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Audio Slide Show. Historical Portraits
WSU Today
WSU Today
2008
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/1390
Abstract
In the rare books vault in Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections of Terrell Library there is an extremely rare set of Civil War portrait books purchased by WSU in the early 1940’s. What makes each one of these books so special is there were only six copies ever made and each volume cost around $200 a-piece. This 28-volume set of Historical Portraits is a terrific source for locating photographs of leading Americans of the early Civil War era and they even cry out “open me” said Trevor James Bond, Interim Head, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections of Terrell Library. What makes these books so important is that President Holland ordered the books before he had the funds to pay for them. To raise money Holland created an organization that would send out a letter asking for donation along with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln to 204 banks in Washington State. The resulting gifts totaled more than $9,000. To ensure that the Library received the entire set, Holland purchased four of the volumes and donated them to the library. People are welcome to view the Historical Portraits or any of the other collections in weekdays between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.
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Details
- Title
- Audio Slide Show. Historical Portraits
- Creators
- Trevor James Bond (Author)
- Publication Details
- WSU Today
- Academic Unit
- Libraries
- Publisher
- WSU Today
- Identifiers
- 99900502166401842
- Copyright
- openAccess ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Other learning objects