Scope and Contents
Aside from a few portraits of Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, and Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee, this collection is focused on imagery of Abraham Lincoln (including two of his Springfield, Illinois home) created during his lifetime (e.g., the campaign period, 1860), in response to his death, and later in the 19th- and through the mid-20th century.
Arrangement
The Harold Holzer Collection of Lincolniana is organized in five series:
- Series I.
- Ephemera relating to Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee, circa 1862-1889, undated
- Series II.
- Engravings of Lincoln from the campaign period, 1860
- Series III.
- Memorial prints of Lincoln, 1870s-1900
- Series IV.
- Prints issued after Lincoln's death, 1866-1898, undated
- Series V.
- Prints of Lincoln from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 1899-1939, undated
This material was offered, but went unsold, in Swann Auction Galleries sale 2486, "Printed & Manuscript Americana Featuring the Holzer Collection of Lincolniana," on September 27, 2018. Series I corresponds to Swann lot 40; Series II to lot 95; Series III to lots 133 and 144; Series IV to lot 145; and Series V to lot 148. For details, see the auction catalog.