Clyde O. Summers Papers
Document Type
Finding Aid
Publication Date
11-9-2018
Inclusive Dates--Span
1865-1974
Inclusive Dates--Bulk
1942-1974
Scope and Content Note
This collection contains letters, emails, articles, and newspaper clippings concerning Abraham Lincoln's baptism.
Biographical Note
The collection was donated by Clyde O. Summers to ACC Library in 1974 and was accepted by ACC President, John C. Stevens
Donor Note
Clyde O. Summers
Arrangement
This collection has retained its original arrangement from its initial accession into the University Manuscripts. It has been reboxed.
Content List
Box #1 Books on Abraham Lincoln (7) Photocopy of the Illinois State Journal reporting the Lincoln assassination (Vol. XVII, No. 262, Springfield, Illinois, April 17, 1865) Photostatic copies of a letter and its envelope from G.M. Weimer to Clyde O. Summers regarding the baptism of Lincoln by John O’Kane, dated October 5, 1942 Emails printed for Erma Loveland concerning Abraham Lincoln’s baptism by John O’Kane, the correspondence between Clyde Summers and G.M. Weimer, and further email correspondence between Erma Loveland, David Wilkinson, Tom Olbricht, John Mark Hicks, and Steve Wolfgang Handwritten note on scrap of notebook paper to Abilene Christian College concerning the above materials dated August 14, 1974 Copy of letter from ACC President John C. Stevens accepting the above materials for the ACC Library and thanking Clyde O. Summers for the gift Copy of article from the Christian Leader on Abraham Lincoln’s baptism Printed emails concerning the baptism of Abraham Lincoln from Shaun Casey Parts of The New York Herald dated April 15, 1865 which reports the Lincoln assassination Photocopies of articles taken from various places on Abraham Lincoln and his family Newspaper clippings of articles pertaining to Lincoln
Subjects
Other
Language
ENGLISH
Extent of Collection
One Box
Manuscript Number
Center for Restoration Studies Manuscript #351
Physical Location
Center for Restoration Studies
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], File or Folder Name, Clyde O. Summers Papers. Center for Restoration Studies MS #351. Milliken Special Collections, Brown Library. Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX
Processing Status
Processed
Finding Aid created by
Sarah Dannemiller
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