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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Valley of the Yosemite
Eadweard J. Muybridge and Bradley and Rulofson
The stereograph features a black and white image of the Yosemite Valley. Trees and mountainous terrane are pictured. The image is mounted on a yellow card with rounded corners. The card's reverse features documentary and publication information.
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Abraham Lincoln Statue
James Myers
The color image depicts a close-up shot of an unidentified statue of Abraham Lincoln. It is affixed to a gray mount board.
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Abraham Lincoln Statue
James Myers
The color image depicts a close-up shot of an unidentified statue of Abraham Lincoln. It is affixed to a gray mount board.
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Broom Hilda
Russell Kommer Myers
Features Brom Hilda speaking to Abraham Lincoln as he signs the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Marching Plan for Gerd von Rundstedt from Febuary 22nd 1942
Nachgez
This object is a framed battlefield map. This map depicts the state of troop movements on the Eastern front on Febuary 22 1942. T. created by Nachgez
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Abraham Lincoln "America's Prairie Lawyer"
James J. Nance
The portrait bust features a beardless Abraham Lincoln wearing a shirt, tie, and suspenders. The bust is finished in a traditional French brown patina and sits on a marble and wood rectangular base.
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Abraham Lincoln “America’s Prairie Lawyer”
James J. Nance
The portrait bust features a beardless Abraham Lincoln wearing a shirt, tie, and suspenders. The bust is finished in a traditional French brown patina and sits on a marble and wood rectangular base.
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Abraham Lincoln, Prairie Lawyer and Abraham Lincoln, Immortal Conscience
James J. Nance
Bronze bust of beardless Abraham Lincoln, Prairie Lawyer; Bronze bust of beardless Abraham Lincoln, Immortal Conscience
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Photograph of Prairie Lawyer Bust Sculpture
James J. Nance
The color photograph depicts the front view of a bronze bust of a beardless Abraham Lincoln entitled Prairie Lawyer.
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Photograph of Prairie Lawyer Bust Sculpture
James J. Nance
The color photograph depicts the right-front view of a bronze bust of a beardless Abraham Lincoln entitled Prairie Lawyer.
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Photograph of Prairie Lawyer Bust Sculpture
James J. Nance
The color photograph depicts the right-front view of a bronze bust of a beardless Abraham Lincoln entitled Prairie Lawyer.
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Photograph of Prairie Lawyer Bust Sculpture
James J. Nance
The color photograph depicts the front view of a bronze bust of a beardless Abraham Lincoln entitled Prairie Lawyer.
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Photograph of Prairie Lawyer Bust Sculpture
James J. Nance
The color photograph depicts the left-front view of a bronze bust of a beardless Abraham Lincoln entitled Prairie Lawyer.
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Photograph of Prairie Lawyer Bust Sculpture
James J. Nance
The color photograph depicts the left-front view of a bronze bust of a beardless Abraham Lincoln entitled Prairie Lawyer.
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Prairie Lawyer and "Immortal Conscience" Advertisement Postcard
Nance Studio and Mel Shockner
Promotional post card for James Nace's Abraham Lincoln busts: Prairie Lawyer and Immortal Conscious.
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A Johnson Kicking Out the Freedman Bureau
Thomas Nast
The Civil War-era carte de visite features a caricature portrait of Andrew Johnson, who vetoed the Freedman's Bureau bill on 18 February 1866, kicking a literal bureau as dark figures fall from the drawers. The cardboard mount appears to be 20th century product.
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Caricature of Chevalier Henry Wikoff
Thomas Nast
The print features a caricature image of Chevalier Henry Wikoff. The photograph was originally enclosed in a frame, but was removed for preservation.
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H. Greeley
Thomas Nast
The Civil War-era carte de visite features a caricature portrait of Horace Greeley, editor of the New York Tribune. In the cartoon, Greeley is pictured holding the hand of a newspaper. The newspaper has been drawn with a face and appendages and appears to be in blackface. Broken chains are pictured below the newspaper's hands. Its cardboard mount appears to be 20th century product.
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Photograph of Robert E. Lee Portrait
Thomas Nast
Photo of standing portrait of Robert E. Lee, after a painting by Thomas Nast.
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Photograph of Stonewall Jackson Painting
Thomas Nast
Photo of Stonewall Jackson, after a painting by Thomas Nast.
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Sec Seward
Thomas Nast
The Civil War-era carte de visite features a caricature portrait of William H. Seward, Secretary of State during the Lincoln administration. In the cartoon, Seward is pictured wearing ancient Roman-era clothing. In his proper right hand he is shown holding a rolled document bearing the words "STATE DEPARTMENT." The CDV's cardboard mount appears to be 20th century product.
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Sec Wells
Thomas Nast
The Civil War-era carte de visite features a caricature portrait of Gideon Welles, the United States Secretary of the Navy during the Lincoln administration. The cartoon depicts Welles as Father Neptune (his nickname). Welles stands in front of an ocean scene and holds a trident in his proper right hand. The CDV's cardboard mount appears to be 20th century product.
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Sen Sumner
Thomas Nast
The Civil War-era carte de visite features a caricature portrait of Senator Charles Sumner, an advocate for the establishment of the Freedmen's Bureau, by Thomas Nast. In the cartoon, Sumner is pictured standing before a desk. Small, dark figures are shown clinging to his head and body. The CDV's cardboard mount appears to be 20th century product.
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Sovereigns, No. 10. "Captain, Tanner, Farmer, General, Imperator."
Thomas Nast
The chromolithograph depicts Ulysses S. Grant seated in a rocking chair. In his proper left hand, he holds a lit cigar.
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This little boy would persist in handling books above his capacity And this was the disastrous result.
Thomas Nast
Two panel cartoon showing Andrew Johnson standing on the top step of a step-ladder and lifting a large, heavy book from a high bookshelf; he falls off the ladder and is crushed by the book, the ""Constitution of U.S."" published by the Lincoln National Life Foundation from artwork by Thomas Nast (American, 1840-1902).