Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Charles Thomas Baker Papers,
- Dates:
- ca. 1920s-1940s
- Creators:
- Baker, Charles T.
- Abstract:
- Ca. 1920s-1940s. Correspondence, photographs, postcards, clippings and other ephemera regarding Abraham Lincoln and Indiana.
- Extent:
- .8 linear feet (2 document boxes)
- Language:
- English.
- Preferred citation:
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Charles Thomas Baker Papers. Wyles Mss 2. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The personal papers of a newspaper owner and editor (Grandview, Indiana Monitor), and a Lincoln enthusiast. The collection includes correspondence, photographs, daybook, postcards, and other ephemera regarding Lincoln and Indiana, ca. 1920s-1940s. The focus of Baker's research was in establishing Lincoln's connection to Indiana and his residency there. Other scholars have maintained that Lincoln left Kentucky directly for Illinois. This collection was donated by Anne Baker Kridler, the daughter of Charles T. Baker. Anne Baker Kridler was distantly related to Abraham Lincoln via her mother's family whose surname was Grigsby.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kridler, 1983.
- Physical location:
- Del Sur
Indexed terms
- Names:
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- © 2003
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid in EAD v. 1.0 derived from MS Word 2000 file by David C. Gartrell. Date of source: 17 October 2002 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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None.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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Charles Thomas Baker Papers. Wyles Mss 2. Department of Special Collections, Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062