1. Books, Pamphlets, and Other Printed Materials v.d.
Letters, Speeches, Writings of Abraham Lincoln 1861-1928
Abraham Lincoln's letter to General Hooker January 26, 1863; with a foreword by M.L. Houser. Peoria, Illinois: Edward J. Jacob 1928
Abraham Lincoln - his book. New York: McGlure, Phillips & Company 1904
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Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress at the commencement of the second session of the Thirty-seventh Congress 1861
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“Lincoln's letter to a discouraged student, July 22, 1860.” Gardena, California: Spanish American Institute Press 1928
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Abraham Lincoln, his book. New York: McClure, Phillips 1903
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Inaugural address of the President of the United States, on the fourth of March, 1861 [1861]
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Writings About Abraham Lincoln
Oakleaf, Joseph Benjamin. “The great task assumed by Abraham Lincoln and the burden he had to bear.” Cedar Rapids, Iowa: Masonic Library 1925
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Meese, Williain A. “Abraham Lincoln - incidents in his life relating to waterways.” [Noline, Illinois: Desaulniers & Company [1908 ].
Martin, Willsie. “Lincoln's trail to greatness.” [Los Angeles: The Institute Press] 1952
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Oakleaf, Joseph Benjamin. “National Union Convention of 1864 and why Lincoln was not nominated by acclamation.” Moline: Carlson Printing Company 1924
McClelland, Stewart W. “Lincoln the tolerant.” Knoxville, Tennessee: Archer & Smith Printing Company, [1941?].
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Lindstrom, Ralph G. “Lincoln, the political statesman.” Reprinted from Western Medical Times
“Life mask of Abraham Lincoln.” Taken from Century Magazine December 1881 [Berkshire? Museum of Natural History and Art?]. 1881
The Lincoln Herald, quarterly published by Lincoln Memorial University. Harrogate, Tennessee 1941-1952
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Lincoln Centennial Association addresses delivered at the annual banquet held at Springfield, Illinois February 11, 1911
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Houser, M.L. The books that Lincoln read. Peoria 1929
McMurtry, Robert Gerald. “Lincoln's friend, Douglas.” [Elsah, Illinois?]: The Principia Corporation 1946
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One hundred and twelfth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, celebrated by Charter Members of the Lincoln Club of California ... Los Angeles February 12, 1921
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Hill, John Wesley. “America needs today a reincarnation of the spirit and principles of Lincoln.” An address delivered July 8, 1933 1933
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One hundred thirty-third anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, observed by the Lincoln Club of Los Angeles ... February 12, 1942
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Warren, Louis A. Little known facts about Thanksgiving and Lincoln's proclamation. [Fort Wayne, Indiana?], Lincoln. National Life insurance Company 1939
Quinby, Laurie J. “Jofferson-Lincoln symposium of what constitutes Americanism, selected and arranged by Laurie J. Quinby.” Los Angeles: Davies Printing Company 1936
Randall, J.G. “Has the Lincoln theme been exhausted?” Reprinted from The American Historical Review. vol.41, no.2 (January 1936)
Scripps, John Locke. Life of Abraham Lincoln, 1860 Campaign. Foreword and notes by H.L. Houser. Peoria: Edward J. Jacob 1931
Strong, J.D. “The nation's sorrow.” San Francisco: George L. Kenny & Company 1865
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Tarbell, Ida M. “Abraham Lincoln: Lincoln's boyhood in Kentucky and Indiana.” In: McClure's Magazine, vol.5, no.6 (November 1895)
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Tarbell, Ida M. In Lincoln's chair. New York: MacMillan Company 1920
Warren, Louis A. Souvenir of Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, Hodgenville, Kentucky. Morganfield, Kentucky: Munford Publishing Company [1927]
White, Horace. “The Lincoln and Douglas debates.” Chicago: University of Chicago Press [1914]
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One hundred thirty-second anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, observed by the Lincoln, Club of Los Angeles ... February 12, 1941
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White, Charles T. “Lincoln and the newspapers.” Harrogate, Tennessee November 11, 1923
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Hertz, Emanuel. Notes on the Herndon-Weik Collection of original Lincoln manuscripts, documents and other papers, with some extracts from “Lincoln as his partner (Herndon) knew him” by Albert J. Beveridge. New York: Alexander Press 1934?
The Abraham Lincoln Quarterly. Springfield, Illinois: the Abraham Lincoln Association 1945-1948
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Abraham Lincoln, the Great Emancipator. Boston: John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company [1926]
Angle, Paul M. Lincoln in Springfield. A guide to the places in Springfield which were associated with the life of Abraham Lincoln. [Springfield, Illinois]: the Abraham Lincoln Association c1935, 1938
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Angle, Paul M. Lincoln in the year 1855, being the day-by-day activities of Abraham Lincoln during that year. Springfield: The Abraham Lincoln Association [1929]
Angle, Paul M. The Marine Bank; the story of the oldest bank in Illinois. Springfield: [Springfield Marine Bank] 1931
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The annual commemoration of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln by the Lincoln Memorial University ... Washington, D.C. February 12, 1931. Lincoln Memorial University. Cumberland Gap, Tennessee, 1931. 1931
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Atwood, Harry. “Lincoln and the Constitution.” February 12, 1929
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Blakeslee, Francis Durbin. “How my father secured Lincoln's autograph.” Spanish American Institute Press 1927
Bullard, F. Lauriston. “The other Lincoln.” Harrogate, Tennessee June 1, 1942
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Bulletin of the Abraham Lincoln Association, no.19 (June 1930)
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Cowgill, Frank Brooks. “Lincoln regnant.” Institute Press, Wood, Wood and Wood 1942
Freeport's Lincoln. Freeport, The Lincoln-Douglas Society [1929]
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Harlow-Goetz, Elizabeth. “The. simplicity of greatness arid the greatness of simplicity.” San Diego: L.E. Gillet 1915 [?]
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Miscellaneous Publications Not Directly Related to Lincoln
Warren, Louis A. “Hannaniah Lincoln in Revolution and pioneer history.” Reprinted from Indiana Magazine of History March 1929
“In Memoriam: Joseph Benjamin Oakleaf.” Peoria: Oakwood Lincoln Club 1930
Lee, Alfred E. The Battle of Gettysburg. Columbus, Ohio: A.H. Smythe 1888
Oakleaf, Joseph Benjamin. “Hobbies; an address on the collection of Lincoln literature.” Rock Island, Illinois: Augusta Book Concern 1923
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Nineteenth Annual Lincoln Dinner of the Republican Club of the City of New York . . . February 13, 1905
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Nicolay, Helen. “The education of an historian [John G. Nicolay].” In: The Abraham Lincoln Quarterly, vol.3, no.3 (September 1944)
2. Lincoln Organizations, Museums, and Memorials
Abraham Lincoln Association. Springfield, Illinois.
Illinois Centennial Commission 1913
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. Fort Wayne, Indiana. (Folder 1 of 2)
Lincoln National Life Insurance Company. Fort Wayne, Indiana. (Folder 2 of 2)
Lincoln Memorial University, Tennessee. (Folder 1 of 2)
Lincoln Memorial University, Tennessee. (Folder 2 of 2)
Lincoln Shrine. Redlands, California.
Lincoln Museum and House Where Lincoln Died. Washington, D.C.
New Salem State Park and other state parks, Illinois.
Lincoln Museum and Historical States, miscellaneous.
Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. - Dedication, printed matter.
Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C. - Photographs.
Miscellaneous Lincoln Organizations.
Facsimiles of Lincoln letters and speeches.
Photographs of people and places associated with Lincoln.
Other pictures of people and places associated with Lincoln.
Photographs of printings, etc. of Lincoln.
Miscellaneous portraits of Lincoln.
Photographs of Lincoln.
Lincoln museums, historical sites, memorials.
Abraham Lincoln Association.
Lincoln Centennial Association.
Lincoln Memorial University. Harrogate, Tennessee.
Lincoln National Life Foundation.
Miscellaneous Lincoln Associations.
3. Articles and Newspaper Clippings, Publishers' and Book Dealers' Announcements of Lincolniana
Articles and Clippings relating to Lincoln 1865-1955
Scrapbook of newspaper clippings on Lincoln ca. 1892-1896
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Articles and clippings relating to Lincoln 1865-1899
Articles and clippings relating to Lincoln 1900-1919
Articles and clippings relating to Lincoln 1920-1929
Articles and clippings relating to Lincoln 1930-1939
Articles and clippings relating to Lincoln 1940-1945
Articles and clippings relating to Lincoln 1946-1949
Articles and clippings relating to Lincoln 1950-1955
Announcements of books on Lincoln.
Publishers and Dealers in Lincolniana (Price Lists, etc.)
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop.
Lincolniana Publishers.
Midland Rare Book Company.
Miscellaneous.
Publishers' and book dealers' announcements of Lincolniana.
4. Artifacts and Memorabilia
Photograph on glass, taken in 1858 by H.H. Cole. 1858
Piece of wood taken from the Lincoln Room of the White House during the renovation 1951
Metal bas-relief, profile of Lincoln. (7” diameter) framed in wood (10” square).
Political memorabilia 1860-1865
Paperweight with Lincoln's profile in bas-relief made by the Mosaic Tile Company.
Miscellaneous ephemera.
Miscellaneous ephemera.
Miscellaneous ephemera.
Miscellaneous ephemera.
Framed reproduction of painting of Abraham Lincoln undated
Framed reproduction of painting of Abraham Lincoln undated
Framed bronze example of the gold medal presented to Mrs. Abraham Lincoln by the French Democracy undated
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6. Portraits and Writings of Lincoln
Portraits of Abraham Lincoln.
People and places associated with Lincoln.
Letters, speeches, writings of Lincoln.
Original drawings of Lincoln.
7. Writings about Abraham Lincoln
Barton, Robert, Lincoln the Grocer. Foxboro, Massachusetts: Brochure Publishing Company
Shepherd, William G. “Shattering the Myth of John Wilkes Booth's Escape. An Adventure in Journalism.” Harper's Monthly Magazine n.d.
McMurty, H. Gerald. The Different Editions of the “Debates of Lincoln and Douglas.” Reprint from the Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (vol.27, no.1) 1934
McMurty, R. Gerald. The Lincolns in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. Fort Wayne, Indiana: Lincolniana Publishers 1932
McMurty, R. Gerald. “Lincoln Knew Shakespeare.” Reprint from the Indiana Magazine of History (vol.31, no.4) December 1935
Newcomb, Rexford. Lincoln in Art. Chicago: The Home of Books, Incorporated 1939
Nicolay, John G., and Hay, John. “Abraham Lincoln: A History.” The Century Magazine (vol.33, no.1) November 1886
Packard, R.D. “Ohio Helped Make Lincoln President.” Reprint from the Sohioan (employee magazine of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio) February 1942
Packard, R.D. Was Lincoln a Failure at Fifty? Cleveland, Ohio: The Tower Press [1939]
Locke, Alain. The Negro in America. Chicago: American Library Association 1933
Schurz, Carl, Abraham Lincoln, an Essay. Boston, New York, and Chicago: Houghton Mifflin Company [1891]
The Roiné Medal of Abraham Lincoln, n.p. n.d.
Smith, F. Hyatt. The First American. Kenmore, New York: Kenmore Presbyterian C.E. Society n.d.
Townsend, William H. The Boarding School of Mary Todd Lincoln. Privately printed: Lexington, Kentucky 1941
Townsend, William H. “Lincoln and Liquor.” The Atlantic Monthly (vol.153, no.2) February 1934
Warren, Louis A. From White House to Log Cabin. Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson at the Birth Place of Abraham Lincoln. n.p. [1921]
Warren, Louis A. Lincoln Log Cabin. Hodgenville, Kentucky, ”The Cradle of Lincoln.“ Morganfield, Kentucky: The Munford Publishing Company [1927]
Witt, Peter. “Abraham Lincoln, The Man of Sorrow.” The Standard Oil Company, Ohio n.d.
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Artemus Ward on his Visit to Abe Lincoln (Letter 3). Chicago: The Poor Richard Press Christmas 1939
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Aked, C.F., rev., “Lincoln and Gladstone: Twin Giants of the English-Speaking Race.” Sunday, February 10, 1929 Los Angeles, California.
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Richards, D.J. The Story of Abraham Lincoln's Assassination. Los Angeles, California: Crescent Printing Company n.d.
Bullock, John M. “President Lincoln's Visiting-card. The Story of the Parole of a Confederate Officer.” Century Magazine February 1898
Bateman, Newton. Abraham Lincoln. 1819, 1932
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Shaler, Clarence Addison. A Tribute to Abraham Lincoln. Pasadena, California 1937
Jones, Thomas D. Memories of Lincoln. New York: Press of the Pioneers, Incorporated 1934
Bradford, Gamaliel, “The Wife of Abraham Lincoln.” In Harper's Monthly Magazine n.d.
The Centenary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1909. Program of Exercises in commemoration of that event. Washington, D.C., Osborn H. Oldroyd 1908
Choate, Joseph H. “The Career and Character of Abraham Lincoln.” November 13, 1900
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Cigrand, Dr. Bernard J. Abraham Lincoln, Prophet and Patriot, Aurora, Illinois: Published by the author 1925
Cogwill, Frank Brooks. Lincoln Regnant. Printed by the Institute press for distribution as souvenirs of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the Lincoln Fellowship of, Southern California, held at Los Angeles, California February 14th, 1942
Croffut, William A. “Lincoln's Washington, Recollections of a Journalist who Knew Everybody.” Atlantic Monthly
Depew, Chauncey M., “Leaves From My Autobiography. Childhood and Youth - In Public Life - Abraham Lincoln.” Scribner's Magazine (vol.70, no.5) November, 1921
Hughes, Edwin Holt. Lincoln Birthday Service. The Grand Army Hall and Memorial Association of Illinois Tuesday, February 12th, 1929 n.p. n.d.
Doubleday, Abner. Gettysburg Made Plain. A Succinct Account of the Campaign and Battles, with the Aid of one Diagram and Twenty-Nine Maps. New York: The Century Company 1909
Hubbard, Elbert Little Journeys to the Homes of American Statesmen - Abraham Lincoln. New York and London: Putnam's Sons 1898
Houser, M.L. Some Religious Influences which Surrounded Lincoln. Peoria, Illinois: Lester O. Schriver 1941
Houser, M.L. The Education of Abraham Lincoln. Peoria, Illinois: Lester O. Schriver 1938
“The Battle of the First Day at Gettysburg. By the Chief of Artillery of the Army of the Potomac.” Century Magazine November 1886
Giger, H. Douglas. 1821, 1861, 1901: The Story of the Sangamon County Courthouse. Springfield, Illinois: Phillips Brothers 1901
Forrester, Clara Prentice. Tribute to the Mother of Abraham Lincoln. n.p.: [Poinsettia Printery 1937 ].
Fitz-Patrick, Gilbert. “Abraham Lincoln. His Environment and his Period Contrasted with Present Conditions.” Lincoln Day Address
Douglass, Frederick. Oration delivered at the Unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Memory of Abraham Lincoln. New York: The Pathway Press 1940
8. Photographs and reproductions
7.3 Lantern Slides
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Photographs, sketches, and paintings of Abraham Lincoln undated
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Photographs and sketches of Abraham Lincoln in group portraits undated
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Photographs, sketches, and paintings of people and places of personal significance undated
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Busts of Abraham Lincoln undated
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Statues of Abraham Lincoln undated
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Lincoln documents undated
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Miscellaneous documents undated
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Monuments, landmarks, and other places of significance undated
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Lincoln-era individuals undated
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Miscellaneous individuals undated
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Log cabins undated
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Animals undated
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7.4 Glass Plate Negatives
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Places associated with Abraham Lincoln undated
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7.1 Posters
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Item 1 Black and white image of an Abraham Lincoln statue undated
Item 2 Black and white reproduction of a sketch of Abraham Lincoln seated undated
Item 3 Image of an 1864 quote by Abraham Lincoln on the topic of property undated
Item 4 Printing press demonstration piece featuring a reproduction of Allen Tupper True's portrait of Abraham Lincoln undated
Item 5 Reproduction of an Abraham Lincoln portrait by Solomon Nuñes Carvalho 1961
Item 6 Two-sided reproduction highlighting the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation undated
Item 7 Image of a 1912 cartoon by H. T. Webster related to Abraham Lincoln's birth undated
7.2 Black and White Photographs
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Oversize portraits of Abraham Lincoln undated
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Oversize images of people and places of personal significance undated
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Oversize images of monuments, landmarks, and other places of significance undated
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Oversize statues of Abraham Lincoln undated
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Portraits of Abraham Lincoln (folder 1 of 5) undated
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Portraits of Abraham Lincoln (folder 2 of 5) undated
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Portraits of Abraham Lincoln (folder 3 of 5) undated
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Portraits of Abraham Lincoln (folder 4 of 5) undated
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Portraits of Abraham Lincoln (folder 5 of 5) undated
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Abraham Lincoln in group portraits undated
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People and places of personal significance undated
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Busts of Abraham Lincoln undated
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Statues of Abraham Lincoln (folder 1 of 2) undated
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Statues of Abraham Lincoln (folder 2 of 2) undated
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Monuments, landmarks, and other places of significance undated
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Photographic reproduction of national Republican chart from the 1860 presidential campaign undated
Lincoln-era individuals 1914-1943
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Miscellaneous individuals undated
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Photograph album containing cartes-de-visite and small images of Abraham Lincoln and his family undated
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5. Miscellaneous Ephemera
Miscellaneous ephemera.
Miscellaneous ephemera.
Miscellaneous ephemera.
Miscellaneous ephemera.