Ephemera

This large class includes calendars, greeting cards, brochures, flyers and many other artifacts from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

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19th Century Newspaper Collection

A collection of thirty-five newspapers spanning from 1857-1897. The bulk of the collection is from 1865. Also grouped with the collection is one newspaper dated 1797. 1797 May 18 -- Connecticut Gazette 1857 January 27 -- Daily Illinois State Journal 1860 February 24 -- New-York Tribune 1860 May 24 -- Pacific City Herald 1860 October 24 -- Elmira Advertiser 1861 January 25 -- Narragansett Times 1861 February 12 -- New-York Tribune 1861 April 15 -- Chicago Tribune 1861 June 15 -- New York Illustrated News 1862 February 1 -- The Illustrated London News 1862 September 26 -- Daily Constitutional Union ca. 1862 November -- Star and Chronicle Extra 1863 April 14 -- New York Tribune 1863 July 2 -- The Daily Citizen [possibly a reproduction] 1863 November 23 -- Cincinnati Daily Gazette 1864 September 22 -- New England Loyal Publication Society 1864 November 7 -- The Philadelphia Inquirer 1864 November 9 -- New England Loyal Publication Society 1865 April 6 -- Boston Evening Transcript 1865 April 15 -- New York Herald 1865 April 15 -- Albany Evening Journal 1865 April 15 -- Pittsburgh Evening Chronicle 1865 April 15 -- The Evening Bulletin 1865 April 15 -- The New York Herald 1865 April 16 -- The New-York Times 1865 April 17 -- New-York Tribune 1865 April 17 -- Boston Daily Journal 1865 April 17 -- Chicago Tribune 1865 April 17 -- Illinois Journal 1865 April 18 -- Boston Daily Journal 1865 April 20 -- Boston Daily Journal 1865 April 26 -- Boston Daily Journal 1865 April 27 -- Boston Daily Journal 1865 April 27 -- The Evening Bulletin 1865 May 5 -- Daily State Journal 1865 May 20 -- Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 1865 May 20 -- Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper 1875 December -- Wood River Adviser 1879 November 29 -- Harper's Weekly 1881 May 21 -- Clinton Weekly Record 1897 February 18 -- New Port Enterprise
Draft Copy of Cover for book : "The Lincoln Douglas Debates," by Harold Holzer

Harold Holzer

A color digital print. This color print is a draft copy of cover for book entitled, "The Lincoln Douglas Debates," by Harold Holzer. The front of the print features an illustration depicting a debate scene between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas.
A collection of newspapers spanning from 1863-1865

A collection of newspapers spanning from 1863-1865. The vast majority of the collection is from April and May 1865. 1863 July 11th -- Cincinnati Daily Gazette (OH) 1864 May 23rd -- Cincinnati Daily Gazette (OH) 1864 November 12th -- The New York Herald 1865 April 3rd -- The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 April 10th -- The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 April 15th -- Providence Daily Journal (RI) 1865 April 15th -- The New York Times 1865 April 15th -- The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 April 15th -- The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 April 17th -- The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 April 18th -- The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 April 18th -- The New York Times 1865 April 18th -- The New York Herald 1865 April 18th -- The New York Tribune 1865 April 20th -- Springfield Republican (MA) 1865 April 20th -- The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 April 22nd -- The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 April 24th -- The New York Herald
The Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19th, 1864.

J. Magee

The broadside contains a thirteen-verse song and chorus about General Philip Sheridan's defeat over General Jubal Early's Confederate Army at the Battle of Cedar Creek, Virginia. The battle took place on 19 October 1864. The broadside also features illustrations of American flags in the upper two corners as well as a red and blue border around the edge of the object.
19th Century Newspaper Collection

A collection of newspapers spanning from 1863-1865. The vast majority of the collection is from April and May 1865. 1865 April 27th--The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 April 27th--The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 April 27th--The New Haven Daily Palladium (CT) 1865 April 28th--The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 April 28th-- The New York Herald 1865 April 29th-- The New York Herald 1865 May 3rd-- The World (NY) 1865 May 4th--The New Haven Daily Palladium 1865 May 4th--The New Haven Daily Palladium Evening Edition (CT) 1865 May 10th-- The World (NY) 1865 May 22th-- The New-York Tribune 1865 May 23th-- The New-York Tribune 1865 May 25th-- The New York Tribune 1865 July 8th-- The New York Herald
Envelope for Your Birthdays Come- Your Birthdays Go, But Honestly.. Greeting Card

American Greetings Corporation

Blank envelope for a folded birthday card featuring a portrait image of Abraham Lincoln on a red background.
Envelope for Invitation to the Thirty-second Annual Fortenbaugh Lecture

Envelope containing an invitation to the thirty-second annual Fortenbaugh Lecture
Simmonds Newspaper Collection

This a newspaper and periodical collection which spans from the 1920s through the 1960s. The bulk of the artifacts cover the period between 1935 and 1954. Most of the articles relate to Lincoln or Lincoln related events, likenesses and depictions. Additional book sales reports and informational materials were included in the box, not inventoried below. Sunday News, May 6th 1945 Lincoln Pardons A Prisoner, By Rose C. Feld Lincoln Kissed Him, 1/15/1927 The Bar Sinister, 2/25/1927 The Boston Herald, 2/12/1939 The Sunday News 5/6/1945 Saturday Evening Post, 2/17/1940 Kansas City Star, 2/6/1938 Washington Post, 7/27/1947 The Foxboro Reporter, 2/10/1951 The Blue and Gray, 1/26/1951 The American Weekly, 2/10/1952 The Classmate, 2/9/1935 The Boston Sunday Globe, 2/11/1951 The New York Book Review, 2/10/1946 Nietzche and Nazism, 6/24/1943 Our Kneeling President, Walter S. Steele (n.d.) Boston Sunday Herald, 2/7/1954 The Boston Daily Globe, 2/17/1953 The Christian Science Monitor, 2/9/1954 Boston Globe Sunday Magazine, 9/13/1964 It is Us for the Living, 1943 Boston Globe, 2/6/1949 New York Herald, 2/6/1949 Boston Post, 2/6/194 Boston Advertiser 2/6/1949 The Saturday Evening Post 10/30/1948 The Boston Herald 3/9/1949 Sunday News, 4/3/1949 Boston Sunday Globe, 5/8/1949 Blood on the Moon, Carl Sandburg (n.d.) Superstitions (n.d.) Life Magazine, 1949 Boston Post, 2/12/1946 The Boston Herald, 2/10/1946 Japanese Lincoln, (n.d.) The Boston Herald, 2/2/1941 Washington Post, 2/9/1941 The Christian Science Monitor, 12//1948 Look Magazine, 2/15/1949 The Christian Science Monitor, 2/12/1935 Lincoln Gettysburg Address, January 1946 (article) Boston Pictorial Review, 5/12/1946 Boston Sunday Post, 9/20/1946 Boston Pictorial Review, 11/7/1948 Sunday Mirror Magazine, 2/10/1946 The Boston Post, 5/30/1940 Women Day, February 1952 Women Day, February 1952 (Duplicate) Boston Herald 4/15/1951 Boston Sunday Globe, 2/10/1952 Time Magazine, 4/30/1951 Evening Post 4/7/1951 The Sunday Post 2/16/1952 Pittsburg Press 2/1952 The Boston Daily 2/11/1954 The Washington Post, 2/12/1936 Illinois State Register, 2/28/1937 State Register, 2/28/1937 pt. 2 State Register, 2/28/1937 pt. 3 The Boston Herald, 4/14/1940 The Boston Herald, 4/14/1940 (Duplicate) Secretaries of State, (n.d.) The Greeneville Sun, 6/15/1938 Sunday Advertiser Pictorial Review, 2/11/1945 Boston Post, 5/8/1945 Boston Post 5/8/1945 (Duplicate) Abraham Lincoln (n.d.) The Washington Post, 2/12/1944 The Evening Star, Washington D.C., 2/2/1936 Easton Express, 2/12/1940 Redbook March 1939 The Boston Globe, 2/6/1938 Story of Religion in America, 10/26/1937 The Boston Herald, 2/11/1940 The Boston Sunday Globe, 2/13/1938 Boston Sunday Globe Editorial and News feature section, 2/12/1939 The Boston Globe, 2/12/1927 The Arkansas Gazette 2/7/1937 The Boston Sunday, 2/12/1939 A Novel Close of A Historic Episode 70 Years Ago By George D. Gitt (n.d.) The Boston Globe, 2/12/1931 This Week Magazine, 2/12/1939 If You Could Go Back, by Alexander Woollcott (n.d.) Colliers Weekly 2/1944 Boston Sunday Globe Editorial and News Feature Section 2/9/1941 The Boston Sunday Globe, 4/11/1937 The Boston Herald, 4/11/1937 The Christian Monitor, 12/15/1948 Illinois State Register, 2/28/1937 Illinois State Register, 2/28/1937 pt.2
Abraham Lincoln

Chicago Historical Society

A reproduction of a photo portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Gardner.
Zinkote Products "Plaques of Distinction"

Zinkote Sales Co.

The small leaflet contains information regarding the purchasing of Zinkote Plaques. One plaque features a high relief portrait of Abraham Lincoln.
Deeptone Abraham Lincoln Reproduction Letter

Lakeside Press

The object is a facsimile copy of a letter written by Abraham Lincoln to Major Ramsey. The letter is a promotional item for The Lakeside Press sent as a sample of their work. It is enclosed in a blue folder that contains descriptive information.
Envelope for Don Quixote and Sancho Planza as Uncle Sam and Santa Claus

Saul Steinberg

Blank envelope for a folded blank greeting card featuring a sketch of Uncle Sam on horseback and Santa Claus on a donkey.
Abraham Lincoln

Chicago Historical Society

A reproduction of a photo portrait of Abraham Lincoln by Alexander Hesler.
Abraham Lincoln Greeting Card

George P. A. Healy and Corcoran Gallery of Art

Blank greeting card bearing a portrait image of Abraham Lincoln at its front. The artwork was originally created by George P. A. Healy. Accompanied by a blank envelope.
Map to Party in Honor of Shelby Foot and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Map to a party in honor of Shelby Foote and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese after the 1993 Fortenbaugh Lecture. Its front features a sketch image of the Lincoln Home. It is accompanied by an invitation and mailing envelope.
New York Central R. R. Western Division. Special Time Table for Train Conveying Remains of President Lincoln from Rochester to Buffalo.

J. Tillinghast and H. W. Chittenden

The broadside features the local timetable for the last leg of Abraham Lincoln's funeral train's passage through New York. In the schedule, sixteen stations are listed and times for the arrival of the pilot engine and cortege train are given.
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln

Rand McNally

The object is a portrait image of Abraham Lincoln from the chest up. It is enclosed in a white folder that contains information about the year 1856 in the context of Abraham Lincoln's life. It was distributed in honor of Rand McNally's 100th anniversary.
Congressional Record Extract Franked Envelope

The object is a franked enveloped signed by Sam Hobbs for the purpose of mailing Congressional Record. Its front features a quote attributed to Abraham Lincoln.
Envelope Containing Invitation to Party in Honor of Shelby Foot and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Envelope containing an invitation to a party in honor of Shelby Foote and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese after the 1993 Fortenbaugh Lecture.
Greeting card featuring Santa Claus looking over the shoulder of Abraham Lincoln

Greeting card featuring Santa Claus looking over the shoulder of Abraham Lincoln. Its inside contains a holiday greeting from Jim, Jayne, and Samantha Thompson. It also bears a portrait photograph of the family.
Invitation to the Mystic Chords of Memory and Civil War Concert

Invitation to the Mystic Chords of Memory Exhibition of watercolor paitings by Rea Redifer and Civil War Concert. It front features a watercolor image of Abraham Lincoln.
Invitation to Party in Honor of Shelby Foot and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

Invitation to a party in honor of Shelby Foote and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese after the 1993 Fortenbaugh Lecture. Its front features a sketch image of the Lincoln Home. It is accompanied by a map and mailing envelope.
Lincoln's Birthday

The bifold menu features a black and white portrait of Abraham Lincoln on its cover. Inside, a menu appears on a bifolded sheet of paper. The menu is held together by a red, white, and blue braided ribbon.
Envelope addressed to Frank J. Williams from the Lincoln Memorial University

Lincoln Memorial University

Mailing envelope accompanying a greeting card from Lincoln Memorial University. It is addressed to Frank J. Williams.
Invitation to the Thirty-second Annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture

Invitation to the Thirty-second Annual Robert Fortenbaugh Memorial Lecture, held on 19 November 1993. Its front features an silhouetted profile of Abraham Lincoln. It is accompanied by an insert containing information about the lecture and guest speaker, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese.