In addition to our regular features
such as "In the Market" coverage of auction results, recent sales, and pictures
of new finds and discoveries, some past articles have included:
Vol. 1, No. 1 (April, 1995): The History of Lincoln Collecting; The
Assassination Newspapers: Real and Fake; The 1905 Sale of Lincolns' Home;
The Lincoln Campaign "Doughnuts"
Vol.
1, No. 2 (August, 1995): The Photographs of John Wilkes Booth; Can You
Identify these Men?; An Overview of Early Photography
Vol.
1, No. 3 (December, 1995): Collecting and Authenticating Historical Broadsides;
Resource Guide; Collecting Lincoln in Caricature; Edwin Booth Votes for Abe
Lincoln!
Vol.
1, No. 4 (March, 1996): Photographs that Lincoln Signed; Books "In-Wrappers";
White House China; 1860 Campaign Ribbon Sets; Campaign versus Collector's
Medals; Lincoln in Harper's Weekly
Vol.
2, No. 1 (July, 1996): Purchasing a Stolen Document at Auction; Lincoln
in New York Celebration; Campaign and Patriotic Stationery; a Chronology of
Lincoln's Public Speeches
Vol.
2, No. 2 (October, 1996): Lincoln's Cross-Country Tour, "Riding the Rails"
What Happened to the Lincoln Family after the Assassination; An Eyewitness
Account of the Assassination
Vol.
2, No. 3 (January, 1997): Lincoln Trading Cards; Lincoln and Washington
Books; The "Wide Awakes" 1860 and 1864 Ballots
Vol.
2, No. 4 (April, 1997): An Interview with Autograph Dealer Charles Hamilton;
Collecting Jeff Davis; Conservation Basics
Vol.
3, No. 1, 2 (Double Issue) (September, 1997): An Interview with the Distinguished
Dealer Ralph Newman; A Forgery Quiz; Mary Lincoln's other Home; the Supposed
Lincoln Post-Mortem
Vol.
3, No. 3 (December, 1997): The Lincoln's in New Jersey; Strange Fate of
Three Different Abraham Lincolns; the Soldier's Vote in the Field; Brocade
Ribbons
Vol.
3, No. 4 (April, 1998): A Lincoln rally in
Michigan; The "Johnson's Box;" Booth Broadsides; More Unpublished
Photos of J. Wilkes Booth.
Vol.
4 No. 1 (July 1998): An interview with pioneer mail auctioneer
George Rinsland. Autograph dealer Bruce Gimelson describes the "find"
that jump-started his career. Dr. Ronald Rietveld relates his 1952 discovery
of the only existing photograph taken of Lincoln laying-in-state.
Vol.
4 No. 2 (October 1998): A survey of Lincoln
glass and ceramics. Collecting pro and anti-Lincoln cartoon cartes-de-visite.
The little seen or discussed collection of the Lincoln College Museum. The
"Hoffman" dag of "Lincoln" scrutinized. Lincoln as portrayed
on tobacco labels.
Vol
4 Number 3 (January 1999): Sharing the contents of William Everts'
time capsule of Lincoln funeral mementos. A "tough act to follow"
-- Andrew Johnson takes over. Campaign newspapers, with a focus on the Douglas
organ, "The Whip & Spur." Texas Governor Sam Houston runs for president.
Vol.
4 Number 4 (April 1999): Lovable eccentric George Francis Train.
Northern views of the defeated South. The circuitous journey of a bronze commemorative
plaque from Lincoln's catacomb. The youngest, and least known, of the infamous
Booth brothers.
Vol.
5 Numbers 1-2 (July 1999): What became of the Lincoln conspirators
-- their tangible trail. Discussing the legacy and sale of the Captain Andrew
Zabriskie Collection of Lincolniana. The discovery of two unknown and previously
unpublished photographs of John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln and the Union Captain
who "went South."
Vol.
5 Number 3 (December 1999): A Lincoln collection neglected in Japan's
Meisei University. Lincoln as depicted in sheet music and songsters. Revealing
the location of Mathew Brady's studio where the Cooper Union portrait of Lincoln
was actually taken.
Vol.
5 Number 4 (April 2000): Lincoln memorial jewelry. The interesting
career of George T. Brown. A carpetbagger Lincoln ballot from South Carolina.
Rudiments of collecting Lincoln books and imprints. Lincoln inaugural souvenirs
and memorabilia. Identifying various images of Lincoln's Tomb at Oak Ridge
Cemetery.
Vol.
6 Number 1 (Summer 2000): Lincoln's detective -- the Allan Pinkerton
Archive. Collecting Lincoln patriotic and political covers. Tracking and understanding
Lincoln speech imprints. The premier publication of the Library of Congress'
Taft diary.
Vol.
6 Number 2 (Fall 2000): Lincoln's teenage sculptress, Vinnie Ream.
Discovering history in Civil War newspapers. Ward Lamon arranges for the President-elect's
accommodations in Washington -- an unknown letter. Willie Lincoln's memorial
poem and its possible inspiration. Lincoln campaign biographies from 1860.
Vol.
6 Number 3 (Winter 2001): Cassius Marcellus Clay – Kentucky Visionary
or Villain?; Lincoln's first trip to Chicago – New evidence of the actual
visit; Two Campaign Broadsides; The Northern Ministers; The Written Word –
a Continuation of Daniel Pearson's series on Collecting Lincoln Books.
Vol.
6 Number 4 (Spring 2001): The discovery of the first $5 Treasury Note,
found with a Lincoln Letter; First news of the Lincoln Assassination in San
Francisco; An early Lincoln ALS; Lincoln Hoaxes and the "Booth Mummy."
Volume
7 Number 1-2 (Summer/Fall 2001): An interview with Sotheby’s
book and manuscript specialist, Selby Kiffer: Answering reader’s questions
regarding acquiring and maintaining a Lincoln library: An unpublished daguerreotype
of William Herndon: the case for and against Dr. Samuel Mudd.
Volume
7 Number 3 (Winter 2002): A history of the Union League of Philadelphia:
The forged Hannibal Hamlin library stamp: Reflections on the Emancipation
Proclamation and the Leland-Boker printing: Lincoln biographer John Scripps.
Volume
7 Number 4 (Spring 2002): Teddy Roosevelt’s love of Lincoln:
The Civil War legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, Sr.: Some choices involved with
the disposition of an inherited collection: Recommended books for a representative
presidential library.
Volume
8 Numbers 1-2 (Summer/Fall 2002): The less than stellar political
career of John Charles Fremont: Did a favor by Mary Todd Lincoln lead indirectly
to her husband’s assassination? J. Q. Howard’s “missing”
Lincoln biography: Confederate spies seek refuge in Canada after the War:
Buyer Beware–tricky fakes in the market.
Volume
8 Number 3 (Winter 2003): The discovery of a Sarah Bush Johnston
Lincoln photograph: Mark Hofmann’s 1959 wheat penny_–real or counterfeit?
A New York reporter perpetrates a hoax by issuing a bogus presidential proclamation:
Dedication of James O. Hall Research Center.
Volume
8 Number 4 (Spring 2003):
Collecting the books that Lincoln read: Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams:
Lincoln’s “Spirit Advisors” as related in a rare 1902 imprint:
Tips and advice on safeguarding a Lincoln collection.
Volume
9 Numbers 1 and 2 (Summer/Fall 2003): The pen that Lincoln used to
sign the Emancipation Proclamation: An interview with Christie's manuscript
specialist Chris Coover: How Stephen Douglas gained the title of "Judge":
Lincoln's 1848 visit to Worcester, Massachusetts.
Volume
9/Numbers 3 and 4 (Winter/Spring 2004): Lincoln and the Indian peace
medals: Valentines and romance in the Civil War from a collector's perspective:
Lincoln's short-lived New Salem partnership with William Berry: The first
published view of the unique Lincoln Cooper Union ticket: Sale of items from
the estate of Grace Bedell.
Volume
10/Numbers 1 and 2 (Summer/Fall 2004): An in-depth look at the thorny
issue of replevin: Another look at America's "worst" president,
James Buchanan: Lincoln's first year in Illinois, 1830-1831: Lincoln articulates
the Republican Creed in a recently discovered letter.
Volume
10/Numbers 3 and 4 (Winter/Spring 2005): A Lincoln Memorial in Redlands,
California: Another newly discovered John Wilkes Booth photograph: Lincoln's
pastor speaks out candidly about his most famous parishioners, the Lincolns:
Some remarks concerning encased postage stamps of the Civil War: Bogus Lincoln
banners and ribbons: A report on the Lloyd "O" Sale of Lincolniana.
Volume
11 Numbers 1-2 (Summer/Fall 2205). The
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum opens – The Game of
Politics: Sports and Performance Imagery – Legal and tax concerns for
collectors – Robert Todd Lincoln townhouse and original Uncle Tom's
Cabin for sale – Joseph Chandler's Lincoln painting.
Volume
11 Number 3 (Winter 2006). Steppingstone to the White House:
The Great Debate of '58 – Postal and Fractional Currency of the Civil
War – Lincoln's advice to would-be lawyers – Conservation tips.
Volume
11 Number 4 (Spring/Summer 2006). Newly-discovered letter sheds
light on the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation – Lincoln Collector
Emmett Fostell: Vaudevillian, Enigma – Lincoln's home described in 1867.
Volume
12 Numbers 1-2 (Fall/Winter 2006). Ben Butler: Lincoln's original
choice for running mate in 1864 – The story behind the Newark Wide Awakes
presentation lantern – Lincoln Ballots and Tickets: 1840-1860 –
The Spread at the 1865 Inaugural Ball – Some thoughts on the Lincoln
penny.
Volume
12 Number 3 (Spring 2007). Mary Todd Lincoln's Insanity Letters
Resurface – John Rogers' The Council of War – A Wide Awake paraphernalia
price list from 1860.
Volume
12 Number 4 (Summer 2007). An anti-Lincoln fusion parade in NY
– The other Lincoln rocker – Lincoln's bed – Funeral procession
in Chicago – Booth's Secession Crisis speech dissected.
