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Register of the Shutes Collection of Lincolniana,
1860-1959
Mss52
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Title: Shutes Collection of Lincolniana,
Date (inclusive): 1860-1959
Collection number: Mss52
Creator:
Milton Henry Shutes
Extent: .5 linear ft.
Repository:
University of the Pacific. Library. Holt-Atherton Department of
Special Collections
Stockton, CA 95211
Shelf location: For current information on the location of
these materials, please consult the library's online catalog.
Language: English.
Collection is open for research.
[Identification of item], Shutes Collection of Lincolniana, Mss52,
Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections, University of the Pacific
Library
A collection of pamphlets, letters, and published documents on President
Lincoln's career, assassination, and legacy. It was collected and compiled by
Dr. Milton H. Shutes (1883-1964), an amateur historian, physician and member of
the University of California Student Health Service staff (1913-1945). Dr.
Shutes published Lincoln and California (1943) and Lincoln and the doctors
(1957).
The collection is in two boxes. Box 1 contains Shutes' correspondence,
miscellaneous Lincoln reminiscences, Shutes' book accession records and a bound
catalogue of his library. Box 2 is a collection of various Lincoln -related
pamphlets. The Special Collections library also includes some books on Lincoln
collected by Dr. Shutes.