Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 199 pages :) : illustrations |
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text file |
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Includes index. |
Contents |
Cover; Jacket Flaps; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; A Word about the Book; Part One. Background; 1. Library Historical Overview; Chronology; 2. Organization of the Library; Part Two. The Library's Treasures; 3. "Old Stuff"; 4. Locations; 5. Business; 6. Mid-Nineteenth Century; 7. Ethnicity; 8. World Wars I and II; 9. Art; 10. Unusual Items; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Staff Lists; Index; Editor biography; Colophon; Back Cover |
Summary |
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, includi. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum -- Catalogs.
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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. |
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Catalogs.
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Subject |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Museums -- Illinois -- Springfield.
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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. |
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Museums. |
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Illinois -- Springfield. |
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Presidential libraries -- Illinois -- Springfield.
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Presidential libraries. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Catalogs.
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Added Author |
Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R., 1951- editor.
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Other Form: |
Original 9780809333356 080933335X 9780809333363 0809333368 0809333376 (DLC) 2013041620 |
ISBN |
0809333376 (electronic book) |
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9780809333370 (electronic book) |
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9780809333356 (cloth) |
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080933335X (cloth) |
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9780809333363 (paperback) |
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0809333368 (paperback) |
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