Guide to the Charles Thomas Baker Papers
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University of California, Santa Barbara
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Guide to the Charles Thomas Baker Papers, ca. 1920s-1940s
Collection number: Wyles Mss 2
Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara
Contact Information:
- Department of Special Collections
- Davidson Library
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara, CA 93106
- Phone: (805) 893-3062
- Fax: (805) 893-5749
- Email: special@library.ucsb.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucsb.edu/speccoll/speccoll.html
- Processed by:
- D. Tambo
- Date Completed:
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17 October 2002
- Encoded by:
- David C. Gartrell
© 2003 Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Charles Thomas Baker Papers,
Date (inclusive): ca. 1920s-1940s
Collection Number: Wyles Mss 2
Creator:
Baker, Charles T.
Extent:
.8 linear feet
(2 document boxes)
Repository:
University of California, Santa Barbara. Library. Department of Special Collections
Santa Barbara, California 93106-9010
Physical Location: Del Sur
Abstract: Ca. 1920s-1940s. Correspondence, photographs, postcards, clippings and other ephemera regarding Abraham Lincoln and Indiana.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Access Restrictions
None.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given
on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply
permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
Preferred Citation
Charles Thomas Baker Papers. Wyles Mss 2. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa
Barbara.
Acquisition Information
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kridler, 1983.
Scope and Content of Collection
The personal papers of a newspaper owner and editor (Grandview, Indiana
Monitor), and a Lincoln enthusiast. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, daybook, postcards, and other ephemera regarding
Lincoln and Indiana, ca. 1920s-1940s. The focus of Baker's research was in establishing Lincoln's connection to Indiana and
his residency there. Other scholars have maintained that Lincoln left Kentucky directly for Illinois. This collection was
donated by Anne Baker Kridler, the daughter of Charles T. Baker. Anne Baker Kridler was distantly related to Abraham Lincoln
via her mother's family whose surname was Grigsby.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
Series 1.
Correspondence
Scope and Content Note
Mainly relating to Baker's research with regard to Lincoln's association with the town of Grandview Indiana and the Grigsby
family. Also includes financial and personal documents related to Baker and other family members, as well as a number of related
clippings.
Box 1: 1 - 3
Lincoln crossing at Grandview, 1927 - 1937
Box 1: 4
Correspondence, general, 1939 - 1942
Box 1: 5
Personal correspondence and financial records, 1910 - 1944
Box 1: 6
Documents and receipts, mostly related to land and property, 1906 - 1942
Box 1: 7
Property, tax, and land documents, 1904 - 1931
Series 2.
Writings by Charles Baker
Scope and Content Note
Mainly research notes with related clippings and several short works, some fictional, related to Lincoln.
Box 2: 1
Writings and research notes, clippings, 1927 - 1942
Box 2: 2
Typescripts by Charles Baker of his works relating to Lincoln, 1932 - 1936
Series 3.
Writings by Others
Scope and Content Note
Includes: "Lincoln in Indiana" a typescript of a play in three acts, n.d., Miscellaneous short stories (in journals), poems,
and clippings.
Box 2: 3
Lincoln in Indiana,- Typescript of a play in three acts, n.d.
Box 2: 4
Short stories (in journals), poems, and clippings, 1911 - 1941
Box 2: 5
Lincolniana - Typescripts, articles, clippings, 1929 - 1966
Series 4.
Miscellany
Scope and Content Note
Includes photographs, postcards, clippings, ephemera related to Baker and his Lincoln-related work.
Box 2: 6
Photographs (snapshots, presumably of Baker and Kridler families), n.d.
Box 2: 7
Postcards (all related to Lincoln/Lincoln in Indiana), 1922 - 1933
Box 2: 8
Clippings (mainly related to Lincoln in Indiana/Lincoln Highway project; brief obituary for Charles Baker), 1928 - 1930
