Editor's Note: The year 1940 began with Volume 42 Number 2. Volume 42 Number 1 ended year 1939.

VOLUME 42 NUMBER 2 (FEBRUARY 1940)

An Invitation to Commencement May 31, June 1-3, 1940 1

Celebrating the Growth of an Idea 2

Fifty Years of Achievement 3

An Epic Figure is Made Real 6

Our Distinguished Guests 8

Governor Cooper in Tribute 9

Congratulatory Messages 10

Mary Howard Sweetheart 13

She Was Bounced on Lincoln's Knee 17

Mr. Goetz Takes a Bow 18

LMU in the Movies 20

Significant Lincoln Collection Acquired 23

A Relic for the Lincoln Room 24

Lincoln, The National Messiah 33

 

VOLUME 42 NUMBER 3 (MAY 1940)

A Rendezvous After Seventy-Five Years 1

Annual Congress of Daughters of the Union 3

New Officers Are Chosen 6

A Comparison of Lincoln and Lee 8

The Yanks Came, Saw --- and Conquered 10

 

VOLUME 42 NUMBER 4 (JULY 1940)

On The Lincoln Trail by F. Lauristan Bullard 1

Pilgrimage in Honor of Mr. Meserve 5

An English Tribute to Lincoln 8

Frederick Hill Meserve. Lincoln Fellow 9

A Poet Muses About Lincoln 12

Sandburg in Classic Circles 14

Prime Minister of Canada Admirer of Lincoln 16

He Was photographed With Lincoln (Isaac R. Diller) 17

 

VOLUME 43 NUMBER 1 (MARCH 1941)

A Great Lincoln Collection 2

Lincoln Poster Stamps 9

Learning of Lincoln 10

Lincoln Painting by Uhl 14

Lincoln on Stage, Screen, and Radio 15

Incident in a Benefactor's Life 19

Speakers on Lincoln 21

Holiday for Students 22

Katy's Brave Fight 23

Religious Emphasis Week 24

Washington Alumni 24

Campus of the Future 24

Colonel Brown Passes 25

F. B. I. Man Speakes 25

Fourth Rank Orator 25

The Illinois 26

Lincoln: Living Legend 27

A Treasury of the World's Great Letters 27

Twelve Sunday's Abroad 28

Lincoln An American Classic 28

 

VOLUME 43 NUMBER 2 (JUNE 1941)

Lincoln Shrines of California 2

Famous Lincoln Bed Preserved 6

A Portrait and a Tribute [Dr. Stewart W. McClelland] 9

Diploma of Honor [Dr. F. Lauristan Bullard] 11

Passing of Beverly W. Howe 12

Editorial: Our One Urgent Need 13

The Challenge to Americans 14

A Strong Lincoln Analyzed 16

Our Roll of Honor 18

Awards to Students 21

Alumni Reunion 22

 

VOLUME 43 NUMBER 3 (OCTOBER 1941)

The Lincolns in Tennessee, Part I 2

Tracing An Historic Flight 10

A Tribute in Pictures 17

Friends Join in Felicitations 20

A Friend and a Patron Passes 22

Into the World Storm 24

Society of Friends for L. M. U. 26

New Trustees 29

D. A. R. Visitors 31

 

VOLUME 43 NUMBER 4 (DECEMBER 1941)

Lincoln and Byron 2

The Lincolns in Tennessee, Part II 14

New Dedication at L. M. U. 20

Rally of L. M. U. Friends 21

"What's In A Name?" 22

 

VOLUME 44 NUMBER 1 (FEBRUARY 1942)

The Lincolns In Tennessee, Part III 2

Katharine Pettit 10

Life of Lincoln in Portraiture 14

The Library of Alfred W. Stern 16

The Jaquess-Gilmore Peace Mission 19

Keep the Flag Flying 22

Lincoln Birthday Observance 23

 

VOLUME 44 NUMBER 2 (JUNE 1942)

Lincoln and Linder in Kentucky, Part I 2

The Library of Carl W. Schaefer 4

Lincoln in Other Countries 7

Lincoln Sculptor Honored 9

Plea for Consecrated Service 15

What Are You Worth? 17

 

VOLUME 44 NUMBER 3 - 4 (OCTOBER - DECEMBER 1942)

Lincoln and Linder in Illinois 2

The Judge and his Lincoln 6

Salute from Cuba 12

Mrs. Bixby Gets a Letter 13

Lincoln and Davis 17

Editorial - L. M. U. in the War 19

Dedication of the Civil War Library 20

Son is Honored 24

Last of the Founders [Dr. Frederick Burt Avery] 27

 

 

VOLUME 45 NUMBER 1 (FEBRUARY 1943)

A Kentucky Lincolnian by Winston J. Coleman, Jr. 2

Who Wrote the Letter to Mrs. Bixby? by Roy P. Basler 7

Forgotten Bust of Lincoln by Robert L. Kincaid 16

Thomas Lincoln's Corner Cupboard by R. Gerald McMurtry 19

How Lincoln "Lost" His Inaugural Address by Colonel James T. Sterling 23

Editorial - "The Stuff of Heroes" 26

Training Films at L. M. U. 28

 

VOLUME 45 NUMBER 2 (JUNE 1943)

The Lincoln-Douglas Debates by Jay Monaghan 2

Living in the Lincoln Spirit 12

Indiana Enters Lincoln Field by Robert L. Kincaid 15

An Incident of Friendship by Dr, Robert Stephens 18

The Poets Portray Lincoln by Octavia Roberts Corbeau 22

"The Perfect Tribute" 28

Classical Lincoln Music 30

Thomas Lincoln's Corner Cupboard by R. Gerald McMurtry 35

A Chat about Recent Publications 41

 

VOLUME 45 NUMBER 3 (OCTOBER 1943)

New Mission of the Lincoln Herald 2

Dr. Anson G. Henry by Harry E. Pratt 3

Among the Historical Groups 18

Workshop of a Lincoln Scholar by Rufus Rockwell Wilson 27

L. M. U. Publications 32

Disappointed Presidential Hopefuls in 1860 by R. Gerald McMurtry 35

 

VOLUME 45 NUMBER 4 (DECEMBER 1943)

Sorting Ideas for the Lincoln Herald 2

Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln by Thomas J. Pickett 3

A Californian's Collection of Lincolniana by Ralph G. Lindstrom 12

Lincoln, John Brown, and Kossuth by F. Lauristan Bullard 21

Old Pigeon Creek Minute Book Sold by Bess V. Ehrmann 25

Activities in the Historical Groups 27

Round-the-World Tributes to Lincoln 28

A Life Enriched by a Photograph by Robert L. Kincaid 29

Dr. Anson G. Henry, Part II by Harry E. Pratt

From L. M. U. Archives. The Gettysburg Dedication 41

 

VOLUME 46 NUMBER 1

VOLUME 46 NUMBER 2 (JUNE 1944)

The Will of Katharine Burke Has Been Probated by Thomas I. Starr 2

Lincoln and the Quaker Woman by F. Lauristan Bullard 9

Ida M. Tarbell by Rufus Rockwell Wilson 13

Actor Friend of Abraham Lincoln by R. Gerald McMurtry 19

A Booth Fantasy by Otto Eisenschiml 25

Profile of Carl Sandburg by Elmer Gertz 28

Obscure Authors in Lincoln Field by R. Gerald McMurtry 32

Campbell and Linton by C. C. Tisler 33

Lincoln Greets Ashtabula by John H. Cramer 38

Lincoln and the Union Pacific by William G. Murphy 40

From the L. M. U. Archives (Lincoln's Funeral at Philadelphia) 41

 

VOLUME 46 NUMBER 3 (OCTOBER 1944)

Osborn H. Oldroyd by Carl W. Schaefer 2

What Andrew Boyd and Charles Henry Hart Did For Abraham Lincoln by F. Lauristan Bullard 13

The Schaefer Collection by R. Gerald McMurtry 24

The Civil War Collection by Robert L. Kincaid 32

Lincoln in Numismatics by Robert L. Kincaid 34

Lincoln Diploma of Honor Award [Jay Monaghan] 39

The Clark-Eisenschiml Debate 41

Julia Susan Wheelock by Robert L. Kincaid 42

 

VOLUME 47 NUMBER 1 (FEBRUARY 1945)

Lincoln's "Rebel" Niece by William H. Townsend 2

Mrs. Lincoln Refurbishes the White House by Harry E. Pratt and Ernest E. East 13

Poet and President by R. Gerald McMurtry 23

President Lincoln and General Meade After Gettysburg by F. Lauristan Bullard 30

Thomas Lincoln of Pennsylvania by Charles W. Heathcote 34

Among the Associations 36

Lincoln Lives in the Cumberlands I. The Shadow of a Man by Robert L. Kincaid 40

Letter of Mrs. Lincoln 49

 

VOLUME 47 NUMBER 2 (JUNE 1945)

Stephen Collins Foster - Democrat by Fletcher Hodges, Jr. 2

The Proclamation Fake of 1864 by F. Lauristan Bullard 31

Lincoln's Debt to the British People by Jay Monaghan 36

A Link With Lincoln by Robert L. Kincaid 40

The Lincolns of Conestoga Valley by Charles W. Heathcote 45

Lincoln, Canal Commissioner by C. C. Tisler 48

Jesse Jay Ricks, Benefactor 51

Lincoln Lives in the Cumberlands, II. Crossing the Great Wilderness by Robert L. Kincaid 58

The Wigwam 70

 

VOLUME 47 NUMBERS 3-4 (OCTO(BER-DECEMBER 1945)

Joe Medill's War by Elmer Gertz 2

President Lincoln and General Meade After Gettysburg. Part II by F. Lauristan Bullard 13

Abraham Lincoln of Chester County, Pennsylvania by Charles W. Heathcote 17

A Lincoln Forgery by Harry E. Pratt 19

When John F. Stuart Sought to Send Lincoln to South America by F. Lauristan Bullard 21

Lincoln Lives in the Cumberlands. III. Cradle of American Democracy by Robert L. Kincaid 22

Parlor Monuments to the Illustrious Dead 31

 

VOLUME 48 NUMBER 1 (FEBRUARY 1946)

Lincoln the Politician by Reinhard H. Luthin 2

Re-discovering the Supposed Grave of Lincoln's Brother by R. Gerald McMurtry 12

A Group of Lincoln Items by F. Lauristan Bullard 20

Covering the Booth Escape Trail by Claude E. Simmons 25

Lincoln in the Cumberlands. IV. Rally of friends of Liberty by Robert L. Kincaid 30

Ward H. Lamon's Watch 39

Lincoln Cathedral (A Fore-Edge Painting) 42

 

VOLUME 48 NUMBER 2 (JUNE 1946)

Mrs. Stowe, Kentucky, and Uncle Tom's Cabin by J. Winston Coleman 2

Abraham Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe by F. Lauristan Bullard 11

Harriet Beecher Stowe by Katharine Seymour Day 15

Uncle Tom on the Stage by F. Lauristan Bullard 19

Uncle Tom's Cabin by Ralph G. Newman 23

An Appraisal of Uncle Tom's Cabin by Thomas D. Clark 25

Did He, Too, Try to Kill Lincoln [Internet Editor's Note: refers to George Washington Gayle of Cahaba, Alabama] by Otto Eisenschiml 30

The Anti-Slavery Cause in Kentucky 36

The Influence of the Stowe Book on the Popular Music of the Pre-Civil War Period by R. Gerald McMurtry 38

 

VOLUME 48 NUMBER 3 (OCTOBER 1946)

Bullard's Bixby Book* by William H. Townsend 2

The Harlin-Lincoln Tradition at Iowa Wesleyan College by R. Gerald McMurtry 11

George Grey Barnard's "Lincoln" and George Bernard Shaw by F. Lauristan Bullard 22

Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight by Edgar DeWitt Jones 28

In the Confederate Capitol, 1861-1865 by Mary and Samuel Graham Howison 31

When Bill Herndon's Brother Measured Lincoln by Rufus Rockwell Wilson 39

John L. Worden - Prisoner of War by R. Gerald McMurtry 41

 

VOLUME 48 NUMBER 4 (DECEMBER 1946)

Abraham Lincoln and Ben Montgomery by Rufus Rockwell Wilson 2

About Lincoln's Election in 1860 by F. Lauristan Bullard 5

Pugilism and Politics in Lincoln's Time by R. Gerald McMurtry 7

Lincoln's Funeral Train in Pennsylvania by Charles W. Heathcote 13

With General Morgan's Retreat Through Kentucky 16

Lincoln's Address on Agriculture by R. Gerald McMurtry 19

Hometown Evening With Carl Sandburg by Alan Jenkins 21

 

VOLUME 49 NUMBER 1 (FEBRUARY 1947)

Why Collect Lincolniana? by R. Gerald McMurtry 2

The Curious Story of Ellicott's "Lincoln." by F. Lauristan Bullard 10

The Great and the Small by J. H. Cramer 14

The Likeness of Lincoln and Lee by Marshall Wingfield 21

Lincoln Group Activities 27

A Birthday Present From Mary Lincoln by R. Gerald McMurtry 31

Lincoln Music 32

If Lincoln Had Lived by R. Gerald McMurtry 33

 

VOLUME 49 NUMBER 2 (JUNE 1947)

Kentucky in the Civil War by Robert L. Kincaid 2

Election Time in Illinois, 1860 by H. Preston James 12

Mrs. Lincoln's Pension by F. Lauristan Bullard 22

Gleanings in Lincoln Land by John W. Wayland 28

Lincoln White House Glass and China by R. Gerald McMurtry 33

A Memento of Lincoln's Assassination by R. Gerald McMurtry 35

Mark Twain's Pension by R. Gerald McMurtry 37

 

VOLUME 49 NUMBER 3 (OCTOBER 1947)

Lincoln and Douglas in Their Home State by H. Preston James 2

Lincoln and Thanksgiving by J. G. Randall 10

Statesmen in Stained Glass by Edgar DeWitt Jones 14

How Lincoln Legends Grow by F. Lauristan Bullard 24

The Passing of a Shrine by J. Winston Coleman, Jr. 28

A Memory of Another Good Man by Robert Barton 30

Rendezvous at Midnight by Robert L. Kincaid 31

 

VOLUME 49 NUMBER 4 (DECEMBER 1947)

Lincoln and Retaliation by Oliver R. Barrett 2

"It Can Never Happen Again" by F. Lauristan Bullard 8

Lincoln and Douglas in Their Home State by H. Preston James 12

Lincoln's First Large Legal Fee 21

Lamon Exhibit 24

Mr. Wakefield's Reply to Dr. Bullard [concerning the Bixby letter] 27

 

VOLUME 50 NUMBER 1 (FEBRUARY 1948)

Abe Goes Down the River by F. Lauristan Bullard 2

When Bell Boyd Wrote Lincoln by Louis Sigaud 15

Home of Early Lincolns by Charles by William Heathcote 23

Little Stories From the Lincoln Papers by Ruth Painter Randall 26

Honest Abe and Brother Jim 30

The Monitor Boys 32

To End the Discussion [Concerning the Bixby letter] 36

 

VOLUME 50 NUMBER 2 (JUNE 1948)

Lincoln raises an Army by Don Russell 2

Lincoln's Good-Will Ambassadors by August C. Miller, Jr. 17

When - If Ever - Was John Wilkes Booth in Paris? by F. Lauristan Bullard 28

The Attitude of the Western Reserve Press on the Re-election of Lincoln by William F. Zornow 35

The Evacuation of Cumberland Gap by Robert L. Kincaid 40

Mr. Lincoln's Broken Blinds by J. Winston Coleman, Jr. 43

Lincoln Fellowship of Pennsylvania 47

Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin 48

Lincoln Club of California 48

 

VOLUME 50 NUMBER 3 (OCTOBER 1948)

Anna Ella Carroll and Her "Modest" Claim by F. Lauristan Bullard 2

Financing Mr. Lincoln's First Campaign by Hiram R. Bennett 11

Jefferson Davis in Song by Richard B. Harwell 23

A Preacher at Lincoln's Tomb by Edgar DeWitt Jones 28

Lincoln Diploma of Honor [C. Percy Powell] 30

The Worden Papers 32

 

VOLUME 50 NUMBER 4 (DECEMBER 1948)

The Great :Lincoln Collections and What Became of Them by J. L. McCorison, Jr. 2

John Brown's Constitution by Boyd B. Stutler 17

Mr. Lincoln's First Appointment to the Supreme Court by Rufus Rockwell Wilson 26

Church and State in Lincoln's Time by F. Lauristan Bullard 28

Lincoln Land Buying Julia A. Drake 32

Surratt Lecture Broadside 37

Robert T. Lincoln Documents 38

Biographies That Were Not Written 40

A New Estimate of Lincoln 40

 

VOLUME 51 NIMBER 1 (FEBRUARY 1949)

VOLUME 51 NUMBER 2 (JUNE 1949)

Dedication of the Bronze Statue "Lincoln the Lawyer" 2

Lincoln and the Question of Slavery in the District of Columbia by Alfred G. Harris 17

Lincoln's Influence in the Election of 1864 By William F. Zornow 22

A Friend in France in '61 by F. Lauristan Bullard 33

Three Pennsylvanians and Lincoln's Nomination - 1860 Charles W. Heathcote 38

President Lincoln and Preacher Luckett By Rufus R. Wilson 42

President Lincoln and Emancipation by Rufus R. Wilson 43

A Real Lincoln Pilgrimage by John P. Snigg 47

The Chicago Scripps 49

Andrew Johnson Tailoring Bill 50

 

VOLUME 51 NUMBER 3 (OCTOBER 1949)

The Growth of Abraham Lincoln's Influence in Literature Since His Death by Jay Monaghan 2

"Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" by Ralph G. Newman 11

The Life and Career of John L. Worden by R. Gerald McMurtry 12

Some New Light on Fremont's Nomination at Cleveland in 1864 by William F. Zornow 21

A Dead Pig Goes to Court - With Lincoln by Earle B. Searcy 26

The Lincoln Voice by Earle B. Searcy 28

The Lincoln Group of the District of Columbia 29

Lincoln and Sandburg - Prairie Prophets by Alan Jenkins 31

President Lincoln's Letter to Governor Seymour 33

The Draft Riots in New York 36

 

VOLUME 51 NUMBER 4 (DECEMBER 1949)

Garfield and Chase: Their Ideas of Lincoln by F. Lauristan Bullard 2

Lincoln at the Wisconsin State Fair as Recalled by John W. Hoyt by Henry J. Peterson 6

Stephan A. Douglas, Lawyer, Legislator, Register and Judge: 1833-1843 by Harry E. Pratt 11

The Lincolns of Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania by Charles W. Heathcote 17

A Remarkable Lecture. John H. Surratt Tells his Story 20

Rare Commemorative Lincoln Medal 37

Herbert Wells Fay by William J. Kramer 38

"The Sage of Lion's Den." A Review and Rejoinder by William H. Townsend 40

 

* Bullard, F. Lauristan, Abraham Lincoln & the Widow Bixby (Rutgers University Press: New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1946).

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