Collection Search

Carte de visite of Abraham Lincoln

One carte de visite of Abraham Lincoln dated circa 1860-1865. Features a half portrait of Lincoln with the text A.Lincoln printed across the bottom.

GLC10136.05

Photograph of Abraham Lincoln and Family

One carte de visites of Abraham Lincoln and family. Included are Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd Lincoln, Robert Todd Lincoln and William Wallace "Willie" Lincoln.

GLC10136.06

[Photograph negative of a plane]

One photograph negative of a plane dated circa 1942. Features a plane in a field, possibly crashed.

GLC10047.02.602

English Defenders of American Freedoms 1774-1778 Six Pamphlets Attacking British Policy

One book entitled English Defenders of American Freedoms 1774-1778 by Paul Hubert Smith published in 1972. Include 6 different articles concerning British response tie British policy concerning the American revolution.

GLC01784.03

The Toy Shop: a Romantic Story of Lincoln the Man

One book entitled The Toy Shop: a Romantic Story of Lincoln the Man by Margarita Spalding Gerry dated 1908. Contains two signitures, Don Krick, and H.F. Mc Colgan.

GLC02793.119.02

to Maxine Harris Jones

One page of a letter from Alfred Jones most likely to his wife Maxine Harris Jones dated circa 1861-1865. The last page of a letter.

GLC03135.13.095

Bronze medal by Anthony Paquet

Life portrait of Lincoln by Paquet, copy of the medal donated to the Northeast Sanitary Fair of 1864. The medal was hung in White House during Lincoln administration, and later presented to Col. William H. Crook, Lincoln's bodyguard.

GLC07622.01

[Provenance of medal]

One document by B.H. Collins dated 1897. It acts as a piece of provenance and a receipt of purchase of the medal in GLC07622.01. It notes that Collins purchased the medal from Col. W.H. Crook for one hundred dollars. It also notes that Crook worked...

GLC07622.02

To Mrs. William Whiting

One letter by B.H. Collins to Mrs. William Whiting dated February 19, 1897. A acknowledgement of payment sent for the bronze Lincoln medal. Also offers some other things that Collins has available for purchase along with prices.

GLC07622.03

to John Marshall Holcomb

One letter from John Coolidge to John Marshall Holcomb dated November 30, 1944.

GLC02793.076.02

Karte des Abstimmungsergebnisses in Oberschlesien

One map in German dated March 20, 1921.

GLC02766.011

Masonic Lodge pin

One pin dated circa 1861-1865. A metal pin featuring the symbol of the Masonic lodge.

GLC03766.46.02

St

One pin dated circa 1861-1865. A metal star pin featuring a number 52 in the center with the letters B C A G A R in each point. The start is hanging from a nameplate for Oscar Calkins.

GLC03766.46.03

[Note about pins]

One note dated 1863-1865 by Oscar Calkins. Note states that the Masonic pin, formerly attached, was his fathers and it got him out of Libby Prison by a rebel Masonic officer. Instead of bring in the prison he was sent to Richmond to get a job.

GLC03766.46.01

to unknown

One letter in French from Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de Lafayette dated January 6, 1826.

GLC04496

Stephen Griffing His Ancestry and Descendants

One book entitled Stephen Griffing His Ancestry and Descendants dated 191.

GLC01450.623.03

The story of the twenty-first regiment, Connecticut volunteer infantry, during the Civil War

From the Press of the Stewart Printing Co. Inside front cover signed by "Mr. & Mrs B. M. Dgindul," Written because "The survivors of the Twenty-First Regiment of Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, proud of their record and achievements during three...

GLC02744.400

Revised United State Army Regulations of 1861 with an Appendix

One book entitled Revised United State Army Regulations of 1861 with an Appendix dated 1863.

GLC02750.479

Revised United State Army Regulations of 1861 with an Appendix

One book entitled Revised United State Army Regulations of 1861 with an Appendix dated 1863.

GLC02750.480

R. B. Hayes

One engraving of Rutherford B. Hayes. Engraving accompanied the pardon of Samuel Cooper, signed by Hayes (GLC00043.23.02).

GLC00043.23.02

Four photographs

GLC09650.319

Daily true delta.

Amongst the typical foreign and local news and advertisements, the front page of this paper contains two very interesting secession-related items. A women in Charleston Owned the table used for signing the Declaration of Independence of the United...

GLC05960.01.02.02

Apotheosis of Lincoln

One cabinet card entitled the Apotheosis of Lincoln dated circa 1865. Depicts George Washington embracing Abraham Lincoln and placing a laurel wreath on Lincoln's head. They are surrounded by clouds and highlighted by light.

GLC10137

John Dewey Presents The Living Thoughts on Jefferson

One Book entitled John Dewey Presents The Living Thoughts on Jefferson by John Dewey dated 1941.

GLC10138

You Fight & Die But Can't Drink at 18, donation letter (Decimilized .01-.02)

A pin and accompanying letter about why it was donated. The pin is protesting the legal drinking age and the letter mentions Inside the Vault a program by The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.

GLC10139