Abraham Lincoln, a guide for teachers

Abraham Lincoln

A Guide for Teachers

By Phyllis Connolly

Published by

Illinois Lincoln Sesquicentcnnial Commission

Centennial Building, Springfield, Illinois

1960

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Preface

"He was incontestably the greatest man I ever knew." So spoke
Ulysses S. Grant of his commander in chief, Abraham Lincoln. Grant's
judgment has, through the years, been reiterated by numerous his-
torians and reaffirmed by their discoveries of hitherto unknown docu-
ments and other historical materials relating to the Sixteenth President.
In fact the greatness of Lincoln is such that his life has become the
epitome of the American dream — the rise from humble beginnings to
a position of respect and influence. In a world of uneasy peace, scourged
too often by war, his name serves as a beacon for those who believe in
and strive to achieve a society in which men can live in freedom and
dignity.

Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. One hundred
and fifty years later the world paid tribute to him. In the nation's capi-
tal the Congress of the United States met in joint session to hear the
great Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg read a tribute to the man
who preserved the Union. In his home town of Springfield, Illinois,
Lincoln was honored at a glittering banquet whose featured speaker,
Willy Brandt, governing mayor of West Berlin, reminded the world
that the problem of a "house divided" is as real today as it was in Lin-
coln's time.

The Springfield banquet was sponsored by the Illinois Lincoln Ses-
quicentennial Commission. Believing that the study of Lincoln's life
should be an important part of the history curriculum in our schools,
the Commission is publishing this booklet. It contains suggested topics
for study and classroom projects, and it lists, though by no means in-
clusively, bibliographical and audio-visual materials pertaining to Lin-
coln.

The Illinois Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission will soon cease
to exist. But the spirit of the man it commemorates continues to live.

Acknowledgments

This teachers' guide was prepared at the request
of the Illinois Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission,
of which Newton C. Farr is Chairman and Clyde C.
Walton is Secretary, and under the direction of its
Education Committee, headed by Dr. Robert G. Bone,
President of Illinois State Normal University. The
writing and compilation of the pamphlet were made
substantially easier by the researches of Dr. Charles H.
Coleman of Eastern Illinois University, Mrs. Olive S.
Foster and Janice Metros of the editorial staff of the
Illinois State Historical Library, James T. Hickey,
curator of the Lincoln Collection of the Historical
Library, and Mrs. Winifred Metzler and Ruth Zim-
merman of Illinois State Normal University. The au-
thor also wishes to express thanks to Mrs. Ellen T.
Whitney and Howard F. Rissler of the editorial staff
of the Illinois State Historical Library who supervised
the pamphlet's publication. The maps were drawn by
my husband and favorite artist, Jerome P. Connolly.

Phyllis Connolly

Contents

Page

Preface 1

Acknowledgments 2

The Living Lincoln 5

Study Topics 5

Group Activities 6

A Lincoln Bookshelf 7

Free or Inexpensive Materials 7

Books 8

Poetry 12

Plays 13

Lincoln in Pictures and Sound 15

Films 15

Filmstrips 16

Slides 17

Recordings 17

In the Footsteps of Lincoln 19

Field Trips in Illinois 19

A Springfield Guide 23

The Living Lincoln

Study Topics

Study Lincoln the man, emphasiz-
ing the different roles he played dur-
ing his lifetime. Suggested topics for
written and/or oral reports:

Lincoln: Symbol of the Free Man
(official theme of the national
Lincoln Sesquicentennial Com-
mission)
Lincoln: A Master of Men
Lincoln: Aji Idealist
Lincoln: A Man of Faith
Lincoln: A Statesman
Lincoln: Savior of his Country
Lincoln: Husband and Father
Lincoln: Lawyer and Legislator
Lincoln: Commander in Chief
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates:
Their Significayice a Century
Ago and Today
The Greatness of Lincoln

Study Lincoln's family, friends,
and colleagues. What was Lincoln
like in the eyes of

Nancy Hanks

Sarah Bush Lincoln

Mentor Graham

Ulysses S. Grant

David Davis

Mary Todd

William H. Herndon

Stephen A. Douglas

Edwin M. Stanton

William H. Seward

John Hay

Study the chief events in Lincoln's
life. Write "I was there" themes, for
example :

"I shopped at Lincoln's store . . ."

"I was in Captain Abraham Lin-
coln's company during the Black
Hawk War . . ."

"I heard Lincoln defend Duff
Armstrong . . ."

"I saw Lincoln inaugurated Presi-
dent . . ."

"I heard Lincoln speak at Gettys-
burg . . ."

Study Lincoln in prose and poetry.
Books and poems about Lincoln are
described on pages 8-13. Have classes,
especially in English, speech, and
history, memorize Lincoln's Gettys-
burg Address, his Farewell Address
at Springfield, and portions of his
Second Inaugural Address and House
Divided Speech. An authoritative
source for these and other speeches
is The Collected Works of Abraham
Lincoln, 9 vols., Roy P. Basler, ed.,
Marion D. Pratt and Lloyd A. Dun-
lap, asst. eds.

"When Lincoln came to our town
(or one nearby) he saw . . ." Study
your community as it was in Lincoln's
time. Topics that could be of special
interest are:

Schools — How many were there?
Who went to them? What did
the students study?

Homes — What did the houses look
like a century ago? How were
they furnished? What foods
were eaten, and how were they
prepared?

Publications — What books did peo-
ple read in Lincoln's time? How
big were newspapers, and how
was news gathered?

Recreation — How did people
amuse themselves in Lincoln's
day? If your town or county has
a historical society, it can help
you to find source material.
Also,

( 1 ) Consult Lincoln, Day by Day,
published in four volumes by the
Abraham Lincoln Association,
Springfield, Illinois, 1933-41.
This series has been revised by
the national Lincoln Sesquicen-
tennial Commission and two vol-
umes were issued in February,
1960, with a final volume to fol-
low later in the year — the title is
Lincoln Day by Day: A Chro-
nology, 1809-1865.

(2) Look under the name of your
town in the general Index to the
Journal of the Illinois State
Historical Society, Vols. 1-25,
April 1908-Jan. 1933; Vol. 26,
1933, to date: each volume has
a separate index.

(3) Consult the centennial edition
of your local newspaper.

(4) Consult a history of your
county, which should be avail-
able in your public library.

Group Activities

Students in the lower grades might
make individual scrapbooks or com-

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pile material for a scrapbook as a
group project. Folders describing the
Lincoln shrines that are now Illinois
state parks or memorials and a fac-
simile of the Gettysburg Address in
Lincoln's handwriting may be ob-
tained without charge by writing to
the Illinois State Historical Library,
Centennial Building, Springfield, Illi-
nois. For other free or inexpensive
materials see pages 7-8.

Upper classes might be responsible
for preparing exhibits on such topics
as

Abraham Lincoln — his family,
friends, and home

Lincoln's New Salem

Washington, D.C., in Lincoln' s
time

Lincoln's generals and Civil War
battlefield sites

Places Lincoln visited and where
he spoke

Lijicoln monuments and memorials
in this country and overseas

Feature a Lincoln page or column
in the school newspaper, using origi-
nal student essays and poems on Lin-
coln, reviews of Lincoln books, a
"Lincoln's Wit" column, a column
of Lincoln quotations, and reports of
field trips to Lincoln sites.

Present a play on Lincoln for the
P.T.A. or for the school. Plays about
Lincoln are listed on pages 13-14.

Show films or filmstrips and listen
to records on Lincoln. See pages IS-
IS.

Visit Lincoln shrines and museums
in Illinois. See pages 19-24. Students
could take slides of the places visited
and start a permanent slide collec-
tion for the school.

A Lincoln Bookshelf

Free or Inexpensive Materials

From the Illinois State Historical
Library, Centennial Building, Spring-
field, 111.

Publications

Brown, Virginia Stuart. Through
Lincoln's Door. $1.50. This little
book tells about the Lincoln fam-
ily and home.

Facsimile of the Gettysburg Address
in Lincoln's handwriting. Free.

Illinois History magazine. February
1959, "The Greatness of Lincoln."
This publication is written by and
for Illinois junior and senior high
school students. Each February is-
sue is devoted to some aspect of
Lincoln's life. Illinois schools may
receive the magazine free of charge
by writing the Director, Illinois
History magazine, Illinois State
Historical Library. Individuals and
schools outside Illinois may obtain
copies of this issue at $.20 each.

Lincoln's Springfield. $.15. A descrip-
tive guide to historic buildings and
sites in Illinois' capital.

Pratt, Harry E. Abraham Lincoln
Chronology, 1809-1865. Free. This
booklet lists the chief events in
Lincoln's life.

. Lincoln's Inner Circle.

$.50. Photographs and brief bio-
graphical sketches of some of Lin-
coln's friends and associates.

Walton, Clyde C. Abraham Lincoln
Photographs. Free. This pamphlet
discusses and reproduces many
photographs of the Sixteenth Presi-
dent.

Postcards (All are black and white,
6/2 by 9 inches, $.15 each.)
Eleven views of Abraham Lincoln.
Mary Todd Lincoln.
General Robert E. Lee.
Jefferson Davis.
Ulysses S. Grant.
Stephen A. Douglas.

From the Chicago Historical So-
ciety, North Avenue at Clark Street,
Chicago 14, 111.

Pictures

Abraham Lincoln, from a photo-
graph, November 15, 1863. 8 1/2 by
1 1 V2 inches. Free.

Lincoln, by Hesler. (Photograph) 8Y2
by 111/2 inches. $.10.

Lincoln, by Leonard Volk. (Bust) 8Y2
by 11 1/2 inches. $.10.

Lincoln diorama postal folder, illus-
trating the twenty Lincoln dio-
ramas in the Chicago Historical
Society. $.25.

Lincoln dioramas in color. 7 by 9'/2
inches. $1.00.

Saint-Gaudens' Lincoln. An aqua-
chrome by Richard Richard. 16 by
20 inches. $6.00.

Postcards

Black and wliiie. 2 for $.05

Replica of Lincoln's birthplace
cabin, Hodgenville, Kentucky.

Lincoln-Berry store, New Salem,
Illinois.

Bedroom in the Petersen House,
Washington, D.C., where Lin-
coln died.

Portrait of Lincoln, by George
P. A. Healy.

Photograph of Lincoln.

Saint-Gaudens' Lincoln.

Color

Lincoln the Railsplitter, by Dennis
M. Carter. $.05.

Lincoln's Drive through Rich-
mond, by Dennis M. Carter.
$.05.

Lincoln the Railsplitter, 1860 cam-
paign painting by an unknown
artist. $.10.

Lincoln at City Point, 1865. $.10.

Lincoln at Richmond. $.10.

Maps and Charts
New Salem, Illinois— 1829-1839.

Free.
Lincoln in Illinois. Free.
Important Events in Abraham

Lincoln's Life, 1809-1865. Free.

Books (Currently in print)

Grades 1-3

Aulaire, Ingri d' and Edgar P. Abra-
ham Lincoln. Garden City, N. Y. :
Doubleday, 1957, $3.00. This beau-
tifully illustrated story of Lincoln's
life is one of the most attractive
Lincoln books for children.

Beim, Jerrold. Boy on Lincoln's Lap.
New York: Morrow, 1955, $2.50.
The determination of a boy to keep
a statue of Abraham Lincoln clean
is the theme of this book.

Coblentz, Catherine. Martin and
Abraham Lincoln. Chicago: Chil-
dren's Press, 1947, $2.30. Martin,
the son of a soldier in Anderson-
ville Prison, meets Mr. Lincoln and
comes to realize that "folks must
help each other."

Kay, Helen. Lincoln: A Big Man.
New York: Hastings House, 1958,
$2.75. The author uses stories and
anecdotes, many of which are sen-
timental legends, to show that
Abraham Lincoln was a big man
spiritually as well as physically.

Koral, Bella. Abraham Lincoln. New
York: Random House, 1952, $1.00.
A large illustration on almost every
page enlivens this account of Lin-
coln's character and the chief
events in his life.

Grades 4-6

Baker, Nina Brown. The Story of
Abraham Lincoln. New York:
Grossett & Dunlap, 1952, $1.95.
The story of Lincoln's life from the
age of seven. The treatment of
some significant events and issues
is slight.

Cavanah, Frances. Abe Lincoln Gets
His Chance. Chicago: Rand Mc-
Nally, 1959, $2.95. Lincoln and the
time just prior to his election as
President make up the subject
matter of this little book.

. They Knew Abe Lin-
coln. Chicago: Rand McNally,
1952, $2.50. The story of Lincoln's
years in Indiana and his relation-
ships with the people he knew
there.

Foster, Genevieve. Abraham Lincoln:
An Initial Biography. New York:
Scribner's, 1950, $2.50. The life of

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the Sixteenth President is told with
dignity and so much skill that every
character becomes a real person.

Kelly, Regina Z. Lincoln and Doug-
las: The Years of Decision. New
York: Random House, 1954, $1.95.
One of the "Landmark" series, this
volume deals with the relation-
ships of Lincoln and Stephen A.
Douglas to each other and to na-
tional problems from 1 854 to 1 86 1 .

McNeer, May. America's Abraham
Lincoln. Boston: Houghton, Mif-
flin, 1957, $3.50. A beautifully il-
lustrated and well-written account
of the life and times of the Eman-
cipator.

Nathan, Adele G. When Lincoln
Went to Gettysburg. New York:
Button, 1955, $2.75. The inhabi-
tants of Gettysburg and their opin-
ions of Lincoln, both favorable and
unfavorable, are portrayed in this
"Aladdin" book.

Neyhart, Louise. Henry's Lincoln.
New York: Holiday House, 1958,
$2.50. A good introduction to a
study of Lincoln and the slavery
problem is provided in this story
of a young farm boy who attends
the Lincoln-Douglas debate at
Freeport in 1858.

North, Sterling. Abe Lincoln, Log
Cabin to White House. New York:
Random House, 1956, $1.95. An-
other "Landmark" book, described
by the late Lincoln authority Ben-
jamin P. Thomas as "unexcelled
in its field."

Pauli, Hertha. Lincoln's Little Corre-
spondent. New York: Doubleday,
1952, $2.50. Children love this
story of how eleven-year-old Grace

Bedell persuaded Mr. Lincoln to
grow a beard.

Randall, Ruth P. Lincoln's Animal
Friends. Boston: Little, Brown,
1958, $3.00. Charming illustrations
highlight this little book which re-
veals Lincoln's basic character
traits through his experiences with
animals.

Wilkie, Katherine E. Mary Todd
Lincoln, Girl of the Bluegrass. In-
dianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1954,
$1.95 (text ed., $1.52). The child-
hood and youth of Mary Todd in
Lexington, Kentucky, are delight-
fully detailed.

Grades 7-9

Bailey, Bernadine. Abe Lincoln's
Other Mother: The Story of Sarah
Bush Lincoln. New York: Messner,
1941, $2.95. The influence of his
stepmother on Lincoln and his love
and respect for her are emphasized
in this biography.

Cormack, Maribelle. A Recruit for
Abe Lincoln. New York: Apple-
ton-Century, 1942, $2.50. Boys es-
pecially will enjoy the mystery of
a young telegrapher's birth which
Lincoln helps solve.

Daugherty, James H. Abraham Lin-
coln. New York: Viking Press,
1943, $5.00. Lincoln is portrayed
as a man of great faith. Beautifully
illustrated.

Eifert, Virginia. The Buffalo Trace.
New York: Dodd, Mead. 1955,
$3.00. The first in a series of five
volumes on Abraham Lincoln, this
is the story of Lincoln's grandpar-
ents who moved from Virginia to
Kentucky when it was a "dark and
bloody ground."

. New Birth of Free-
dom: Abraham Lincoln in the
White House. New York: Dodd,
Mead, 1959, $3.00. The last vol-
ume in Mrs. Eifert's series shows
Lincoln as President during the
Civil War.

-. Out of the Wilder-

ness: Young Abe Lincoln Grows
Up. New York: Dodd, Mead,
1956, $3.00. We follow Lincoln
from the age of two until he leaves
his father's house twenty years later
to make his own way in life.
. Three Rivers South:

The Story of Young Abe Lincoln.
New York: Dodd, Mead, 1953,
$3.00. An account of Lincoln's trip
on a flatboat to New Orleans. This
volume is the second, chronologi-
cally, in the Eifert series.
. With a Task Before

Me: Abraham Lincoln Leaves
Springfield. New York: Dodd,
Mead, 1958, $3.00. The events in
Lincoln's life from 1832 to 1861—
from his participation in the Black
Hawk War to his election as Presi-
dent.
Foster, Genevieve. Abraham Lin-
coln's World. New York: Scrib-
ner's, 1944, $4.50. An excellent
survey of the world scene during
Lincoln's lifetime and of the Six-
teenth President's contemporaries.

Judson, Clara Ingram. Abraham Lin-
coln, Friend of the People. Chi-
cago: Wilcox and Follett, 1950,
$3.50. A readable style, quotes
from Lincoln's speeches, and fine
illustrations make this one of the
best lives of Lincoln for teen-age
readers.

LeSueur, Meridel. Nancy Hanks of
Wilderness Road: A Story of Abra-
ham Lincoln's Mother. New York:
Knopf, 1949, $2.75. About the ef-
fect of his home life, schooling, and
frontier acquaintances on young
Lincoln.

. The River Road: A

Story of Abraham Lincoln. New
York: Knopf, 1954, $2.75. The
story of Lincoln's trip on a flatboat
in 1828, simply but effectively told.

Meader, Stephen W. Longshanks.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1928,
$2.95. Another account of Lin-
coln's adventurous flatboat trip to
New Orleans.

Randall, Ruth P. I, Mary. Boston:
Little, Brown, 1959, $3.50. A biog-
raphy of Mary Todd Lincoln, il-
lustrated with a number of inter-
esting photographs.

Sandburg, Carl. Abe Lincoln Grows
Up. New York: Harcourt, Brace,
1931, $3.25 (texted., $1.80). The
renowned Lincoln biographer re-
counts the events of Lincoln's life
up to age nineteen.

Grades 10-12

Angle, Paul M., ed. Created Equal?
The Complete Lincoln-Douglas
Debates of 1858. Springfield: Illi-
nois State Historical Library, 1958,
$2.50. Besides the complete text of
the debates, this book contains an
excellent introduction by the edi-
tor which illuminates the back-
ground of the debates and the
problems that faced Lincoln and
Douglas a century ago and that
still confront us today.

. "Here I Have Lived":

A History of Lincoln's Springfield,

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1821-1865 (2nd ed.). New Bruns-
wick, N. J. : Rutgers University
Press, 1950, $3.75. This history' of
the city where Lincoln spent most
of his adult years shows many of
the influences that made him
great.
, ed. The Lincoln Read-

er. New Brunswick, N. J. : Rutgers
University Press, 1947, $3.75. New
York: Pocket Books, 1955, $.50.
Containing excerpts from the work
of some sixty Lincoln authors, Carl
Sandburg has called this the "best
one-volume biography of Lincoln
that can be bought, borrowed or
stolen."

Angle, Paul M. and Earl Schenck
Miers, eds. The Living Lincoln.
New Brunswick, N. J. : Rutgers
University Press, 1955, $7.50. Lin-
coln's own words are herein skill-
fully edited into a story of his life
and times.

Bishop, Jim. The Day Lincoln Was
Shot. New York: Harpers, 1955,
$3.95. New York: Bantam Books,
1956, $.50. One reviewer described
this as "an exciting, tense, minute-
by-minute account of Lincoln's last
twenty-four hours and the activities
of everyone connected with the as-
sassination."

Charnwood, G. R. B. Abraham Lin-
coln. New York: Pocket Books,
1951, $.35. Originally published in
1917, this fine biography is now
available in a paperback edition.

Current, Richard N. The Lincoln
Nobody Knows. New York: Mc-
Graw-Hill, 1958, $5.50. Lincoln
the man, "in crisis and conflict," is
the theme of this study, which ex-

plores controversial points in Lin-
coln's life.

House, Brant, ed. Lincoln's Wit. New
York: Ace Books, 1958, $.35. This
paperback will be enjoyed by all
and contains many examples of
Lincoln's keen sense of humor.

Hubbard, Freeman H. Vinnie Ream
and Mr. Lincoln. New York: Mc-
Graw-Hill, 1949, $3.75. A fiction-
ized biography of Vinnie Ream,
sculptress of the Lincoln statue in
the Capitol rotunda in Washing-
ton, this book will appeal especially
to girls.

Kimmel, Stanley P. Mr. Lincoln's
Washington, New York: Coward-
McCann, 1957, $7.50. Based on
contemporary newspaper accounts,
this is a study of the nation's capi-
tal from the time of Lincoln's in-
auguration until his death.

Lorant, Stefan. Lincoln, a Picture
Story of His Life (rev. ed.). New
York: Harpers, 1957, $7.50. Rich
in information about Lincoln, this
handsome volume contains more
than five hundred photographs as
well as facsimiles of many famous
documents.

Nolan, Jeannette C. Abraham Lin-
coln. New York: Messner, 1953,
$2.95. Mrs. Nolan has written a
number of fictionized biographies
for teen-agers, including this story
of Lincoln's life.

Randall, James G. Mr. Lincoln. New
York: Dodd, Mead, 1957, $6.50.
Edited by Richard N. Current,
this is an abridgment of Professor
Randall's four-volume study Lin-
coln the President. It tells of Lin-
coln's relationships with other per-

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sons and clearly reveals the Six-
teenth President's personality.

Randall, Ruth P. The Courtship of
Mr. Lincoln. Boston: Little,
Brown, 1957, $3.75. This charming
book details the courting of Mary
Todd by Abraham Lincoln from
1839 to 1842.

. Lincoln's Sons. Bos-
ton: Litde, Brown, 1956, $5.00.
The "entertaining and tragic" ac-
count of the Emancipator's four
sons is here told by a writer who
continues to gain eminence in the
Lincoln field.

. Mary Lincoln: Biog-
raphy of a Marriage. Boston: Lit-
tle, Brown, 1953, $5.75. Girls in
particular will enjoy this book,
which shows the Lincolns as a de-
voted married couple.

Redway, Maurine W. and Dorothy
K. Bracken. Marks of Lincoln on
Our Land. New York: Hastings
House, 1957, $3.75. A combination
biography and guide to Lincoln
memorials. Excellent photographs.

Sandburg, Carl. Abraham Lincoln:
The Prairie Years and the War
Years (1 vol. ed.). New York:
Harcourt, Brace, 1954, $7.50. (3
vol. ed., paperbacked, boxed) .
New York: Dell Publishing Co.,
Inc., 1959, $2.95. An abridged
version of Sandburg's famous six-
volume, Pulitzer-Prize biography
of Lincoln. Beautifully written and
universally appealing.

. Storm over the Land

. . . A Profile of the Civil War.
New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1942,
$5.00. Lincoln's leadership in the

Civil War is depicted by a master
writer.

Stone, Irving. Love Is Eternal. Gar-
den City, N. Y.: Doubleday, 1954,
$3.95. New York: Pocket Books,
1956, $.50. A novel portraying
Lincoln as seen through the eyes of
his wife.

Thomas, Benjamin P. Abraham Lin-
coln: A Biography. New York:
Knopf, 1952, $5.75. Well-written
and concise, this is considered by
many critics to be the best one-
volume Lincoln biography for the
general reader.

. Lincoln's New

Salem (rev. ed.). New York:
Knopf, 1954, $3.00. Probably the
most complete account of the pio-
neer village where Lincoln lived
from 1831 to 1837.

Poetry

Individual poems about Lincoln
AND THE Civil War

Benet, Stephen Vincent. John
Brown's Body.

Bryant, William Cullen. The Death
of Lincoln.

Lindsay, Vachel. Abraham Lin-
coln Walks at Midnight.

Markham, Edwin. Lincoln the
Man of the People.

Melville, Herman. The Martyr.

Robinson, Edwin Arlington. The
Master.

Sandburg, Carl. The Long Shadow
of Lincoln.

Whitman, Walt. O Captain! My
Captain! and When Lilacs Last
in the Dooryard Bloom'd.

Whittier, John G. The Emancipa-
tion Group.

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Anthologies containing poems
ABOUT Lincoln

Harrington, Mildred P. and Jose-
phine H. Thomas, comps. Our
Holidays in Poetry. New York:
H. W. Wilson Co., 1950, $3.00.

Morrison, James D., ed. Master-
pieces of Religious Verse. New
York: Harpers, 1948, $6.95.

Stevenson, Burton, ed. Poems of
American History. Boston:
Houghton, Mifflin, 1922, $6.25.

. American History

in Verse for Boys and Girls. Bos-
ton: Houghton, Mifflin, 1932,
$3.80.

Untermeyer, Louis, ed. A Treasury
of Great Poems, English and
American (rev. ed.) . New York:
Simon and Schuster, 1955, $7.50.

Plays

For elementary schools
Eldridge Publishing Company,
Franklin, Ohio.
Easy Plays for Lincoln's Birthday.

$1.00.
Good Things for Washington's and

Lincoln's Birthday. $.75.
The American Patriot Collection.
$.75.

Samuel French, Inc., 25 W. 45th St.,

New York 36, N. Y.
Great Patriots' Days. $.75.
A Play for Every Holiday. $.75.
Conkle, E. P. A China Handled

Knife. Royalty $5.00.
Hoffman, Harold G. Nor Long

Remember. Royalty $5.00.

Instructor Magazine, Fehrua.ry, 1959.
Peterson, Mary N. The Lincolns
Heed the Call of the Frontier.

Drama Magazine for Young People,
18 Arlington St., Boston 16,
Mass.
Each issue contains one-act plays
that can be staged with a mini-
mum of equipment. Each year sev-
eral plays about Lincoln are pub-
lished. These may be performed
without payment of a royalty fee,
but those who do not subscribe to
the magazine must obtain permis-
sion from the publisher to perform
the plays.

For High Schools

Baker's Plays, 568 Boylston St., Bos-
ton 16, Mass. Royalties for all.

George, Charles. Honest Abe. 3
acts, 7 men, 7 women.

Gow, Ronald. The Lawyer of
Springfield. 7 men, 1 woman.

Knipe, Ronald. And There Were
Voices. 9 men, 4 women.

Pollack, Channing. The Shot That
Missed Lincoln. 4 men.

Stevens, Henry B. Lincoln Reckons
Up. 5 men and extras.

Samuel French, Inc., 25 W. 45th St.,
New York 36, N. Y. Royalty $25
for each play listed.

Conkle, E. P. Prologue to Glory. 21
characters.

Dalton, Test. The Mantle of Lin-
coln. 11 characters.

Drinkwater, John. Abraham Lin-
coln. 6 scenes, 30-50 characters.

Goodman, Arthur. // Booth Had
Missed. 50 characters.

Chorpenning, Charlotte. Lincoln's
Secret Messenger — Boy Detective
to a President. 3 acts, 14 men, 8
women. For permission to perform

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write the Coach House Press, 53
W. Jackson, Chicago 4, 111.
Coleman, D. M. Our Brothers. A
three-act play about the Lincoln-
Douglas debates. For permission to
perform write Mrs. D. M. Cole-
man, 903 Taylor St., Charleston,
111.

Corwin, Norman. Thirteen by Cor-
win. This anthology contains the
play Ann Rutledge. For permission
to perform write Henry Holt and
Co., 257 Fourth Ave., New York,
N. Y.

Miller, F. F. Marked Corners. 3 acts,
32 men, 15 women, 7 children. For
peiTnission to perform write Ameri-
cana House, 18 E. Chestnut St.,
Chicago 11, 111.

Owen, Walter. The Abraham Lin-
coln Story. 2 narrators, other non-
speaking characters. No royalty.
For free scripts write to the Direc-
tor of School Services, Illinois

State Historical Library, Centen-
nial Building, Springfield, 111.

Serge, Ruth. Love Is Eternal. Adap-
ted from Irving Stone's book of
the same name. 14 men, 16 wom-
en. Royalty $25. Published by the
Dramatic Publishing Company,
179 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago,
111.

Sherwood, Robert E. Abe Lincoln in
Illinois. 26 men, 6 women. For per-
mission to perform write Charles
Scribner's Sons, 597 Fifth Ave.,
New York, N. Y.

Van Doren, Mark. The Last Days of
Lincoln. $3.75 for the book. For
permission to perform write the
publisher, Hill and Wang, Inc., 104
Fifth Ave., New York 11, N. Y.

Webb, Chase. Lawyer Lincoln — A
Comedy. 5 men, 5 women. Royalty
$5. Published by Row and Peter-
son Company, 1911 Ridge Ave.,
Evanston, 111.

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Lincoln in Pictures and Sound

Films

Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln is shown
as store clerk, woodsman, lawyer,
congressman, and President; and
the origin of familiar Lincoln quo-
tations is explained. Sound, black
and white, 19 min. Rent $4.50 for
one to three days and $1.00 for
each day thereafter. Order from
Encyclopaedia Britannica Films,
1 150 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette, 111.,
or Audio-Visual Center, Indiana
University, Bloomington, Ind.

Abraham Lincoln: A Background
Study. Coronet's film treats the
changing environment in which
Lincoln lived. Sd., B&W or color,
15 min. Rent $5.50. Order from
Audio-Visual Center, Indiana Uni-
versity, Bloomington, Ind.

Abraham Lincoln, a Study in Great-
ness. Francis Raymond Line Films,
5475 Eagle Rock View, Los An-
geles 41, Calif. Sd., color, three
parts, \1V2 min. each. Purchase
price, three parts, $440.

Emancipation Proclamation. Walter
Cronkite narrates this film, which
was originally a television pro-
gram. Sd., B&W, 25 min. Rental
information may be obtained from
Visual Aids Service, University of
Illinois, Champaign, 111.

Face of Lincoln. Merrel Gage, a
sculptor, models a head of Lincoln
in clay as he describes the Emanci-

pator's career. Sd., B&W, 22 min.
This film may be rented for the
cost of postage and insurance from
the Film Library, Illinois Depart-
mental Information Service, 406
Statehouse, Springfield, 111., or De-
partment of Conservation, State
Office Building, Springfield, 111.
Both of these departments book
films far in advance.

A Lincoln Field Trip. The Lincoln
shrines in Illinois and the Lincoln
dioramas at the Chicago Historical
Society. Sd., B&W, 11 min. Rent
$2.50. Order from the Interna-
national Film Bureau, Suite 308-
16, 57 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago,
111.

Lincoln in Illinois. Events in Lin-
coln's life in Illinois, filmed "on
location" in New Salem and
Springfield. Sd., color, 33 min.
There is no rental charge, but the
customer pays postage and insur-
ance. Order from the Film Li-
brary, Illinois Departmental In-
formation Service, 406 Statehouse,
Springfield, III.

Lincoln in the White House. Lincoln
is portrayed from his inauguration
as President until he delivers the
Gettysburg Address. Sd., color, 21
min. Rent $6.25. Order from
Audio-Visual Center, Indiana Uni-
versity, Bloomington, Ind.

Lincoln Series (5 films). 1. End and

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the Beginning. 27 min.: the assas-
sination and the funeral train. 2.
Nancy Hanks. 28 min. : the Lin-
coln family, Nancy Hanks's death,
and the influence of Sarah Bush
Lincoln. 3. Growing Up. 28 min. :
Lincoln in Indiana from age four-
teen to twenty-one. 4. New Salem.
30 min. : Lincoln's years in the pio-
neer Illinois village. 5. Ann Rut-
ledge. 33 min. : the famous legend-
ary romance. All films sd., B&W.
Rental information may be ob-
tained from Visual Aids Service,
University of Illinois, Champaign,
111.
Lincoln Speaks at Gettysburg. The
Gettysburg Address is read while
viewers watch contemporary pic-
tures of the setting. Sd., B&W, 12
min. Rent $5.00. Order from Film
Images, Inc., 1860 Broadway, New
York 23, N. Y., or Audio-Visual
Center, Indiana University, Bloom-
ington, Ind.

Lincoln Speaks for Himself. Lincoln's
speeches and letters are used to
show his reactions to the chief
crises in his life. The treatment,
however, is episodic. Sd., B&W, 28
min. Rent $5.00; purchase $30.
Order from The Christophers,
Inc., 18 E. 48th St., New York 17,
N. Y.

Nor Long Remember. The delivery
of the Gettysburg Address is re-
enacted after a discussion of the
speech. Sd., B&W, 10 min. Rent
$2.00. Order from The Jim Handy
Organization, 2821 E. Grand
Blvd., Detroit 11, Mich., or Visual
Aids Service, University of Illinois,
Champaign, 111.

The Perfect Tribute. Based on a book
by Mary Shipman Andrews, the
film deals with the events leading
up to the writing of the Gettysburg
Address. Sd., B&W, 20 min. Rent
$2.65. Order from Visual Aids
Service, University of Illinois,
Champaign, 111.

Filmstrips

(Filmstrips are sold, not rented.)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois. Lincoln's ca-
reer from his New Salem days to
his election as President. B&W
with captions, 116 frames. $3.50.
Order from Pictorial Events, 597
Fifth Ave., New York 17, N. Y.

Abraham Lincoln. This filmstrip out-
lines Lincoln's career. Color with
captions, 24 frames. $4.00. Order
from Eye Gate House, Inc., 146-
01 Archer Ave., Jamaica 35, N. Y.

Abraham Lincoln: The Illinois
Years. Paintings and photographs
are used to describe Lincoln's life
in Illinois. Color with captions, 40
frames. $6.00. Order from Mu-
seum Extension Service, 10 E. 43rd
St., New York 17, N. Y.

Lincoln the Boy. Color with script
and teacher's manual, 30 frames.
$5.00. Order from Cathedral Films,
Inc., 140 N. Hollywood Way, Bur-
bank, Calif.

Lincoln and Douglas: Years of De-
cision. This strip illustrates the
background of the Lincoln-Doug-
las debates, the debates themselves,
and the rise of Lincoln to national
prominence, culminating in his
election as President. Color with
captions, 45 frames. $6.50. Order
from Enrichment Teaching Ma-

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terials, 246 Fifth Ave., New York
1, N. Y.

Slavery and the War between the
States and Union and Reconstruc-
tion. Guides accompany these
documentary filmstrips from the
"Pageant of America" series. $7.00
each. Order from the Yale Univer-
sity Press Film Service, 386 Fourth
Ave., New York 16, N. Y.

Story of Abraham Lincoln. This strip
is good for Grades 3 to 5. Color,
silent, 35 frames. $5.00. Order
from Society for Visual Education,
Inc., 1345 W. Diversey Parkway,
Chicago 14, 111. Also, it may be
borrowed, for the cost of return
transportation only, from the Illi-
nois State Library, Centennial
Building, Springfield, 111.

Story of Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln's
career from his youth to his death.
Color with captions, 37 frames.
$6.00. Order from Teaching Aids
Service, Visual Education Build-
ing, Lowell and Cherry Lane,
Floral Park, N. Y.

Slides

The Lincoln Pioneer Village. 16
slides of New Salem State Park.
$7.50. Order from Society for Vis-
ual Education, 1345 W. Diversey
Parkway, Chicago 14, 111.

Lincoln Sites in Kentucky, Indiana,
and Illinois. This set of 36 slides
includes many views of New Salem.
There is no rental fee, but $.50 is
charged to cover handling and
mailing. Order from the Schools
Committee of the Indiana Histori-
cal Society, 140 N. Senate Ave.,
Indianapolis, Ind.

Recordings

Discs (All are 33 1/3 rpm.)

Abraham Lincoln. Prose and poetry
about Lincoln by Carl Sandburg,
Walt Whitman, Vachel Lindsay,
Stephen Vincent Benet, and others
are read by Sandburg, Orson
Welles, Walter Huston, and Agnes
Moorehead. 12 in., $3.80. Order
from The Children's Record Serv-
ice, 1078 St. John's Place, Brook-
lynl3, N. Y.

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Mid-
nioht. This Rov Harris cantata is
based on the poem by Vachel
Lindsay. 12 in., $3.98. Order from
The Children's Record Service,
1078 St. John's Place, Brooklyn 13,
N. Y.

Ballads of the Civil War. Two 10 in.
records, $5.95 each. Order from
Folkway Records, 1 17 W. 46th St.,
New York, N. Y.

Great American Speeches. This col-
lection includes Lincoln's House
Divided and Cooper Union
speeches and his Gettysburg Ad-
dress, all read by Carl Sandburg.
Two 12 in. records, $11.90 per
set. Order from Caedmon Pub-
lishers, 277 Fifth Ave., New York
16, N. Y.

John Browns Body. The famous
poem by Stephen Vincent Benet
has been adapted by Charles
Laughton and is read by Tyrone
Power, Judith Anderson, and
Raymond Massey. Two 12 in. rec-
ords, $8.00 per set. Order from
Columbia Records Distributors,
160 Eleventh Ave., New York,
N. Y.

A Lincoln Album. Carl Sandburg

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reads exceqDts from his Lincoln
biography and from Lincoln's
speeches. Two 12 in. records,
$11.90 per set. Order from Caed-
mon Publishers, 277 Fifth Ave.,
New York 16, N. Y.
Lincoln Portrait. A narrator reads
excerpts from Lincoln's speeches
to accompany this orchestral work
by Aaron Copland. 12 in., $3.62.
Order from The Children's Record
Service, 1078 St. John's Place,
Brooklyn 1 3, N.Y.

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. $1.00.
Order from Columbia Records
Distributors, 160 Eleventh Ave.,
New York, N. Y.

The Lonesome Train. This story of
the Lincoln funeral train, written
by Earl Robinson and produced
and directed by Norman Corwin,
is suitable for use in the fourth to
sixth grades. 10 in., $3.00. Order
from The Children's Record Serv-
ice, 1078 St. John's Place, Brook-
lyn 13, N.Y.

Nancy Hanks. This recording is one
part of the "Cavalcade of Ameri-
ca" series. 16 in., $6. Order from
the National Association of Sec-
ondary School Principals, 1201 Six-
teenth St. N.W., Washington, D.C.

Readings from Lincoln. These selec-
tions, interpreted by Raymond
Massey, are suitable for use in the
seventh, eighth, and ninth grades.
10 in., $2.25. Order from The Chil-
dren's Record Service, 1078 St.
John's Place, Brooklyn 13, N. Y.

Tapes (Cost: Your tape and a serv-
ice charge of $.50 for fifteen
minutes. Customer pays all post-
age. All of the following tapes
are available from the Visual
Aids Service, University of Illi-
nois, Champaign, 111.)

American Patriots Speak. 15 min.
The Gettysburg Address. 15 min.
A Walk at Midnight — Abraham

Lincoln. 15 min.
Young Mr. Lincoln. 30 min.

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In the Footsteps of Lincoln

Field Trips in Illinois

For a little more than thirty years
Abraham Lincoln lived in Illinois,
and throughout the state there are
memorials to him. In the two cities
most closely connected with Lincoln's
rise to fame — Springfield and Chi-
cago— are historical institutions
whose collections of Lincolniana are
outstanding. School groups may wish
to visit any or all of the historic sites
described below. Their location is
shown on the map on the next page.
Numbers in parentheses correspond
to those on the map.

In 1830 the Lincoln family, in-
cluding twenty -one -year -old Abra-
ham, left their Indiana home to set-
tle in Illinois. The site near Law-
renceville where the Lincolns crossed
the Wabash River on their migration
is now marked by the Lincoln Trail
Monument (1). Designed by sculp-
tress Nellie V. Walker, the monu-
ment shows young Lincoln walking
beside an ox-drawn wagon.

The first Illinois home of the Lin-
colns was a crude log cabin overlook-
ing the Sangamon River some eight
miles southwest of Decatur, near
U.S. Highway 36. The site of the
cabin in the Lincoln Trail Home-
stead State Park (2) is marked by a
plaque.

After his first winter in Illinois,
Thomas Lincoln moved his family
(with the exception of his son Abra-

ham, who had decided to strike out
on his own) to Coles County in east-
ern Illinois. Here Thomas Lincoln
lived on four different farms, finally
settling in 1837 on a farm that is now
the site of Lincoln Log Cabin State
Park (3), south of Charleston near
State Route 130, A replica of the
Lincoln cabin has been erected on the
site of the original homestead. The
park has a shelter house and service
area for the convenience of tourists.
Three miles west of the Lincoln
Cabin is the Shiloh Cemetery (4)
where the Emancipator's father and
stepmother are buried. Also in the
vicinity of the park, near Lerna, is
the Moore Home (5), a state me-
morial, where Lincoln visited his
stepmother in 1861 shortly before he
left for Washington to be inaugurated
President.

In the same year that Thomas Lin-
coln settled in Coles County (1831),
his son Abraham took up residence
in a pioneer village some twenty miles
northwest of Springfield. The town
disappeared less than a decade later,
but today visitors to New Salem State
Park (6) will see the village as it ap-
peared in Lincoln's time. New Salem
is one of the outstanding examples
of historical restoration in the United
States. At regular intervals during the
day guides conduct tours of the park.

New Salem State Park has excel-
lent facilities for tourists. Picnickers

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will find tables, fireplaces, and water,
while a large area has been set aside
for public camping. There are public
restrooms. A refreshment stand, sou-
venir shop, and bookshop near the
entrance to the village proper are
popular attractions. The first Lin-
coln-Berry store is also a postoffice
and souvenir shop. Mail sent from
the village bears the postmark "Lin-
coln's New Salem, Illinois."

Three of Lincoln's New Salem
friends are buried near the park. The
grave of Ann Rutledge is in Oakland
Cemetery (7) southwest of the town
of Petersburg, while the remains of
Mentor Graham, Lincoln's teacher.

lie in Farmer's Point Cemetery (8)
south of New Salem along State
Route 97. A little to the south and
two miles west of that cemetery is
the Rock Creek Presbyterian Church
Cemetery (9) where Lincoln's store
partner, William F. Berry, is buried.

Abraham Lincoln, Representative
from Sangamon County, attended
three sessions of the Illinois General
Assembly in the Vandalia Statehouse
( 10) , which is now a state memorial.
(Vandalia was the state capital from
1822 to 1837.) Visitors to the old
statehouse will see the rooms fur-
nished much as they were in Lin-
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Is the famous "Madonna of the
Trail" statue, one of a series of monu-
ments marking the old National
Road, of which Vandalia was the
terminus.

Lincoln settled in Springfield early
in 1837, shortly after the legislature
had decided to make the city the
state capital and only a few weeks
after he was admitted to the bar.
Over the next twenty-odd years law-
yer Lincoln built up a thriving prac-
tice in the capital city and along the
Eighth Judicial Circuit. In those days
judges traveled to the various county
seats in their districts to hold court.
Lawyers from cities such as Spring-
field usually went from town to town
with the judge to represent clients in
the smaller towns. Lincoln, in fact,
spent almost half of each year riding
the Eighth Circuit, which at one time
or another included Logan, McLean,
Tazewell, DeWitt, Vermilion, Cham-
paign, Woodford, Mason, Sangamon,
Christian, Moultrie, Shelby, Edgar,
and Piatt counties.

Three courthouses where Lincoln
undoubtedly tried cases are now state
memorials. From 1839 to 1847 the
Logan County seat was Postville. In
1953 the Logan County Historical
Society donated to the State of Illi-
nois the land on which the original
Postville Courthouse (11) had stood
— a tract in the southwest part of the
town of Lincoln, Illinois. The state
has since erected a replica of the
courthouse on the site and plans
eventually to furnish the rooms as
they originally appeared. Visitors
may tour the building. There are
public restrooms in the basement.

Lincoln is the only town named for
the Emancipator during his lifetime
(1853) and is also the site of Lin-
coln College, which maintains a per-
manent Lincoln exhibit and other
historical displays open daily to the
public.

In 1847 the Logan County seat was
moved, and circuit court cases were
tried in the Mt. Pulaski Courthouse
(12). The rooms have been restored
and are gradually being furnished
with period pieces. An item of historic
interest on display is Judge David
Davis' gavel.

A fine example of Greek Revival
architecture is the Metamora Court-
house (13), built in 1845 when the
town was the Woodford County seat.
On the first floor of the building is
an exhibit of pioneer implements; the
former courtroom is on the second
floor.

Although not a state memorial, the
old Cass County Courthouse (14) in
Beardstown was the scene of one of
lawyer Lincoln's most famous cases
— the Duff Armstrong trial. The
courthouse now houses a museum.

In 1858, the year of the Armstrong
trial, Abraham Lincoln engaged in
a series of debates with Illinois' Little
Giant, Stephen A. Douglas, during a
campaign for election to the United
States Senate. Details of the Lincoln-
Douglas debates are said to have been
made final at a meeting of the two
contestants on July 29, 1858, at the
home of Francis E. Bryant in Be-
ment. Douglas was then a guest of
Bryant, and Lincoln was in the town
that evening to catch a train. The
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original condition, is now a state me-
morial and is open to visitors from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Plaques mark
the sites of the seven Lincoln-Douglas
debates, which were held in the
towns of Ottawa, Freeport, Jones-
boro, Charleston, Galesburg, Quincy,
and Alton.

For the Lincoln student, a journey
to Springfield is virtually a "must."
Once in the capital city, he will, in
all likelihood, wish to begin his tour
by visiting Lincoln's Home. Located
at the northeast corner of Eighth and
Jackson streets, this two-story struc-
ture is the only home Abraham Lin-
coln ever owned. Here three of his
children were born and one died, and
here, on May 19, 1860, he received
formal notification of his nomination
for the presidency. The home, which
contains many of the original fur-
nishings, has been painstakingly re-
stored to resemble as much as possi-
ble its appearance when the Lincolns
lived here. It is open to the public
every day, except Thanksgiving,
Christmas, and New Year's Day,
from 8 : 30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In the vicinity of the Lincoln
Home are several souvenir shops, and
directly across the street is a small,
privately operated Lincoln Museum.
School groups accompanied by their
teachers are admitted free. Individ-
ual admission fees are $.25 for adults
and $.10 for children from seven to
twelve years of age. Children under
seven are admitted free.

A building closely associated with
Abraham Lincoln is the Sangamon

County Courthouse, said by some au-
thorities to be the most historic build-
ing west of the Alleghenies. Located
on the public square in the heart of
downtown Springfield, the structure
served as the Illinois statehouse from
1840 to 1876. Here Lincoln sat as a
member of the Twelfth General As-
sembly (1840-41), and here also he
argued some two hundred cases be-
fore the Illinois Supreme Court. In
this building he delivered his famous
House Divided Speech on June 16,
1858, and here, on May 3 and 4,
1865, the body of the assassinated
President lay in state.

Springfield's — and Illinois' — most
famous citizen is buried in Oak Ridge
Cemetery in the capital city along
with his wife and three of their four
sons. Lincoln's Tomb was dedicated
in 1874 and has since been twice re-
constructed. Inside the tomb, visitors
will see a model of the Daniel Ches-
ter French statue of the Sixteenth
President which is in the Lincoln Me-
morial in Washington, D.C. Along
the corridors to and from the burial
chamber are statuettes showing Lin-
coln at various stages in his career.
Over the north window in this room
are inscribed Secretary of War Edwin
M. Stanton's famous words, "Now he
belongs to the ages."

Other Springfield sites connected
with Lincoln, many of which are
marked by bronze plaques, are listed
below. For their location in the city
consult the map on the next page.
Numbers on the map correspond to
the list numbers.

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A Springfield Guide

1. Site of the home of Ninian W.
Edwards, northwest corner of the
Centennial Building. Here Abraham
Lincoln and Mary Todd were mar-
ried on November 4, 1842, and here
Mrs. Lincoln died on July 16, 1882.

2. "The Lincoln of the Farewell
Address," a statue by Andrew O'Con-
nor, in front of the Statehouse, Capi-
tol Ave. at Second St.

3. Site of the Globe Tavern, 315
E. Adams St. Here the Lincolns lived
after they were married, and here
Robert Todd Lincoln, their oldest
son, was born.

4. Site of the First Presbyterian
Church, 302 E. Washington St. Mrs.
Lincoln was a member of this church.

The Lincoln pew is now in the pres-
ent First Presbyterian Church, Capi-
tol Ave. and Seventh St.

5. Site of the Joshua F. Speed
store, 105 S. Fifth St. Here Lincoln
lived when he first came to Spring-
field.

6. Site of Stuart and Lincoln law
office, 109 N. Fifth St. Lincoln and
John T. Stuart were law partners
from 1837 to 1841.

7. Site of Logan and Lincoln law
office, southwest corner of Sixth and
Adams streets. Stephen T. Logan was
Lincoln's law partner from 1841 to
1844.

8. Site of the last Lincoln and
Herndon law office, 105 S. Fifth St.

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The partnership of Abraham Lincoln
and William H. Herndon was formed
in 1844 and lasted until 1861.

9. Springfield Marine Bank, 114
S. Sixth St. Lincoln banked here,
and the ledger showing his account is
on display in the bank lobby.

10. Wabash Station, Tenth and
Monroe streets. Here Lincoln de-
livered his Farewell Address when he
left Springfield.

11. CM. Smith store, south side
Courthouse Square near Sixth St. In
a back room on the third floor above
his brother-in-law's store, the newly
elected President wrote his First In-
augural Address. The desk Lincoln
used is now displayed in the Illinois
State Historical Library.

The Illinois State Historical Li-
brary, on the third floor east of the
Centennial Building, has one of the
largest collections of Lincoln docu-
ments in the United States. (It is sur-
passed only by the Library of Con-
gress and the National Archives.)
Visitors to the Library will see many
of these documents on display. Chief
of these is a copy of the Gettysburg
Address in Lincoln's handwriting —
one of five in existence. Lincoln wrote
this copy at the request of orator
Edward Everett, with whom he had
shared the platform at Gettysburg.
It was then sold at a fair for the bene-
fit of Civil War soldiers. The copy
eventually was purchased by the

school children of Illinois with the
assistance of Marshall Field and
given to the Library in 1944. Also on
display in the Horner Lincoln Room
of the Library are various articles be-
longing to the Lincolns and paint-
ings and busts of the Emancipator.
Elsewhere in the Library the visitor
will see the desk upon which Lincoln
wrote his First Inaugural Address, a
bookcase from the Lincoln and Hern-
don law office, and Edward Baker
Lincoln's tombstone. ("Eddie" was
the Lincolns' second son. He died in
1850, shortly before his fourth birth-
day.) School groups can arrange to
hear a talk on the Library's Lincoln
exhibits by writing to James T.
Hickey, Curator of the Lincoln Col-
lection, Illinois State Historical Li-
brary, Centennial Building, Spring-
field, Illinois. The Library also has
Lincoln souvenirs for sale.

The Chicago Historical Society,
among its many excellent exhibits,
has a series of twenty dioramas de-
picting the life of Lincoln. The So-
ciety building is open to the public
every day without charge. School
groups will be given conducted tours
of certain exhibits, including the
Lincoln dioramas, if arrangements
are made in advance. Inquiries
should be directed to Miss Sarajane
Wells, Educational Director, Chicago
Historical Society, North Avenue at
Clark Street, Chicago 14, Illinois.

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This booklet was published by the Illinois Lincoln Sesquicen-
tennial Commission, appointed by Governor William G. Stratton,
July 2, 1958.

Members
Newton C. Farr, Chairman Ralph G. Newman, Vice-Chairman

Alexander Summers, Vice-Chairman Clyde C. Walton, Secretary

John W. Allen
Paul M. Angle
Mrs. John Bailey
Ray A. Billington
Robert G. Bone
Robert B. Browne
George W. Bunn, Jr.
Joseph Burtschi
Eleanor Bussell
Charles H. Coleman
Avery Craven
David Davis IV
Irving Dilliard
Raymond Dooley
Otto Eisenschiml
David V. Felts

Ralph E. Francis
G. B. Gordon
Richard Grummon
Richard Hagen
Mrs. Logan Hay
Virginia Herbert
Arthur R. HIggins
King V. Hostick
James Hurlbut
A. Lincoln James
O. J. Keller
Willard L. King
Frank J. Kinst
Leo A. Lerner
E. B. Long

Paul H. Love
A. L. Marovitz
Charles E. Mason
William E. McElroy
Loring C. Merwin
Vernon L. Nickell
Ira Owen

Mrs. Ruth P. Randall
Marshall W. Rissman
Wheeler Sammons, Jr.
Philip D. Sang
Bernard Schimmel
Robert J. Schmelzle
Alfred Whital Stern
Mrs. Benjamin P. Thomas
Walter Trohan