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| Title: | Lincoln Collection. Monuments and Memorials |
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| Dates: | 1850-1927 |
| Size: | 10.25 linear feet (6 boxes, 3 oversized folders) |
| Repository: |
Hanna Holborn Gray 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 #], Hanna Holborn Gray 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.
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 4: Kentucky |
| Box 2 Folder 1 | Elizabethtown, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 2 | Fayette County, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 3 | Harrodsburg, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 4 | Hodgenville, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 5 | Jefferson County, circa 1922 |
| Box 2 Folder 6 | Knob Creek, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 7 | Lee County, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 8 | Middletown, 1893 |
| Box 2 Folder 9 | Springfield, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 10 | Trappist, undated |
Subseries 5: New Jersey |
| Box 2 Folder 11 | Harrison, 1921 |
Subseries 6: Pennsylvania |
| Box 2 Folder 12 | Lorane, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 13 | Gettysburg, undated |
Subseries 7: Virginia |
| Box 2 Folder 14 | Harrisonburg, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 15 | Lacey Spring, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 16 | North Farnham Parish, undated |
Subseries 8: West Virginia |
| Box 2 Folder 17 | Mineral County, 1927 |
Subseries 9: United Kingdom |
| Box 2 Folder 18 | Great Yarmonth, England, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 19 | Hingham, England, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 20 | Malmesbury, England, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 21 | Swanton-Moreley, England, undated |
Subseries 10: Unidentified |
| Box 2 Folder 22 | Unidentified, undated |
Series II: Civil War Places and Events |
| Box 2 Folder 23 | Event, Attack on Forts Jackson and St. Phillips, 1862 |
| Box 2 Folder 24 | Event, Battle and Retreat from Bull Run, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 25 | Event, Battle of Chapin’s Farm, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 26 | Event, Battle of Malvern Hill, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 27 | Event, Battle of Mill Spring, 1862 |
| Box 2 Folder 28 | Event, Battle of Wilson’s Creek, 1861 |
| Box 2 Folder 29 | Event, Bombardment of Port Royal and Fort Sumter, 1861 |
| Box 2 Folder 30 | Event, Burnside’s Fleet, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 31 | Event, Capture of Roanoke, Island, 1862 |
| Box 2 Folder 32 | Event, The Charge of Fredericksburg, VA, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 33 | Event, Death of Sergeant Dyer, 1887 |
| Box 2 Folder 34 | Event, Destruction of the Gosport Navy Yard, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 35 | Event, Destruction of the Privateer Petrel, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 36 | Event, Execution of Lincoln Conspirators, 1865 |
| Box 2 Folder 37 | Event, The Fall of Reynolds, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 38 | Event, Gen. Kearney’s Charge at the Battle of Chantilly, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 39 | Event, Interview, Generals Sherman and Johnston, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 40 | Event, Shiloh Battlefield and Battle of Stones Creek, 1862-1863 |
| Box 2 Folder 41 | Event, Siege of Vicksburg, 1863 |
| Box 2 Folder 42 | Event, Struggle on a Bridge during the Retreat from Manassas, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 43 | Event, Surrender of General Lee, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 44 | Event, War Bombed Building, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 45 | Illustrations, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 46 | Map of Gettysburg Battlefield and Hospitals, 1863 |
| Box 2 Folder 47 | Newspaper Clippings, 1879 |
| Box 2 Folder 48 | Place, Chesapeake Hospital, undated |
| Box 2 Folder 49 | Place, Dumbarton Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, circa 1850 |
| Box 3 Folder 1 | Place, Hampton Roads, VA, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 2 | Place, Interior of U.S. Ironclad Monitor “Montauk,” undated |
| Box 3 Folder 3 | Place, Libby Prison, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 4 | Place, Liberty Hall, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 5 | Place, Prison Camp at Andersonville, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 6 | Place, Richmond Theatre, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 7 | Place, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, 1893 |
| Box 3 Folder 8 | Place, Stone Mountain Confederate Memorial, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 9 | Place, Vicksburg, MS, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 10 | Place, View in the Shenandoah Valley, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 11 | Place, View of Antietam Battleground, 1862 |
| Box 3 Folder 12 | Postcards, undated |
| Box 3 Folder 13 | Scrapbook, The Bloody Cornfield at Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 14 | Scrapbook, The Fond of the Potomac River, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 15 | Scrapbook, 15th Mass Monument at Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 16 | Scrapbook, Burnside Bridge at Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 17 | Scrapbook, Durkard Church, Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 18 | Scrapbook, City Hotel, Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 19 | Scrapbook, Hotel Lewis, Hyattstown, MD, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 20 | Scrapbook, Monocacy River, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 21 | Scrapbook, Wagon Bridge, Monocacy River, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 22 | Scrapbook, Pipers Lane, Antietam Battlefield, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 23 | Scrapbook, Soldiers Monument National Cemetery, Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 24 | Scrapbook, D.R. Miller’s House, Antietam, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 25 | Scrapbook, Monument, Antietam Battlefield, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 26 | Scrapbook, Road Entering Frederick, MD, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 27 | Scrapbook, Confederate Fort Evans, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 28 | Scrapbook, Methodist Episcopal Church, Leesburg, VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 29 | Scrapbook, Hotel Linden, Leesburg, VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 30 | Scrapbook, “Meade” House, Leesburg, VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 31 | Scrapbook, U.S. National Military Cemetery, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 32 | Scrapbook, Confederate Fort Johnson, Leesburg, VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 33 | Scrapbook, Site of Former Prison (John Brown), Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 34 | Scrapbook, Stone-walled Road, Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 35 | Scrapbook, Blackford’s Ford, Potomac River, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 36 | Scrapbook, Leetown Roller Miller, Leetown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 37 | Scrapbook, Ruins of Old Church, Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 38 | Scrapbook, Old House, Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 39 | Scrapbook, Keyes Ferry, Shenandoah River, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 40 | Scrapbook, Court House, Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 41 | Scrapbook, Watson House, Charlestown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 42 | Scrapbook, Home of Major Gen. Charles Lee, Leetown, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 43 | Scrapbook, Valley Hotel, Martinsburg, W.VA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 44 | Scrapbook, Bluffs, Potomac River, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 45 | Scrapbook, Monument, “Here General Reynolds Fell,” 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 46 | Scrapbook, Monument, 17th Pennsylvania Cavalry, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 47 | Scrapbook, Howard Avenue, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 48 | Scrapbook, Barn of Christian Breckbill, Greenvillage, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 49 | Scrapbook, Bridge over Yellow Breeches, Boiling Springs, PA, 1900 |
| Box 3 Folder 50 | Scrapbook, Soldiers Monument, Carlisle, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 1 | Scrapbook, Equestrian Statue of General Meade, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 2 | Scrapbook, Crawford’s Arc, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 3 | Scrapbook, Site of General Sickles’ Injury, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 4 | Scrapbook, Monument, Stephens Battery 5th Maine, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 5 | Scrapbook, View of Bridge and Monuments, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 6 | Scrapbook, Equestrian Statue of Gen. John F. Reynolds, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 7 | Scrapbook, Monument, 1st New York Light Infantry, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 8 | Scrapbook, Devils Den, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 9 | Scrapbook, McCurdy School House, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 10 | Scrapbook, Emmittsburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 11 | Scrapbook, Franklin Hotel, Carlisle, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 12 | Scrapbook, Monument, 1st Mass Infantry, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 13 | Scrapbook, Barlow’s Knoll, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 14 | Scrapbook, Monument 44th New York Regiment, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 15 | Scrapbook, Confederate Avenue, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 16 | Scrapbook, Lee’s Headquarters, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 17 | Scrapbook, High Water Mark, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 18 | Scrapbook, General Meade’s Headquarters, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 19 | Scrapbook, Statue, General Warren, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 20 | Scrapbook, Monument, General Buford, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 21 | Scrapbook, Monument, 90 Pennsylvania Regiment, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 22 | Scrapbook, Stone House, Gettysburg, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 23 | Scrapbook, Stone House, Boiling Springs, PA, 1900 |
| Box 4 Folder 24 | Scrapbook, Miller’s Hotel, Chambersburg, PA, 1900 |
Series III: Oversize |
| Box 5 Folder 1 | The Chattanooga Daily Times, 1895 |
| Box 5 Folder 2 | Diagram of the United States, 1861 |
| Box 5 Folder 3 | Event, 2nd Battle of Bull Run, VA, 1862 |
| Box 5 Folder 4 | Event, Battle, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 5 | Event, Battle of Pea Ridge Ark, 1862 |
| Box 5 Folder 6 | Event, Battery “L” 5th U.S. Artillery, Stuart’s Place, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 7 | Event, Execution of Four Conspirators, 1865 |
| Box 5 Folder 8 | Event, Grand Review of the Army, Washington, D.C., 1881 |
| Box 5 Folder 9 | Event, “In Commemoration of the Glorious Victories of 3rd and 9th of April 1865,” Richmond, VA, 1865 |
| Box 5 Folder 10 | Event, Signing of the Proclamation of Emancipation, 1863 |
| Box 5 Folder 11 | Event, “Terrific Engagement Between the ‘Monitor’ 2 guns, ‘Merrimac’ 10 guns, 1862 |
| Box 5 Folder 12 | Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, 1886 |
| Box 5 Folder 13 | Map, New Salem, IL, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 14 | Newspaper Clipping, circa 1869 |
| Box 5 Folder 15 | Place, Bird’s Eye View of 6th St. Wharf, Washington, D.C., 1863 |
| Box 5 Folder 16 | Place, Camp Northumberland, Washington, D.C. 1861 |
| Box 5 Folder 17 | Place, Camp Wool, Baltimore, MD, 1862 |
| Box 5 Folder 18 | Place, Campbell U.S. General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 5 Folder 19 | Place, Carver Barracks, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 5 Folder 20 | Place, Cliffbourne Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1862 |
| Box 5 Folder 21 | Place, Douglas and Stanton Hospitals, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 5 Folder 22 | Place, Finley U.S. General Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 5 Folder 23 | Place, Fort Federal Hill, Baltimore, M.D., 1862 |
| Box 5 Folder 24 | Place, Hartford’s Soldiers Memorial, undated |
| Box 5 Folder 25 | Place, Havewood Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 5 Folder 26 | Place, Lincoln Hospital, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 5 Folder 27 | Place, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., undated |
| Box 5 Folder 28 | Place, Mount Pleasant Hospitals, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 5 Folder 29 | Place, The Republican Wigwam, Chicago, IL, 1860 |
| Box 5 Folder 30 | Place, Soldier’s Home, Washington, D.C., 1863 |
| Box 5 Folder 31 | Place, Soldiers Rest, Washington, D.C., 1864 |
| Box 5 Folder 32 | Place, View of Washington City, D.C., 1862 |
| Box 6 Folder 1 | Event, Siege of Atlanta, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 2 | Map of United States, 1861[located in Lincoln Collection Elephants] |
| Box 6 Folder 3 | Place, Bird’s Eye View of Andersonville Prison, undated |
| Box 6 Folder 4 | Place, View of Public Square, Atlanta, GA, 1864 |
| Folder Ovrz1 | Event, Battle of Gettysburg, undated |
| Folder Ovrz2 | Events and Places
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| Folder Ovrz3 | Event, 44th National Encampment, 19-24 September, 1910 |