Collections

The Curry, J.S. mss., ca. 1941, consists of those watercolors of John Steuart Curry, 1897-1946, illustrator, which he prepared for illustrating the Limited Editions Club volume of The Literary Works of Abraham Lincoln.

The Norvelle mss., 1957-1959, consist of materials related to the play "Lincoln in Indiana, 1816-1830," adapted by Lee Roy Norvelle, 1892-1984, professor of speech and theatre at Indiana University, from the play, Marked Corners, by Mrs. Francesca (Falk) Miller Nielsen, (Mrs. A. E. Nielsen), 1888-?.

The Greenbie mss., 1950-1953, consists of correspondence and copies of correspondence of Marjorie Latta (Barstow) Greenbie, 1891-1976, and Sydney Greenbie, 1889-1960, authors, with multiple receivers.

The Oakleaf mss., 1844-1939, are the letters and papers of Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf, 1858-1930, lawyer of Moline, Illinois, the bulk of which relates to Lincolniana.

The Oakleaf mss. II, 1895-1909, consist chiefly of requests for railway passes by Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf, 1858-1930, lawyer of Moline, Illinois, to officials of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway Co.: Marcus Lafayette Bell, Benjamin Stickney Cable, Robert Mather and William Thomasson Rankin.

The Coster mss., 1877-1938, consists of letters to Lincoln collector Robert Coster, 1851?-1928, relating to Lincoln, and letters to his nephew Paul Coster, relating to Lincoln and to John Sherman.

The Thompson, K.A. mss., 1874-1932, consist in the main of notebooks made by Kate A. Thompson, 1855?-1942, between 1918 and 1926, tracing her family's genealogy in relation to Nancy Hanks Lincoln, the mother of Abraham Lincoln.

The Oldroyd mss., 1864-1909, are letters and papers of Osborn Hamiline Oldroyd, 1842-1930, Lincoln collector and museum curator, relating to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

The Hambrecht mss., 1860-1940, consists of typewritten copies of correspondence of educator and Lincolniana collector George Philip Hambrecht, 1871-1943.

The Blair mss., 1843-1881, consists of letters and papers of Montgomery Blair, 1813-1883, lawyer and postmaster general in the cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865.