Lincoln, Robert Todd, 1843-1926

Scope and Contents This collection contains legal documents, correspondence, and other papers from Abraham Lincoln and members of the Lincoln family.It spans from his life as a lawyer to his presidency, and continues after his death in 1865 with other written items from his family. The collection is split into five series. Series 1 contains legal documents from Abraham Lincoln's time practicing law, and Series 2 are some of his correspondence from 1852-1865. Series 3 and series 4 contain materials...

Scope and Content Note The Orville E. Babcock collections contain a number of diaries and personal effects of Grant's former aide-de-camp. Babcock’s diaries begin in 1863 and continue into 1869 (though missing are the crucial years when he joined General Grant's staff). Babcock records his experiences in Kentucky, Ohio, Washington, DC, Vicksburg, Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga, before be summoned to Virginia by General Grant. They also contain information about his post-war experiences in Washington as...

Scope and Content Note The Frederick Dent Grant (FDG) and Ida Honore Grant (IHG) papers is made up of correspondence, speeches, pamphlets, scrapbooks, poems, news clippings, and other items that documents the lives of General Frederick Grant and his wife Ida Honore Grant. The correspondence in this collection comes from a variety of sources including correspondence related to Fred and Ida's time in Austria as Fred served as Minister to Austria-Hungary. it also includes correspondence from family and friends...