Manuscripts

The collection includes letters written between Charles C. Patton and his parents, Charles L. and Alice Patton, greeting cards, an Oak Ridge Cemetery Deed, tax returns, stocks and bonds, and a postcard. It also includes documents, magazines, booklets, photos, film negatives, a name tag, a USNR Navy Pin, drawings, and notes relating to Charles C. Patton’s time serving in the Navy between 1942 to 1946.

The Howard C. Knotts collection primarily covers the period of Knotts' life from 1915 to 1921, including his WWI military experiences, his work in aviation law, and his death in 1942.

The items in the collection come from a scrapbook compiled by John R. Work. It is a reorganization of photographs and memoirs mainly related to Mr. Work’s World War II work in the Office of Strategic Services, but also touching on his art and personal life.

This collection consists primarily of letters written to Loomis from Governor Yates.

As part of the American Library Association’s (ALA) campaign for the Library War Fund, Lincoln Library headed the effort for Springfield to raise over $2300 for reading materials and library equipment for the camps from 1917 to 1918.

This collection is comprised of several types of items, including correspondence, flight school and pilot training materials, and flight log books for Mabel and C.R. Johnston.

The items in this collection come from a scrapbook personally compiled by Mary C. Martin, one of the prosecutors in the Criminal War Crimes Trials in Tokyo, Japan.

The Springfield Civil War Round Table, consisting of 11 men, first met at the home of Oliver J. Keller Jr. in June 1956.

The USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), the Navy’s fifth Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, was the largest military ship ever constructed at the time. It honors Lincoln’s commitment to the Navy.