J.G. Randall and Ruth Painter Randall papers, 1779-1970 (bulk 1916-1970).
Material type:
Mixed materialsDescription: 35,000 items; 113 containers; 49.4 linear feetContained works: - Randall, Ruth Painter. Mary Lincoln; biography of a marriage. 1953
- Angle, Paul M. (Paul McClelland), 1900-1975 -- Correspondence
- Baringer, William E. (William Eldon), 1909-2000 -- Correspondence
- Basler, Roy P. (Roy Prentice), 1906-1989 -- Correspondence
- Beale, Howard K. (Howard Kennedy), 1899-1959 -- Correspondence
- Commager, Henry Steele, 1902-1998 -- Correspondence
- Craven, Avery, 1886-1980 -- Correspondence
- De Voto, Bernard Augustine, 1897-1955 -- Correspondence
- Donald, David Herbert, 1920-2009 -- Correspondence
- Freidel, Frank, 1916-1993 -- Correspondence
- Hesseltine, William Best, 1902-1963 -- Correspondence
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
- Lincoln, Mary Todd, 1818-1882
- Luthin, Reinhard H. (Reinhard Henry), 1905-1962 -- Correspondence
- Mearns, David C. (David Chambers), 1899-1981 -- Correspondence
- Milton, George Fort, 1894-1955 -- Correspondence
- Monaghan, Jay, 1891-1980 -- Correspondence
- Nichols, Jeannette Paddock, 1890-1982 -- Correspondence
- Nichols, Roy F. (Roy Franklin), 1896-1973 -- Correspondence
- Pease, Theodore Calvin, 1887-1948 -- Correspondence
- Potter, David Morris -- Correspondence
- Pratt, Harry E. (Harry Edward), 1901-1956 -- Correspondence
- Quaife, Milo Milton, 1880-1959 -- Correspondence
- Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967 -- Correspondence
- Stephenson, Wendell Holmes, 1899-1970 -- Correspondence
- Wiley, Bell Irvin, 1906-1980 -- Correspondence
- Williams, T. Harry (Thomas Harry), 1909-1979 -- Correspondence
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Universities and colleges -- Illinois
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
- Authors
- Biographers
- Educators
- Historians
Open to research.
Correspondence, memoranda, diaries, journal, speeches, writings, research materials, printed matter, financial records, and other papers primarily concerning J.G. Randall's works on Abraham Lincoln and on the Civil War. Also includes materials relating to Randall's tenure as professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and to Ruth Painter Randall's research and writings, especially her book titled Mary Lincoln; Biography of a Marriage (1953).
Correspondents include Paul M. Angle, William E. Baringer, Roy P. Basler, Howard K. Beale, Henry Steele Commager, Avery Craven, Bernard Augustine De Voto, David Herbert Donald, Frank Burt Freidel, William Best Hesseltine, Reinhard H. Luthin, David C. Mearns, George Fort Milton, Jay Monaghan, Jeanette Paddock Nichols, Roy F. Nichols, Theodore Calvin Pease, David Morris Potter, Harry E. Pratt, Milo Milton Quaife, Carl Sandburg, Wendell Holmes Stephenson, Bell Irvin Wiley, and T. Harry Williams.
J.G. Randall: author, historian, and educator. Ruth Painter Randall: biographer; born, 1892; died, 1971.
Collection material in English.
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