4078898John Wesley Hill manuscripts4078898Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-07-10 20:59:08 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard2020-10-01EAD document created by CCR. Rare Book and Manuscript Library John Wesley Hill manuscripts Hill, John Wesley, 1863-1936 4078898 MS#0592 English . /repositories/2/resources/2671 11 boxes 11 boxes 1860-1934 Arrangement

Selected materials cataloged remainder arranged.

 Restrictions on Access

The following boxes are located off-site: Boxes 3-9. You will need to request this material at least three business days in advance to use the collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room.

 Restrictions on Access

This collection has no restrictions.

 Summary

Letters, manuscripts, prints, portraits, memorabilia, clipping, pamphlets, and other printed materials relating to Abraham Lincoln and his contemporaries. Included are four autograph letters from Lincoln, two of which are photostatic copies; one letter each from Salmon P. Chase, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Horace Greeley, and Robert Lincoln; two manuscript passes (military); a bust of Lincoln; a cast of his hands and a reconstruction of Lincoln's library. Also, five letters from Hill to his grandson David Schrady Hill, and typescripts of his sermons and speeches.

 Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); John Wesley Hill manuscripts; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

 Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

 Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Hill, John Warren. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1943. Accession number--M-43.

 Biographical / Historical

American Methodist minister, political activist, author,and chancellor of Lincoln Memorial University, Cumberland Gap, Tenn., 1916-1936.

 Processing Information

Cataloged Christina Hilton Fenn 07/--/89.

 Separated Materials

The Lincoln Library, consisting of approximately 400 volumes, is being handled as a separate book collection by the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.

 Related Materials

Part of Abraham Lincoln collection MS#2028: Lock of Abraham Lincoln's hair, Washington, D.C., 15 April 1865, 1 item; Locket (Hair clipped by Schuyler Colfax for Mary Todd Lincoln) (Includes letters documenting authenticity)

 Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

 United States -- History -- 1849-1877 United States -- History -- 1865-1898 United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century United States -- Politics and government -- 1901-1953 Sermons Prints Portraits Autographs (manuscripts) College teachers Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Chase, Salmon P (Salmon Portland), 1808-1873 Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872 Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926 Hill, David Schrady Series I: Cataloged Correspondence and Manuscripts/repositories/2/archival_objects/1230949Letters and Manuscripts (Cataloged)/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309501Conditions Governing Access

Following items are part of Abraham Lincoln collection MS#2028:

Lincoln, Abraham To Edwin M. Stanton, Washington, D.C., 16 December 1863, 1 a.l.s. (With note added by E. M. Stanton)

Lincoln, Abraham To [?], n.p., 15 August 1864, 1 a.l.s.

Series II: Other Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/1230951Miscellaneous Letters, Speeches, and Other Papers/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309522Sermons and Speeches/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309533Sermons and Speeches/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309544Sermons and Speeches/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309555Sermons and Speeches/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309566Photographs/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309577Identified Newspapers Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309587Portraits and Prints (Framed)/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309597Newspapers Clippings/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309608Pamphlets/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309618Magazines/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309628Catalogs and Other Printed Materials/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309638Clippings on Lincoln/repositories/2/archival_objects/12309641 Volumes9Immediate Source of Acquisition

Gift of Hamilton Fish, 1973

Casts of Lincoln's Hands/repositories/2/archival_objects/123096510Conditions Governing Access

Item is fragile; please handle with care

Bust of Lincoln/repositories/2/archival_objects/123096611Large Medallion with Impression of Lincoln's Face/repositories/2/archival_objects/123096711Conditions Governing Access

Item is fragile; please handle with care

Miscellaneous Facsimiles, Photographs, and Engravings/repositories/2/archival_objects/123500614-L-8Framed Portrait of Lincoln/repositories/2/archival_objects/123500714-L-8Scope and Contents

Although item is labelled "The Toy Shop" by Frank Earle Schoonover, this is a different work.