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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 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 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 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 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.