Scope and Contents: Autographed ports., with accompanying letters, of presidents Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy (letter signed by Evelyn Lincoln). Correspondence card (with envelope) signed by Barack Obama. Created to supplement a collection donated by George R. Carr (Post-1650 MS 141).
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Provenance: Collected through correspondence by George R. Carr and Robert B. Downs with each president. Obama item obtained by the No. 44 Society on behalf of the University of Illinois Library.
Former shelfmark: Q. 091.5 C23p1 (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library).
no. 1a-b. Signed letter and photograph from Dwight D. Eisenhower to George R. Carr, Jan. 29, 1947 -- no. 2. Signed photograph of Dwight D. Eisenhower to the University of Illinois -- no. 3a-b. Signed letter and photograph from Harry Truman to the University of Illinois, Dec. 20, 1961 -- no. 4a. Signed letter from Evelyn Lincoln to Robert B. Downs, Dec. 22, 1961 -- no. 4b. Signed photograph of John F. Kennedy -- no. 5a-b. Printed correspondence card (with envelope addressed to Valerie Hotchkiss) signed by Barack Obama, Apr. 9, 2009.
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