
Artifacts
The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana consists of approximately 12,000 artifacts, statuary, prints, paintings, broadsides, ephemera, photographs, philately, collectibles/miniatures, and numismatics. Materials are housed in 20 map case drawers, 30 cartons, and a variety of loose statuary, prints, and paintings. The collection also includes nearly 100 original manuscripts and the Claude Simmons collection which consists of approximately 12 bankers boxes of Lincoln related materials and scrapbooks. There are also approximately 15,000 books, journals, and pamphlets separated into two collections: the Lincoln Book Collection and the Civil War/Collateral Book Collection.
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Reproduction print of of a wood engraving depicting the Arrest of Hon. C.L. Vallandigham, at Dayton, Ohio, May 5 [1863]
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of an engraving depicting the arrest of C.L. Vallandigham. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum.
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Reproduction print of "Surrender of General Lee at Appomattox C.H.V. April 9th 1865."
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of a print; "Surrender of Gen. Lee." Depicts Grant and Lee seated at table. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum.
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Reproduction print of "Surrender of Gen. Lee"
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of a print; "Surrender of Gen. Lee." Outdoor view depicting Grant, Lee, and officers and troops in background. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum. Identical to 4613.
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Reproduction print of "The Charge of the First Maryland Regiment at the Death of Ashby"
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Description provided by the Abraham Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection: This tinted lithograph done after an 1887 painting by W. L. Sheppard depicts a battlefield scene showing the beginning of the charge of the First Maryland Regiment against the Pennsylvania Bucktail Rifles near Harrisonburg on June 6, 1862. . Confederate troops cluster in the right foreground and appear to be charging toward the left background. Smoke is visible rising in the distance. The publishing information and reports of the battle are printed just below the image. A statement below the Confederate flag reads, "Issued to raise funds for a monument in Baltimore to the Maryland Line."
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Reproduction print of the First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation Before the Cabinet
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Description provided by the Library of Congress: Print shows a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation on July 22, 1862, painted by Francis B. Carpenter at the White House in 1864. Depicted, from left to right are: Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury, President Lincoln, Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of the Interior, William H. Seward, Secretary of State, Montgomery Blair, Postmaster General, and Edward Bates, Attorney General. Simon Cameron and Andrew Jackson are featured as paintings.
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Reproduction print of "The Room in the McLean House, at Appomattox C.H., which Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant"
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of a print; "The Room in the McLean House..." Depicts seated Grant and Lee, plus officers. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum. Identical to 4615.
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Reproduction print of "The Room in the McLean House, at Appomattox C.H., which Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant"
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of a print; "The Room in the McLean House..." Depicts seated Grant and Lee, plus officers. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum. Identical to 4616.
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Reproduction print of "The Surrender of General Lee"
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of a print; "Surrender of Gen. Lee." Outdoor view depicting Grant, Lee, and officers and troops in background. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum. Identical to 4614.
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Reproduction print of "The Surrender of General Lee"
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of a print; "The Surrender of General Lee." Outdoor view depicts Grant, Lee, and officers and troops. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum.
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Reproduction print of "The Surrender of General Lee"
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of a print; "The Surrender of General Lee." Depicts seated Grant, Lee, and officers, all on horseback. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum.
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Reproduction print of "The Surrender of Lee"
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of a print; "The Surrender of Lee." Depicts Grant and Lee seated at tables, and officers present. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum.
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Reproduction The Death of 'Stonewall' Jackson
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Description provided by the Abraham Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection: This hand-colored lithograph features Confederate General Thomas Jackson on his death bed. He is depicted inside a tent with three soldiers surrounding him; a fourth soldier waits with a horse in the tent entrance. The title is printed below the image. Jackson was wounded during battle at Chancellorsville, Virginia, and died on May 10, 1863.
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The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before President Abraham Lincoln's Cabinet
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Photograph of Lincoln's Cabinet, left to right: Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War (sitting); Salmon P. Chase Secretary of Treasury; Lincoln; Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy (sitting, back); William H. Seward, Secretary of State (sitting, front); Caleb B. Smith, Secretary of Interior; Montgomery Blair; Edward Bates, Attorney General (sitting).
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The Home of Our Martyred President
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Photograph reproduction of lithograph of Henry Clay's Lexington, Kentucky home, Ashland. The printmaker and date are unknown as well as the reason for labeling it as Abraham Lincoln's home as there are no known connections between Lincoln and the home. The lithograph depicts a two-story home with a circular path in front. A woman and several men are shown walking on this path.
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Ticket Booths-Voters Procuring Tickets.
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of an engraving depicting voter ticket booths. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum.
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Uncle Sam Has Land to Give Us Each...
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of an engraving depicting a Civil War-era election campaign parade. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum.
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Unconditional Union Ticket
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Copy photo, photograph of Lincoln and Johnson election ticket. From original in collections of Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum.
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Union
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
The photo reproduction of an engraving depicts various statesmen: Winfield Scott, Lewis Cass, Henry Clay, John Calhoun, Daniel Webster, Millard Fillmore, Howell Cobb of Georgia, James McDowell, Thomas Hart Benton of Missouri, John M. Clayton of Delaware, Thomas Corwin, James Buchanan, Stephen A. Douglas, John J. Crittenden, Sam Houston of Texas, Henry Foote of Mississippi, Willie P. Mangum of North Carolina, W. R. King of Alabama, Daniel S. Dickinson of New York, John McLean of Ohio, John Bell of Tennessee, and John C. Fremont of California. This print was reissued about 1861 with a figure of Abraham Lincoln substituted for that of Calhoun.
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Union Liberty! and Union and Slavery!
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum
Photo reproduction of an anti-McClellan cartoon from the 1864 presidential election. Depicts a side-by-side comparison of what the Union would look like if Abraham Lincoln were reelected versus what it would look like if McClellan became president.
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Reproduction Portrait Photograph of Abraham Lincoln
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum and Edward A. Barnwell
The object is a reproduction of Edward A. Barnwnell's portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken in 1860. [Ref; O-19.]
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Portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum and Anthony Berger
The object is a photographic reproduction of an Anthony Berger portrait of Mary Todd Lincoln. [Ref; ML, O-23.]
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Reproduction Portrait Photograph of Abraham Lincoln
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum and Mathew Brady
The object is a reproduction of a portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken by Mathew Brady in 1861. [Ref; O-59.]
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Reproduction Portrait Photograph of Abraham Lincoln
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum and Mathew Brady
The object is a reproduction of a portrait photograph of Abraham Lincoln, taken by Mathew Brady in ca. 1862. [Ref; O-57.]
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The Grave of the Union
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum and Bromley and Co.
Photo reproduction of a cartoon depicting an anti-Lincoln satirical message that insinuates the Lincoln administration's abused of the Constitution, where Horace Greeley and Charles Sumner are shown literally burying the U. S. Constitution.
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Abraham Lincoln's Family
Louis A. Warren Lincoln Library and Museum and Francis Bicknell Carpenter
Photograph of a portrait painting of Abraham Lincoln and family gathered around a table.