lincoln's life and time, undated |
| Box 42 Folder 5 | List of names and addresses titled "Pilgrim Memorial Fund Commission," undated |
| Box 42 Folder 6 | of letters written by Lincoln, undated |
| Box 42 Folder 7 | Materials regarding the American flag - histories, bill regarding the flag, photograph, booklet titled "My Flag," images of the flag, clippings, undated
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 47, Folder 20
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| Box 42 Folder 8 | Notes on John Hay's diary and on the letters and diaries of C.F. and J.S. Black, undated |
| Box 42 Folder 9 | Original broadside calling for Lincoln’s resignation, undated |
| Box 42 Folder 10 | Set of engravings, with plates and prints, undated |
| Box 42 Folder 11-12 | General research notes, many handwritten, and covering a variety of topics, undated |
Series VI: Materials Unrelated to Lincoln |
| Box 43 Folder 1-3 | General research notes, many handwritten, and covering a variety of topics, undated |
| Box 43 Folder 4 | Materials related to Berea and Berea College - Program for Berea College anniversary celebrations (1885), and correspondence from Berea College president (1904), 1885-1904
- SEE ALSO Series VII: Oversize Materials, Box 48, Folder 13
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| Box 43 Folder 5 | Copy of "Proceedings of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at its Fortieth Annual Meeting," 1892 |
| Box 43 Folder 6 | Reviews of Mabel Fuller Blodget's At the Queen's Mercy, 1896- 1897 |
| Box 43 Folder 7-8 | Materials regarding Barton's travels - Photographs, clippings, correspondence, schedules, booklets, 1904-1909 |
| Box 43 Folder 9 | Notes on Barton's meeting with President and Mrs. Coolidge, correspondence, 1924 |
| Box 43 Folder 10 | WM. Burton Benham, "The Life of Osborn H. Oldroyd," 1927 |
| Box 43 Folder 11 | Obituaries for Barton, 1930 |
| Box 44 Folder 1 | "A Chronicle Recording One Hundred Twenty-Five Years, 1818-1943," 1943 |
| Box 44 Folder 2 | Robert Barton, "William E. Barton - Biographer," 1946 |
| Box 44 Folder 3 | Tribute to George Joseph Ray, 1946 |
| Box 44 Folder 4 | Old inventories for the Lincoln collection, related clippings, 1923-1937 |
| Box 44 Folder 5 | General materials - Typescripts, business cards, booklets, pamphlets, clippings about Barton himself, typescript of biography of Barton, 1871-1946 |
| Box 44 Folder 6 | Portraits of Carl Sandburg, undated |
Series VII: Oversize Materials |
This series contains oversize materials. When possible, the ordering of this section mirrors that of the preceding six series. Of particular interest is a textile printed with anti-slavery parables and images (Box 46, Folder 27). The accompanying note suggests that the textile was a handkerchief, although whether this was actually the case is unclear. The textile and accompanying note are not dated.
Subseries 1: Correspondence |
| Box 45 Folder 1 | Copy of newspaper The Greek Star which contains an article about Lincoln, 1922 |
| Box 45 Folder 2 | Copy of The Sky Rocket newspaper, 1929 |
| Box 45 Folder 3 | Clipping of newspaper article on the Minutemen, 1929 |
| Box 45 Folder 4 | Copy of The Pocahontas Times newspaper, 1930 |
Subseries 2: Roy E. Tomlinson |
| Box 45 Folder 5 | Envelopes from Tomlinson collection, 1947-1948 |
| Box 45 Folder 6 | Newspaper clippings from Tomlinson collection, 1923-1959 |
| Box 45 Folder 7-8 | Clippings from the Foxboro Recorder, 1948-1953 |
| Box 45 Folder 9 | Map of Lincoln's 1848 visit to Massachusetts, 1948 |
| Box 45 Folder 10 | Maps that accompany Mary M. Flannery correspondence, undated |
| Box 45 Folder 11 | Clippings regarding Walt Whitman, 1911-1927 |
| Box 45 Folder 12 | Newspaper clippings regarding Lincoln's maternity and Nancy Hanks, 1925-1927 |
| Box 45 Folder 13 | Newspaper clippings regarding "Lincoln's Lost Grandmothers," 1925 |
| Box 45 Folder 14 | "The Man Who Married Lincoln's Parents" - Clippings regarding Jesse Head, 1922 |
| Box 45 Folder 15 | "Abraham Lincoln of Illinois" (address delivered before the Union League Club of Chicago) - Clippings, 1922 |
| Box 45 Folder 16 | "Abraham Lincoln was a Lee" - Proofs from Good Housekeeping, 1928 |
| Box 45 Folder 17 | "Following the Footsteps of Lincoln" - Clippings, 1922 |
| Box 45 Folder 18 | "Lincoln and Liquor" - Clipping, undated |
| Box 45 Folder 19 | "Lincoln and Temperance" - Clipping, 1928 |
| Box 45 Folder 20 | "The Lincoln Log Cabins" - Clippings, 1927 |
| Box 45 Folder 21 | "A Lincoln Mystery Solved" - Clipping, 1926 |
| Box 45 Folder 22 | "Lincoln's Wit and Humor" - Clipping, 1929 |
| Box 45 Folder 23 | "The Lincolns in their Old Kentucky Home" - Galley proofs, maps, clippings, 1925 |
| Box 45 Folder 24 | The Soul of Abraham Lincoln - Clippings, 1930 |
| Box 45 Folder 25 | "The Spiritual Evolution of Lincoln," 1920
- "Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln," 1925
- "Lincoln’s Springfield Minister," 1920
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| Box 45 Folder 26 | Newspaper clippings related to research on The Women Lincoln Loved - 1919-1922 |
| Box 45 Folder 27-29 | Reviews of Barton's work, 1921-1930 |
| Box 46 Folder 1 | Copy of letters exchanged by the Rutledge family, 1865 |
| Box 46 Folder 2-4 | Materials regarding Lincoln's family and ancestry - Maps, articles, clippings, and photos, 1920-1928 |
| Box 46 Folder 5-7 | Materials regarding the Hanks family - Clippings, maps, 1925-1929 |
| Box 46 Folder 8-10 | Materials regarding Nancy Hanks' birthplace in West Virginia - Clippings, maps, 1929 |
| Box 46 Folder 11-12 | Clippings regarding the death of Robert Todd Lincoln, 1926 |
| Box 46 Folder 13-14 | Materials regarding route taken by the Lincoln family to Illinois - Clippings, 1921 |
| Box 46 Folder 15 | Maps regarding the Lincoln Migration Centennial, 1929 |
| Box 46 Folder 16 | Text titled "Bastard: the True Definition of It," undated |
Subseries 5: The Civil War |
| Box 46 Folder 17 | Copy of Illinois state legislature document titled "Resolutions respecting abolition societies," 1836 |
| Box 46 Folder 18 | Copy of the Congressional Record in which Browning speaks on the War, 1862 |
| Box 46 Folder 19 | Copy of Washington Chronicle with cover story on the accomplices of John Wilkes Booth, 1865 |
| Box 46 Folder 20 | Posters of Civil War era flags, 1912 |
| Box 46 Folder 21 | Bixby Letter - Newspaper clippings, notes, and correspondence regarding the authentication of a letter supposedly written by Lincoln to the mother of five sons killed in the Civil War, 1925-1926 |
| Box 46 Folder 22-23 | Lincoln-Douglas Debates - Newspaper clippings marking anniversary, related correspondence, clipping of text of speech delivered by Douglas at North Market Hall, 1854-1922 |
| Box 46 Folder 24 | Clipping regarding the pardon of William Scott, 1922 |
| Box 46 Folder 25 | Clippings regarding Knox College commemoration of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, 1928 |
| Box 46 Folder 26 | Clipping regarding the Gettysburg address, 1930 |
| Box 46 Folder 27 | Textile printed with anti-slavery parables and images, titled "The Poor Slave: Dedicated to the Friends of Humanity," accompanying note on the textile's provenance, undated |
| Box 46 Folder 28 | Text titled "What Genuine Democrats Think of the Rebellion," undated |
Subseries 6: Lincoln Portraits and Memorials |
| Box 47 Folder 1-2 | Clippings regarding Lincoln memorials, statues, and busts, 1906- 1939 |
| Box 47 Folder 3-4 | Clippings of Lincoln portraits, 1912-1916 |
| Box 47 Folder 5 | Copy of The Searchlight: Official Organ of the Anti-Saloon League of Southern California, special issue devoted to Lincoln Memorial, February 1912 |
| Box 47 Folder 6 | Clipping from British newspaper Eastern Day Press regarding dedication of Lincoln memorial, correspondence, 1919-1924 |
| Box 47 Folder 7 | Clippings and correspondence regarding Mt. Rushmore, 1930 |
Subseries 7: General Research Materials |
| Box 47 Folder 8 | Materials related to Lincoln land transactions - deeds, land grants, correspondence, 1780-1928 |
| Box 47 Folder 9-10 | Clippings regarding Lincoln's assassination, 1865-1929 |
| Box 47 Folder 11-16 | General newspaper clippings, including a small collection of reviews of Lincoln-related publications, 1868-1937 |
| Box 47 Folder 17 | Newspaper clipping from The Times of article titled "Let It Die," about the recent presidential election, November 10, 1880 |
| Box 47 Folder 18 | Maps, 1900-1922 |
| Box 47 Folder 19 | Map of New Salem, home of Abraham Lincoln, 1909 |
| Box 47 Folder 20 | Newspaper clippings regarding the American flag and Flag Day, 1908-1915 |
| Box 48 Folder 1-3 | Film materials - excerpt from The Pre-View (film magazine) regarding film on the life of Lincoln, movie/theater poster, and press release, 1923 |
| Box 48 Folder 4 | Materials regarding Lincoln's psychological health - Clippings, correspondence, 1927-1931 |
| Box 48 Folder 5 | Clippings regarding Lincoln's beard, 1930-1931 |
| Box 48 Folder 6 | Article from the New York Times on Lincoln in the Whitehouse, February 8, 1942 |
| Box 48 Folder 7 | Excerpt from Gleason's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion, undated |
Subseries 8: Materials Unrelated to Lincoln |
| Box 48 Folder 8 | Bird's eye view of New York City, 1853 |
| Box 48 Folder 9 | Newspaper clippings regarding Barton himself, and in particular the Lincoln reading room that he established in Foxboro, 1925-1926 |
| Box 48 Folder 10 | Clippings unrelated to Lincoln, 1928 |
| Box 48 Folder 11 | Unidentified manuscript, undated |
| Box 48 Folder 12 | Barton-Bushnell genealogy, undated |
| Box 48 Folder 13 | Galley proofs for "The True Story of the Efforts to Save Berea," undated |
