This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
Letters, documents, memorabilia, printed material, prints, medals and sculpture relating to Lincoln and the Civil War period. Included are a letter from Edward Everett, a Philip Henry Sheridan autograph, a document by W. H. Herndon, Linclon's law partner, 19th century leters and documents and 20th century clippings, pictures, etc. of or about Lincoln. The collection features a John Rogers sculpture, "The Council of War," several busts of Lincoln and other two and three dimensional works of art.
Selected items cataloged; remainder arranged by subject and genre.
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This collection is located on-site.
This collection has no restrictions.
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.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Abraham Lincoln collection; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Morton Pepper Collection of Abraham Lincoln Portraits and Memorabilia Columbia University Libraries.
Abraham Lincoln Collection Columbia University Libraries.
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.
Gift of Donald J. Gordon and Susan Gordon Ross, 1986.
Papers and artwork: Source of acquisition--Gordon, Donald J. and Ross, Susan Gordon. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--07/07/86. Accession number--M-86-07-07.
Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Papers and artwork Processed JR 11/--/86.
2009-06-26 File created.
2012-02- 13 EAD created by PTL
2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.
Israel Cyrus Gordon (Columbia A.B., 1924; LLB, 1926), a lawyer, was an avid collector of Lincolniana.
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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| Genre/Form |
|---|
| Photographic prints |
| Prints |
| Name |
| Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 |
| Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 |
| Place |
| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 |
| Subject |
| Sculpture |
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
(Request for summons in the Circuit Court case Tonica and Petersburg Railroad Co. v. George U. Miles, Hendron's father-in-law)
Box 1
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.
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
Box 1
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Box 1
Box 2
Box 2
Box 2
Flat Box 87
Flat Box 87
Flat Box 87
Flat Box 87
Flat Box 87
Flat Box 87
Flat Box 87
Flat Box 87
Mapcase 13-E-10
Mapcase 13-E-10
Mapcase 13-E-10
Box 4a
The original cast of the Volk life mask was made before Lincoln was inaugurated. Many copies were made over time, after 1860.
Box 4b
Box 5
Box 6
Box 6
Box 6
Box 6
Box 6
Box 6
Box 6
Box 7 (Flat Box)
Box 7 (Flat Box)
Item Art
Plaster sculpture (24 x 15 x 13 inches).
(In this variant, Stanton is wiping his glasses behind Lincoln's head)
Item Art
Item Art
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Item 8 (Flat Box)
Item 9 (Flat Box)
Item 10 (Flat Box)