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Title Treasures of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library / edited by Glenna R. Schroeder-Lein.

Publication Info. Carbondale : Illinois Historic Preservation Agency and Southern Illinois University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 199 pages :) : illustrations
text file
Note 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.
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Subject Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum -- Catalogs.
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Genre/Form Catalogs.
Subject Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 -- Museums -- Illinois -- Springfield.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Museums.
Illinois -- Springfield.
Presidential libraries -- Illinois -- Springfield.
Presidential libraries.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Catalogs.
Added Author Schroeder-Lein, Glenna R., 1951- editor.
Other Form: Original 9780809333356 080933335X 9780809333363 0809333368 0809333376 (DLC) 2013041620
ISBN 0809333376 (electronic book)
9780809333370 (electronic book)
9780809333356 (cloth)
080933335X (cloth)
9780809333363 (paperback)
0809333368 (paperback)