Morton Pepper Collection of Abraham Lincoln portraits and memorabilia, 1860-1940

Morton Pepper Collection of Abraham Lincoln portraits and memorabilia, 1860-1940

Summary Information

At a Glance

Call No.:
MS#0782
Bib ID:
4079558 View CLIO record
Creator(s):
Borglum, Gutzon, 1867-1941; Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896; Currier & Ives
Repository:
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Physical Description:
14.5 linear feet (6 boxes & 5 map case drawers)
Language(s):
English .
Access:
You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Description

Summary

Contemporary engravings, lithographs, carte-de-visite photographs, and memorabilia; 20th century drawings and reproductions of portraits of Lincoln, his family, and his contemporaries. Among the portraits of Lincoln are a charcoal sketch by the sculptor Gutzon Borglum, lithographs by Currier and Ives, photographs by Mathew Brady and his studio. Memorabilia in the collection include bookends and sculptures, a dinner plate, a carved plaque, a reproduction of a death mask, a mourning ribbon, silk commemorative badges, and a hair ornament worn by Mrs Lincoln, in a leather-covered trinket box with the President's initials on it.

Arrangement

Selected items cataloged; remainder arranged.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

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.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Abraham Lincoln portraits and memorabilia; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Materials

See also: Ms Coll\Hill & Ms Coll\Gordon

Abraham Lincoln Collection Columbia University Libraries.

I. Cyrus Gordon Collection of Abraham Lincoln Materials Columbia University Libraries.

Accruals

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

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Source of acquisition--Pepper, Morton. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1975. Accession number--M-1975.

Gift of Donald J. Gordon and Susan Gordon Ross, 1986.

Gift of Morton Pepper, 1975.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Processed ADS 11/06/81.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2011-11-04 EAD created by PTL

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical / Historical

Collected by Dr Alfred Myer Hellman, 1880-1955 (Columbia A.B. 1902, M.D. 1905). the father-in-law of Morton Pepper, the donor.

Subject Headings

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
Badges
Cartes-de-visite (card photographs)
Charcoal drawings
Drawings (visual works)
Engravings (prints)
Hair (material)
Lithographs
Memorabilia
Miniatures (object genre)
Photographs
Plaques (flat objects)
Porcelain (material)
Prints
Sketches
Statues
Name
Hellman, Alfred M. (Alfred Myer), 1880-1955
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Place
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Subject
Americana
Portraits
Presidents
Presidents -- United States -- 19th century
Sculpture

Lincoln Portraits & Memorabilia


Box 1

Civil war envelope


Box 1

Framed and unframed carte-de-visite photographs


Box 1

Mourning badge of Mr. Edgar Deal


Box 1

Photographic reproductions of Lincoln portraits


Box 1

Silk badges


Box 1

Wooden plaque


Box 2

Lock of Mary Todd Lincoln's hair in trinket Box with initials AL


Box 2

Log cabin tea caddy


Box 2

Glass bust


Box 2

Miniature on glass


Box 2

Porcelain plate


Box 3

Lincoln bookends


Box 3

Reproduction of Lincoln Memorial


Box 4

2 pairs of bookends


Box 4

Pewter ash tray


Box 5

Portrait medal Statue by Louis Slobobkin in plaster Soapstone bust


Box 6

Lincoln mask


Mapcase 14-I-7

Engravings, lithographs, drawings, paintings and reproductions of paintings.


Mapcase 14-I-8

Framed reproduction; Gutzon Borglum sketch (framed).


Mapcase 13-E-6

Engravings, lithographs, drawings, paintings and reproductions of paintings.


Mapcase 13-E-7

Engravings, lithographs, drawings, paintings and reproductions of paintings


Mapcase 13-E-8

Engravings, lithographs, drawings, paintings and reproductions of paintings