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Abraham Lincoln Portrayed In The Collections of The Indiana Historical Society.


Abraham Lincoln Portrayed por·tray  
tr.v. por·trayed, por·tray·ing, por·trays
1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of.

2. To depict or describe in words.

3. To represent dramatically, as on the stage.
 In The Collections of The Indiana Historical Society The Indiana Historical Society is one of the nation's oldest and largest historical societies and describes itself as "Indiana’s storyteller". The Indiana Historical Society is located at 450 West Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202.  

Harold Holzer, editor

Indiana Historical Society

450 West Ohio Street, Indianapolis, IN 46202

0871952017, $49.95 www.indianahistory.org

Harold Holzer is co[-chairman of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial bi·cen·ten·ni·al  
adj.
1. Happening once every 200 years.

2. Lasting for 200 years.

3. Relating to a 200th anniversary.

n.
A 200th anniversary or its celebration. Also called bicentenary.
 Commission and an acknowledged authority on Abraham Lincoln and the political culture of the Civil War era. Therefore he brings a very special expertise to compiling and editing "Abraham Lincoln Portrayed In The Collections of The Indiana Historical Society", a 264 page volume that includes 150 images (many of which are in full color) and a complete catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C.  of the Indiana Historical Society collection compiled by IHS IHS

(I.H.S.) first three letters of Greek spelling of Jesus; also taken as acronym of Iesus Hominum Salvator ‘Jesus, Savior of Mankind.’ [Christian Symbolism: Brewer Dictionary, 480]

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IHS
 William Henry Smith William Henry Smith is the name of at least three famous people:
  • William Henry Smyth (astronomer) (1788-1865)
  • William Henry Smith (businessman) (1792-1865)
  • William Henry Smith (politician) (1825-1891), the son of the businessman
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     Library staff members Emily Castle and Barbara Quigley. Here are contemporary and later images of Lincoln with his family, generals, and cabinet members, as well as political cartoons, illustrate sheet music, book and newspaper illustrations of the period.. A work of impressive, detailed and original scholarship, "Abraham Lincoln Portrayed In The Collections of The Indiana Historical Society" is a singularly recommended addition to personal, academic, and community library American History reference collections in general, and supplemental reading lists for students of Abraham Lincoln's life and times in particular. Also very highly recommended are Harold Holzer's other works on Abraham Lincoln: "The Lincoln Image"; "Lincoln Seen and Heard"; "Dear Mr. Lincoln"; "The Lincoln Mailbag"; and "Lincoln at Cooper Union".
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