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Titre(s) : Treasures of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library [Texte imprimé] / edited by Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein
Publication : Springfield : Illinois Historic Preservation Agency ; Carbondale : Southern Illinois
University Press, [2014]
Description matérielle : xvii, 199 pages : illustrations (mostly color), color maps ; 25 cm
Comprend : Foreword by Governor Pat Quinn ; Preface by Michael Burlingame ; Introduction by
Eileen R. Mackevich ; A word about the book by Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein ; Part one.
Background: Library historical overview ; Organization of the library ; Part two.
The library's treasures: "Old stuff" ; Locations ; Business ; Mid-nineteenth century
; Ethnicity ; World Wars I and II ; Art ; Unusual items ; Afterword by Kathryn
M. Harris.
Note(s) : The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois, houses a trove
of invaluable historical resources concerning all aspects of the Prairie State's past.
Treasures of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library commemorates the institution's
125-year history, as well as its contributions to scholarship and education by highlighting
a selection of eighty-five treasures from among more than twelve million items in
the library's collections. After opening with a historical overview and extensive
chronology of the Library, the volume organizes the treasures by various topics, including
items that illustrate various locations and materials relating to business, the mid-nineteenth
century and the Civil War, World Wars I and II, the oldest items, unusual treasures,
ethnicity, and art. From the Gettysburg Address, Abraham and Mary Lincoln's letters,
and Governor Dan Walker's boots to a Deering Harvester Company catalog, WPA publications,
and an Adlai Stevenson I campaign hat, each entry includes a thorough description
of the item, one or more images, and a discussion of its history and how the library
acquired it, if known. Other treasures include the Thomas Yates General Store daybook,
Dubin Pullman car materials, Civil War newspapers, a Lincoln coffin photograph, the
Mary Lincoln insanity verdict, the Directory of Sangamon County's Colored Citizens,
and Lincoln's stovepipe hat. To highlight the academic importance of the Library,
nineteen researchers share how study in the Library's collections proved essential
to their projects. Although these treasures only scrape the surface of the vast holdings
of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library, together they epitomize the rich, varied,
and sometimes quirky resources available to both serious scholars and curious tourists
alike at this valuable cultural institution
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R. (1951-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Abraham Lincoln presidential library and museum (Springfield, Ill.) -- Histoire
Abraham Lincoln presidential library and museum (Springfield, Ill.) -- Réserves précieuses
Indice(s) Dewey :
026.973 (23e éd.) = Bibliothèques, archives, centres de documentation spécialisés - Histoire - États-Unis
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780809333356 (cloth). - ISBN 080933335X (cloth). - ISBN 9780809333363 (paperback).
- ISBN 0809333368 (paperback). - ISBN 9780809333370 (erroné) (e-book). - ISBN 0809333376
(e-book). - ISBN 9780809333370 (e-book)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb438942448
Notice n° :
FRBNF43894244
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