Box: 1 Fold: 1 Anderson, Robert Box: 1 Fold: 2 Barbee, David Rankin Box: 1 Fold: 3 Stern, Philip Van Doren Box: 1 Fold: 3 Barbee, David Rankin Box: 1 Fold: 4 Barbee, David Rankin Box: 1 Fold: 5 Barbee, David Rankin Box: 1 Fold: 6 Barbee, David Rankin - Photographs Box: 1 Fold: 7 Bauer, Charles J. Box: 1 Fold: 8 Brennan, John Calder Box: 1 Fold: 9 Brennan, John Calder Box: 1 Fold: 10 Brennan, John Calder - Photographs Box: 1 Fold: 11 Campbell, Helen Jones Box: 1 Fold: 12 Carroll, W. Russell Box: 1 Fold: 13 Catton, Bruce Box: 1 Fold: 14 Combs, David Lee Box: 1 Fold: 15 Cummins, William Box: 1 Fold: 16 Eisenschiml, Otto Box: 1 Fold: 17 Eisenschiml, Otto - Addresses, Article Box: 1 Fold: 18 Eisenschiml, Otto - Ephemera Box: 1 Fold: 19 Eisenschiml, Otto - Clippings Box: 1 Fold: 20 Fayen, Philip Box: 1 Fold: 21 Fles, Barthold Box: 1 Fold: 22 Frank, Seymour J. Box: 1 Fold: 23 Hall, James O. Box: 1 Fold: 24 Irvine, Elizabeth S. Box: 1 Fold: 25 Kerr, Robert Erskine Box: 1 Fold: 26 Levin, Alexandra Lee Box: 1 Fold: 27 Littleton, Shyrl A. Box: 1 Fold: 28 Merrill, Arch Box: 1 Fold: 29 Mudd, Dr. Richard D. Box: 1 Fold: 30 Mudd, Dr. Richard D. Box: 1 Fold: 31 Newman, Ralph Box: 1 Fold: 32 Raymond, Colonel Julian E. Box: 1 Fold: 33 Raymond, Colonel Julian E. Box: 1 Fold: 34 Raymond, Colonel Julian E. Box: 1 Fold: 35 Reid, Roberta A. Box: 1 Fold: 36 Seaman, William M. Box: 1 Fold: 37 Skinner, Thelma Key Surratt Box: 1 Fold: 38 Sloan, Richard Box: 1 Fold: 40 Strine, Ruth Powell Box: 1 Fold: 41 Surratt, Edith M. Box: 1 Fold: 42 Swaim, E.H. Box: 1 Fold: 43 Webb, Rufus Box: 1 Fold: 44 Whyte, James H. Box: 1 Fold: 45 Yoseloff, Thomas Box: 1 Fold: 46 Young, Constance Box: 1 Fold: 47 Miscellaneous Box: 2 Fold: 1 Ambrose, Stephen B. "General Henry Halleck" Box: 2 Fold: 2 Barringer, William. "The Northern Campaign" Box: 2 Fold: 3 Barringer, William. "Lincoln and the People in Wartime Box: 2 Fold: 4 Billings, Eldon. "Military Mind of A. Lincoln"
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1956]? - [12/31/1964]?
DESCRIPTION: 12 TLS, 1 TL, 10 TLS [c], 2 TL [c]. (4 TLS [c], 1 TL [c], 1 TLSf [c] from MB). The majority of the corresp pertains to research re: John Surratt and his assumed role in the assassination of Lincoln. Most of the carbons are of letters from Robert Anderson to Otto Eisenschiml & Margaret Bearden.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1931]? - [12/31/1950]?
DESCRIPTION: 25 TLS. The correspondence contains a carbon of a letter from the Dept. of Justice giving Barbee permission to see files re: the pardon of Dr. Samuel Mudd. DRB (1874-1958) was a newspaper reporter in Washington DC. His interest in the assassination of Lincoln led him tow rite several articles and an unpublished book-length manjscript entitle "Lincoln and Booth". His correspondence with Margaret Bearden coves every aspect of the assassination.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1954]? - [12/31/1957]?
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS and 1 TLS from Janet Frank, Stern's secretary. Letters regarding the publication of Margaret Bearden's work.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1951]? - [12/31/1953]?
DESCRIPTION: 66 TLS. to Margaret Bearden re Lincoln Assassination.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1954]? - [12/31/1956]?
DESCRIPTION: 46 TLS with occassional newspaper clippings and 1 carbon of a book review by Barbee.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1957]? - [12/31/1958]?
DESCRIPTION: 18 TLS with occassional newspaper clippings, including Barbee's obituary (2 ALS from Barbee's daughters, and 1 TLS from MB).
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1939]? - [12/31/1958]?
DESCRIPTION: 5 photographs of Barbee. There are 3 identical photos of Barbee, dated 1939, before a school where John Wilkes Booth was a student; 1 photo, dated 1948, with Mrs. Rankin and Maraget Bearden; and 1 photo of Barbee, dated 1/3/58.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1978]? - [12/31/1978]?
DESCRIPTION: 1 TLS with enclosure, 1 ALS (4 TLS [carbons] from MB). These letters are regarding a book that Bauer wrote from Thomas "Tad" Lincoln's scrapbook.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1969]? - [12/31/1973]?
DESCRIPTION: 17 TLS, 1 TL, 4 TC, 3 TCS, 1 TLS on a TLS [c], 6 TLS [c], 6 TL [c], all w/numerous encl (10 TLS [c], 9 TL [c] from MB). The letters pertain particularly to John Wilkes Booth and his alleged conspirators. Brennan is an amateur historian with an avid interest in grave-stones.
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DESCRIPTION: Correspondence with John C. Brennan
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DESCRIPTION: 11 misc. photographs, inclduing the shooting of George Wallace, unknown [perhaps Margaret Bearden, et alia] (7 photos), Father Robert L. Keesler, and St. Philip's Episcopal Church inLaurel, Md.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1944]? - [12/31/1945]?
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS with envelopes. Helen Jones Campbell wrote a book on Mary Surratt titled The Case for Mrs. Surratt (1943). Margaret Bearden began this correspondence seeking information on the life of John H. Surratt.
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DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS. The letters are in regard to a novel Carroll was writing about the Civil War. He was particularly interested in Louis Weichman.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - [12/31/1963]?
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS with 1 envelope. Letters from author Bruce Catton thanking Margaret Bearden for offering information to Catton for his work.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1956]? - [12/31/1956]?
DESCRIPTION: 5 ALS. Combs was a cartoonist and member of the armed services, stationed in the Philippines, interested in writing about the Civil War from the South's viewpoint.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1979]? - [12/31/1983]?
DESCRIPTION: 4 ALS with 2 envelopes (1 TLS [carbon] from MB). Cummins was a lawyer from Florida and a "Lincoln assassination buff". Cummins' particular interest was Louis Thornton Powell. The letters discuss current assassination theories.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1950]? - [12/31/1963]?
DESCRIPTION: 63 TLS, 10 TL[c], 5 TLS[c], w/occl encl (3TLS[c], 3TL[c] from MB). Otto Eisenschiml was a chemist who became an authority on the Civil War and wrote 15 books, including: Why Was Linc Murdered? and Otto Eisenschiml, Historian Without an Armchair.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1960]? - [12/31/1962]?
DESCRIPTION: Contains 1 article by OE called "Could Today's Doctors Have Saved Lincoln?", and 2 addresses called "Ethics and Civil War Historians: Do We Need a Code for Historical Writers?" and "Our Weakening Chemical Front".
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1949]? - [12/31/1963]?
DESCRIPTION: Includes 3 articles about OE, 2 Honorary certificates from Mississippi, tributes for OE's 80th birthday, 1 TLS [carbon] from Carl Sandburg, and invitations and RSVP's to honorary dinners for OE.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1948]? - [12/31/1963]?
DESCRIPTION: Newspaper clippings about OE and his publications. Includes OE's obituary.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1964]? - [12/31/1964]?
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS (1 TLS [c], 1 TL [c] from MB). These letters pertain to the missing pages of John Wilkes Booth's diary.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1948]? - [12/31/1952]?
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS with 1 envelope. Barthold Fles was Barbee's and Eisenschiml's publishing agent. These letters are in regard to Margaret Bearden's manuscript on the Surratts and its possible publication.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1951]? - [12/31/1952]?
DESCRIPTION: 7 TLS, 1 AC, with 6 envelopes. Frank was president of The Civil War Round Table of Chicago. The letters are in regard to MB's research on the Surratts and the possibility of her speaking at a Round Table meeting.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1965]? - [12/31/1966]?
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS. Hall wrote several articles on the Lincoln assassination including, "The Mystery of Lincoln's Guard" and a pamphlet called Notes on the John Wilkes Escape Route. The letters are requesting information on Mary Surratt from Margaret Bearden.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1962]? - [12/31/1963]?
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS with envelopes. Mrs. Irvine was related to the Surratt family and contacted MB for information she might have on the Surratt family history.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1956]? - [12/31/1961]?
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS, 1 TL [memo]. Letters regarding Lincoln assassination and current publications with no specific field of interest mentioned.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1981]? - [12/31/1981]?
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS with envelopes and 1 enclosed clipping (1 TLS [carbon] from MB). Levin wrote several articles on the Civil War including "Who hid John H. Surratt, The Lincoln Conspiracy Case Figure" and "The Canada Contact: Edwin Gray Lee". Letters seek information.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1977]? - [12/31/1978]?
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS, 1 ACS, with 1 envelope (2 TLS [carbon], 1 TL [carbon] from MB). Letters regard Lewis T. Powell (Payne), who was Littleton's special hobby.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1952]? - [12/31/1968]?
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS with envelopes (1 TLS [carbon] from MB). Merrill was a writer for a local Rochester paper called the Democrat Chronicle. The letters are regarding writing articles on the Lincoln assassination for the paper.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1947]? - [12/31/1964]?
DESCRIPTION: 34 TLS, 42 ALS, 8 ACS, 1 TCS, 1 TL, 1 TL [carbon] (2 TLS [carbon], 1 TL [carbon]. Richard Mudd is dedicated to clearing the name of his grandfather, Dr. Samuel Mudd, of conspiracy in the assassination of Lincoln.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1965]? - [12/31/1981]?
DESCRIPTION: 20 TLS, 21 ALS, 5 ACS, 1 TCS, 3 TLS [carbon], 3 TL [carbon], 4 CS [carbon], 1 A/TLS [carbon], 1 TLS on a TL [carbon], with 5 envelopes and 2 photographs (9 TLS [carbon], 1 TL [carbon] from MB). concern lectures by RM and evidence of SM's innocence.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1951]? - [12/31/1962]?
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS with envelopes and 1 TLS from Margaret April of Newman's bookstore. Newman was the owner of the Abraham Lincoln Book Shop in Chicago and a member of that city's Civil War Round Table.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1953]? - [12/31/1964]?
DESCRIPTION: 19 TLS, 1 ALS, 2 TL [carbon], 2 A/TLS [carbon] (3 TLS [carbon], 4 TL [carbon] from MB). Col. Raymond was Lincoln assassination scholar and collector. He was highly respected among Lincoln buffs and by MB for the depth of his knowledgeand long years of research.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1965]? - [12/31/1968]?
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1969]? - [12/31/1976]?
DESCRIPTION: 13 TLS, 22 ALS, 4 LS, +1 ALS & 1 TLS from Mrs. Raymond, 2 photographs.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1979]? - [12/31/1979]?
DESCRIPTION: 2 TLS with envelopes. (1 TLS from MB). Reid was a college student seeking information as part of a class exercise.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1962]? - [12/31/1962]?
DESCRIPTION: 4 TLS with 1 enclosed clipping. Seaman was a relative of the Surratts seeking information on his family history from MB.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1944]? - [12/31/1948]?
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS with envelopes, 2 CS. Skinner was the granddaughter of John H. Surratt. The letters contain some information regarding the Surratt family.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1976]? - [12/31/1984]?
DESCRIPTION: 6 TLS, 15 ALS, 1 TCS, with 5 envelopes. (15 TLS [carbon], 3 TL [carbon] from MB). Sloan was the editor of The Lincoln Log. Much of the correspondence concerns Eisenschiml's research and the work of Wm. Hanchett. Contains an article by WH "The Eisenschiml Thesis"
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1952]? - [12/31/1956]?
DESCRIPTION: 10 ALS with envelopes. Strine moved to the town formerly known as Surrattsville and became interested in the Surratt family. These letters seek and offer information on the Surratt family.
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DESCRIPTION: 2 CS. 2 Christmas cards from Edith Surratt.
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DESCRIPTION: Correspondence with E. H. Swaim, literary executor of David Rankin Barbee, and assassination theorist.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1963]? - [12/31/1963]?
DESCRIPTION: 6 TLS. (4 TL [carbon], 1 TLS [carbon] from MB). Webb was a Lincoln Assassination researcher who was referred to MB by OE. He was interested in John Surratt and his whereabouts on the night of the assassination.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1962]? - [12/31/1962]?
DESCRIPTION: 5 TLS. (2 TL [carbon], 1 TLS [carbon] from MB). The letters deal with the theories about and the testimonies of the accused conspirators in the Lincoln assassination.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1963]? - [12/31/1963]?
DESCRIPTION: 3 TLS (1 TL [carbon] from MB). Yoseloff was a publisher to whom MB was sending material on the Surratts to review for publication.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1982]? - [12/31/1982]?
DESCRIPTION: 2 ALS. (2 TLS [carbon] from MB). Letters are in regard to a Detective William Bernard, who was said to have helped look for Booth and to have captured David Herold.
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1944]? - [12/31/1983]?
DESCRIPTION: 11 TLS, 6 ALS, 1 ACS, with 12 envelopes w/occl encl. (6 TLS [carbon], 4 TL [carbon], 3 TL fragments [carbon] from MB). Letters all refer to Lincoln assassination, and include such correspondents as Vaughn Shelton, Paul Angle, Robert Fowler, Ted Koppel, Alice Hay Wadsworth.
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DESCRIPTION: 7" audio tape of a lecture given by Professor Stephen Ambrose, of Johns Hopkins University, on General Henry Halleck.
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DESCRIPTION: 7" audio tape of a lecture by William Barringer, of the University of Florida, on the Civil War. Also on the tape is a lecture by R.F. Bloom called "The Gettysburg Address".
DATE SPAN: [01/01/1964]? - [12/31/1964]?
DESCRIPTION: 7" tape of a lecture by William Barringer, of the University of Florida, with commentary by Professor Wood Gray. Taped at the Gettysburg Civil War Conference, 1964.
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DESCRIPTION: 7" audio tape.
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