United States -- History -- Civil War -- 1861-1865 -- Collectibles
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
F. Ray Risdon Collection of Lincolniana and American Political Life
Collection
Identifier: SCRIS-039
Abstract
F. Ray Risdon collected Lincolniana for almost fifty years. His collection passed to Occidental College Library in 1957, by which time he had amassed 3000 monographs, 1500 pamphlets, and 85 linear feet of non-book items. Of special interest to Mr. Risdon were the myriad ways in which people choose to commemorate President Lincoln, and this collection includes not only a wide variety of commemorative material, but also correspondence regarding the creation of a Lincolniana collection...
Dates:
Majority of material found in 1799-1972