Otto Eisenschiml Papers

Collection

Identifier: MsC0256

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Scope and Contents

Personal correspondence and biographical material, typescripts, galleys, and published versions of Eisenschiml's articles, reviews, and other major works, chiefly about Abraham Lincoln, the Lincoln assassination, and the Civil War; reviews of Eisenschiml's works; correspondence, legal briefs, petitions, and other records relating to Eisenschiml's suit against Fawcett Publications, Inc.; and research materials including 19th and 20th century newspaper clippings, Civil War related publications, illustrations and prints. OS Box = Oversized Box.

Dates

Creation: 1936-1963

Creator

Eisenschiml, Otto (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Extent

7.60 Linear Feet (Photographs in Series I, Box 6.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Chemist and Lincoln scholar. Manuscripts, notes, proofs, reviews of books on Lincoln's death and the Civil War, and the manuscript of Eisenschiml's autobiography.