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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Christmas Card entitled "Twas the Night Before Christmas"
Lloyd Ostendorf
Christmas greeting card designed by Lloyd Ostendorf and issued by Lincoln Memorial University, 1996. Depicts A. Lincoln reading to sons Willie and Tad. At bottom: "Twas the Night Before Christmas..." See also #4917 for print with identical illustration.
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Christmas Card with Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln
Lloyd Ostendorf
Notecard designed by Lloyd Ostendorf. Depicts A. Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln at christmas.
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Christmas card with a depiction of Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln
Lloyd Ostendorf
Christmas greeting card, designed by Lloyd Ostendorf and issued by Lincoln Memorial University, 1995. Depicts A. Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln. At bottom: "Abe and Mary lincoln in their kitchen sampling the icng on the holiday cake - December, 1860..." See also #4915 for print with identical illustration.
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Christmas Card with depiction of Abraham Lincoln with Family
Lloyd Ostendorf
A Christmas card featuring Abraham Lincoln and his family. Abraham Lincoln and his family are depicting standing in a door giving gifts to a young men.
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Christmas Card with depiction of Abraham Lincoln with Family
Lloyd Ostendorf
A Christmas card featuring Abraham Lincoln and his family. Abraham Lincoln and his family are depicting standing in a door giving gifts to a young men.
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Christmas Card with depiction of Abraham Lincoln with Family
Lloyd Ostendorf
A Christmas card featuring Abraham Lincoln and his family. Abraham Lincoln and his family are depicting standing in a door giving gifts to a young men.
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Christmas Card with depiction of Abraham Lincoln with Family
Lloyd Ostendorf
A Christmas card featuring Abraham Lincoln and his family. Abraham Lincoln and his family are depicting standing in a door giving gifts to a young men.
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Christmas Card with depiction of Abraham Lincoln with Family
Lloyd Ostendorf
A Christmas card featuring Abraham Lincoln and his family. Abraham Lincoln and his family are depicting standing in a door giving gifts to a young men.
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Christmas Card with depiction of Abraham Lincoln with Family
Lloyd Ostendorf
A Christmas card featuring Abraham Lincoln and his family. Abraham Lincoln and his family are depicting standing in a door giving gifts to a young men.
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Enroute to Monticello, Piatt County
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features an image of Abraham Lincoln speaking to Stephen A. Douglas on his way to Monticello, Piatt County to speak 29 July 1858.
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Ford County
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features an image of Abraham Lincoln reading a newspaper where he discovers news of the establishment of a new county, Ford County.
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From These Honored Dead
Lloyd Ostendorf
A reproduction of a cartoon featuring a bust portrait of Abraham Lincoln. To the right of the portrait are five smaller portraits of men dressed in military uniforms from the American Revolution, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I, and World War II. Beneath Lincoln's portrait is a quote that reads: 'Men will pass away , but the principle of democracy will live, forever...' The cartoon was originally published in the Dayton Journal Herald on 12 February 1954.
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Illinois Republican State Nominating Convention
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features an image of Abraham Lincoln at the Illinois Republican State Nominating Convention at Decatur, Illinois, 9-10 May 1860.
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In the River Bank at Sangamo Town, Northwest of Springfield
Lloyd Ostendorf
The object is an image of Abraham Lincoln participating in the construction of a flatboat. In the background, three men are pictured: John D. Johnston, John Hanks, and John E. Roll.
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John M. Palmer Greets Abraham Lincoln
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features an image of Abraham Lincoln shaking hands with John M. Palmer. The Carlinville train depot is pictured in the background.
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Lawyer Abraham Lincoln Conferring with Judge David Davis
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features an image of Abraham Lincoln speaking to Judge David David near the McLean County Courthouse in Bloomington, Illinois.
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Lawyer Lincoln Travels over the Circuit Roads
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features an image of Abraham Lincoln traveling by carriage. He sits with a paper in his lap as the horse leads the way.
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Lincoln and Others Loading a Flatboat
Lloyd Ostendorf
The object features an image of Abraham Lincoln, John D. Johnston, John Hanks, and others loading pigs onto a flatboat destined for New Orleans.
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Lincoln at home with Willie and Tad on Christmas Day, 1860
Lloyd Ostendorf
Greeting card from Lincoln Memorial University. Its front features a Lloyd Ostendorf illustration of Abraham Lincoln sitting in a rocking chair reading to two of his sons. The inside includes a Christmas greeting and is signed in red ink. The signature is unintelligible. It is accompanied by a blank envelope.
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Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 20 September 1858
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Behind him, a scene from the Lincoln-Douglas debate in Sullivan, Moultrie County is shown.
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Lincoln Pauses During a Circuit Court Session
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print features Abraham Lincoln playing a ball game with two male youths. The Shelby County Courthouse is pictured in the background.
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Montgomery County, Illinois Convention
Lloyd Ostendorf
The print depicts Abraham Lincoln in a carriage with Dr. Anson G. Henry and other delegates in a carriage destined for a convention held in Montgomery County, Illinois on 15 July 1844.
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Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Are Returning Home from Church
Lloyd Ostendorf
The object is a reproduction of an Ostendorf print. It features an image of Abraham Lincoln walking with his wife, Mary. Their sons, Willie and Tad, are shown running toward their Springfield home in the background.
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Mr. Lincoln Returns Home from Market with His Two Younger Boys
Lloyd Ostendorf
The object is a reproduction of an Ostendorf print. It features an image of Abraham Lincoln carrying a child on his back. Another child and a dog run at his side. The Lincoln's Springfield home is shown in the background. Mary Todd Lincoln is pictured at the front door.
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Nancy Hanks Lincoln and Her Son
Lloyd Ostendorf
The object is a reproduction of an Ostendorf print. It features an image of Nancy Hanks Lincoln with her hands draped over the shoulders of her son, Abraham Lincoln.