Thompson Collection of Lincolniana

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Contact for questions and access:
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-1108
Fax: (804) 828-0151
Restrictions:

Collection is open for use without restrictions.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

Box/folder, Thompson Collection of Lincolniana, M 4, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Summary

Extent:
1 Linear Feet
Language:
English .
Preferred citation:

Box/folder, Thompson Collection of Lincolniana, M 4, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.

Background

Scope and content:

Chiefly articles, pamphlets, newspaper clippings, photographs, and memorabilia, together with scattered correspondence, bills and receipts pertaining to Abraham Lincoln.

Acquisition information:
Donated to the Special Collections and Archives Department by Mr. and Mrs. T. Roger Thompson in May 1974. Supplemented by an additional gift in June 1976.
Processing information:

Collection processed in March 1987.

Arrangement:

The materials are arranged as donated.

Series I--Nineteenth Century Memorabilia (undated, 1856,1858-1860, 1863, 1869, 1871, 1892, 1924)

Series II--Photographs (undated, 1860, 1956, 1964)

Series III--Correspondence (1896, 1927)

Series IV-- Lincoln's Tomb and Statue Ceremonies (1930-1931, 1941)

Series V--Twentieth Century Pamphlets about Lincoln and Illinois (undated, 1920, 1952-1962)

Series Series VI-- Additional materials (undated, 1808, 1832, 1865, 1956-1957, 1963)

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard