I. Cyrus Gordon Collection of Abraham Lincoln Materials, 1846-1980

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Series I: Cataloged correspondence

Request Box 1

Box 1 Everett, Edward. Boston, 29 May 1858, 1 a.l.s.

Box 1 Sheridan, Philip Henry (fragment, closing and signature only)

Series II: Cataloged Documents

Box 1 Herndon, William Henry. Menard Co., Ill, 12 October 1857

(Request for summons in the Circuit Court case Tonica and Petersburg Railroad Co. v. George U. Miles, Hendron's father-in-law)

Series III: Cataloged Photograph

Box 1 Lincoln, Abraham (in case), 1865

Albumen print of a photograph of an engraving after the 1863 photograph by Anthony Berger at Matthew Brady's gallery. The 1863 photograph is the source of the Lincoln image on the $5.00 bill.

Series IV: Arranged Correspondence

Box 1 19c.

Box 1 19c. - Ackerman family

Box 1 19c. - Lincoln -facsimiles

Box 1 20c. - Sterrett, J.E.

Box 1 20c. - Correspondence about Gordon's collection

Series V: Arranged Manuscripts

Box 1 Gordon -Lists of Lincolnians

Box 1 Gordon - Research on 14 March 1860 Lincoln letter to James Babcock, March 1860

Series VI: Arranged Documents

Box 1 Civil War discharges

Box 1 Civil War money

Box 1 Gordon - Personal documents

Box 1 Lincoln - Facsimile documents

Box 1 Slave deed - Louisiana, 4, October 1859

Series VII: Memorabilia

Box 1 Stamps -Lincoln & Civil War memorial

Series VIII: Printed Material

Ephemera:

Box 1 19c.

Box 1 19c. facsimile

Box 1 20c.

Lincoln:

Box 1 Clippings

Box 1 Exhibition catalogs

Box 1 Misc.

Box 1 Pictures

Box 1 Lincolniana

Box 1 Rogers, John, 1829-1904

Request Box 2

Box 2 Gordon card files:

Box 2 Lincoln Index

Box 2 Topical Index

Documents:

Request Flat Box 87

Flat Box 87 Ackerman family deeds and cemetery deeds

Flat Box 87 Gordon -Personal documents

Printed material:

Flat Box 87 Linen tea towel

Flat Box 87 Miscellaneous

Flat Box 87 Reprints & facsimiles

Prints:

Flat Box 87 Holcomh & Davis, "Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States", [1860]

Flat Box 87 Lez, Felix, "Lincoln", n.d.

Flat Box 87 Volk, Douglas, [Abraham Lincoln], c1922

Series IX: Oversized Materials

Cataloged:

Currier & Ives, "The Assassination of President Lincoln", New York, c1865

Request Mapcase 13-E-10

Mapcase 13-E-10 -----. "The Deathbed of the Martyr President Abraham Lincoln". [New York], c1865

Mapcase 13-E-10 -----, "Surrender of General Lee, At Appomattox Court House, Va., April 9th 1865". NY, c1865.

Uncataloged:

Mapcase 13-E-10 Kurz & Allison, "The Fort Pillow Massacre", Chicago, c1892

Series X: Artwork

Volk, Leonard Wells:

Request Box 4a

Box 4a Cast of Lincoln's first life mask

The original cast of the Volk life mask was made before Lincoln was inaugurated. Many copies were made over time, after 1860.

Request Box 4b

Box 4b Casts of Lincoln's hands

Request Box 5

Box 5 Two reproductions of Lincoln Memorial statue

Metal images of Lincoln:

Request Box 6

Box 6 Round penny portrait

Box 6 Oval plaque made for the Republican Club of the City of New York, 1910.

Box 6 Reproduction of Springfield, Ill. memorial

Box 6 Facsimile Lincoln medals

Miscellaneous. Medals:

Box 6 Bicentennial (1)

Box 6 Civil War (2)

Box 6 Sir Thomas Raffles (1)

Request Box 7 (Flat Box)

Box 7 (Flat Box) Seven medals with Lincoln's profile, in a frame

Box 7 (Flat Box) Three 20c. Silhouettes on celluloid

Cataloged artwork:

Request Item Art

Item Art Rogers. John "The Council of War". New York, 1868

Plaster sculpture (24 x 15 x 13 inches).

(In this variant, Stanton is wiping his glasses behind Lincoln's head)

Arranged artwork:

Item Art Berks, Robert "Lincoln of the Gettysburg Address". sculpture of

Item Art Lincoln's head. Alvastone reproduction of bronze original at the Lincoln, Museum, Washington, D.C.

Item Art Lincoln's head in Alvastone reproduction

Item Art Lincoln bust in plaster

Request Item 8 (Flat Box)

Item 8 (Flat Box) Plaque for Gordon's 70th birthday with 70 Lincoln head pennies

Request Item 9 (Flat Box)

Item 9 (Flat Box) Plaque with Lincoln's profile

Request Item 10 (Flat Box)

Item 10 (Flat Box) Plaque of Lincoln Memorial in bas-relief

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