Harvard's Lincoln
by Houghton Library
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Description
Harvard’s Lincoln presents a selection of materials from Houghton Library’s collection of Lincolniana that is astonishing in breadth as well as diversity. The collection includes several recent acquisitions as well as books, manuscripts, and artifacts from the collection of William Whiting Nolen. Houghton’s Lincoln collection has been assembled in a fashion very much in keeping with the library’s tradition: through a combination of years of assiduous and visionary collecting and the benevolence of interested and knowledgeable donors. The purpose of the exhibit is threefold: to commemorate the Lincoln bicentennial and to promote Houghton Library’s relevant collections; to assert the library’s commitment to meeting the needs of its users, especially Harvard’s faculty and students; and, finally, to pay tribute to Alonzo Rothschild and William Whiting Nolen, two donors whose generosity built the foundation on which Houghton’s Lincoln collection rests. It is to them that Harvard’s Lincoln is dedicated.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abraham Lincoln. Exercise Book Fragment, ca. 1825, Manuscript | -- | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | Abraham Lincoln. Letter to William Henry Herndon, Washington [D.C.], February 15, 1848. Manuscript. | -- | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | The Republican Banner for 1860. New York: Currier and Ives, 1860. Broadside. | -- | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | For President, Abraham Lincoln [.] Vice President, Hannibal Hamlin. 1860. Flag. | -- | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | Enoch Lewis: Extra schedule for special train, for the accommodation of the President-Elect... | ...to be run from Philadelphia to Harrisburg, Friday, Feb 22, 1861. | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | Before and After the Beard, 1860 & 1861 | -- | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Abraham Lincoln. The proclamation of emancipation, by the President of the United States, to take effect January 1st, 1863. | Boston: J. M. Forbes, 1863. | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | Abraham Lincoln. The president’s dedication address at Gettysburg. New York: Miller and Mathews, [1864]. Broadside. | -- | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | Abraham Lincoln. Andrew Johnson. President and Vice-President. Hartford, Connecticut, and New York | F. B. Whiting, [1864?]. Broadside. | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | Alexander Gardner. Abraham Lincoln delivering second inaugural address, 4 March 1865. Photograph. | -- | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | The tallest ruler on the globe is inaugurated at Washington, 1865 | The lesser luminaries of Europe assisting deferentially. Frank Leslie’s Budget of Fun. New York, April 1865 | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | Ford’s Theatre….Friday Evening, April 14th, 1865….Our American Cousin. Washington, D.C., 1865 | H. Polkinhorn and Son, 1865. Broadside. | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | The Assassination of President Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre, Washington, on the night of Friday, April 14, 1865. | Philadelphia: A. Pharazyn, 1865. Lithograph. | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | William Shakespeare. King Richard the Third. New York: Samuel French, n.d. Promptbook. | -- | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | Broad axe. [early 19th century]. Iron and wood. | -- | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | Union Nominations…for President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, 1864 | For Vice President of the United States, Andrew Johnson. New York, 1864. Poster. | 4/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 16 Episodes |
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