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Guide to Research Collections Boston Public LibraryBoston, MA Papers: 3 letters and an unspecified number of documents. Boston University Boston, MA Papers: Edward Carlton Stone collection of Lincoln letters, 1860-1865. 95 items. Indexed in library’s card catalog. Restricted. Brooklyn Historical Society Brooklyn, NY Papers: 6 items of official correspondence (1861-1864) and 7 miscellaneous documents (1858-1911). Finding aid in repository. Brown University Providence, RI Papers: McLellan Lincoln collection, 1789-1939. 1,678 items. Correspondence, documents, and other papers. Published description. Also photocopies and microfilm of originals in other collections. Columbia University Rare Book and Manuscript Library New York, NY Papers: ca. 500 items (1860-1934) in the John Wesley Hill collection. Detroit Public Library Burton Historical Collection Detroit, MI Papers: In Edgar De Witt Jones papers, 1844-1955. ca. 1,090 items. In part photocopies or facsimiles of Lincoln correspondence. Card index in library. Duke University Library Durham, NC Papers: In U.S. Presidents’ papers, 1753-1935. 202 items. Card index in library. Georgetown University Library Washington, DC Papers: David Rankin Barbee papers, 1886-1956. 25 feet. Focus on events leading up to assassination and on people near the event. Finding aid in library. Papers: E.H. Swaim collection, 1893-1980. 7 feet. Focus on career of John Wilkes Booth after assassination. Finding aid in library. Papers: Eugene Boss collection. Especially political ephemera, signed documents, and autographs. Papers: Lincoln collection of Earl Kubicek. Printed books, pamphlets, journal issues, and other items. Huntington Library San Marino, CA Papers: Lincoln file, 1811-1922. 1,275 items. Artificially assembled collection of Lincolniana written to, by, or about Lincoln, including much about his legal practice and business matters. Illinois State Archives Springfield, IL Papers: 1832-1861. Legislative material, documents and correspondence, and family-related items, all related to his service in state legislature. Index in repository. Illinois State Historical Library Springfield, IL Papers: 1832-1865. 2 feet. Personal, business, and congressional papers and correspondence, photographs, portraits, and memorabilia. Manuscripts only a portion of the larger collection which contains over 10,000 books titles, 1,000 broadsides, 1,000 prints, and any medium which portrays Lincoln or comments on his life. Finding aid in repository. Restricted. Indiana Historical Society Indianapolis, IN Papers: 14 scattered letters and documents. Knox College Archives Galesburg, IL Papers: 1843-1855. ca. 10 items. Reports of legal cases in Springfield, in which Lincoln served as an attorney. Finding aid in repository. Papers: 1830-1865, 20th century. 2 feet. Transcripts and photocopies of letters and documents by or about Lincoln concerning his legal and political career. Also printed material. Unpublished calendar in repository. Library of Congress Manuscript Division Washington, DC Papers: 1774-1948. 213 containers. Correspondence and other papers, mainly letters addressed to Lincoln as President. Published index. Also on microfilm (97 reels). Papers: Herndon-Weik collection of Lincolniana, ca. 1830-1927. 36 containers. Partial calendar. Register. Also on microfilm (15 reels). Papers: Subject collection (birth), 1894-1946. 8 items. Papers: Subject collection (centennial), 1909. 1 item. Papers: In Mary Todd Lincoln collection, 1861-1909. 19 items. Papers: 1831-1866. 1 reel of microfilm. Originals in Huntington Library. Papers: 1838-1934. 2 reels of microfilm. Originals in New York Public Library. Library of Congress Rare Book Division Washington, DC Papers: The Alfred Whital Stern collection of Lincolniana, 1837-1912. 2 feet. Lincoln Memorial University Department of Lincolniana Harrogate, TN Papers: 1838-1864. ca. 50 items. Includes correspondence, documents, and law briefs. Lincoln National Life Foundation Fort Wayne, IN Papers: Manuscript materials by, about, or associated with Lincoln, including over 100 letters and autographs. Missouri Historical Society St. Louis, MO Papers: 1839-1947. ca. 200 items. New-York Historical Society New York, NY Papers: 1860-1865. 137 items. New York Public Library New York, NY Papers: 1849-1865. 52 items. Photocopies of originals privately owned. Inventory in library. Ohio Historical Society Columbus, OH Papers: 1861-1865. 1/4 foot. Princeton University Libraries Princeton, NJ Papers: In the Andre deCoppet collection, 1566-1942. ca. 3,700 items. Union College Abigail E. Weeks Memorial Library Barbourville, KY Papers: Unknown quantity of material dealing with Lincoln and Union College. University of Chicago Library Chicago, IL Papers: 1608-1918. 2 feet. Lincoln historical collection. Papers relating to Lincoln and his family, including genealogical material, documents, and letters; together with papers of leaders and participants in affairs before, during, and after the Civil War. In part photocopies. Indexed. University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library Michigan Historical Collections Ann Arbor, MI Papers: 1856, 1864. 3 items. University of Michigan William L. Clements Library Ann Arbor, MI Papers: 1856-1865. 22 letters. Part of Schoff Civil War collection. Western Reserve Historical Society Cleveland, OH Papers: 1841-1870. 237 items. Letters and documents to, from, and about Lincoln. |
