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Guide to the Otto Eisenschiml Papers

Collection Overview
Date Span:1936-1963
Creator:Eisenschiml, Otto (1880-1963)
Extent:7.60 linear feet.
Collection Number:MSC0256
Repository:University of Iowa Special Collections
Summary: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.

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.

Alternate Extent Statement: Photographs in Series I, Box 6.

Access: This collection is open for research.

Use: Copyright restrictions may apply; please consult Special Collections staff for further information.

Acquisition: This collection was donated by Ralph G. Newman in 1975.

Preferred Citation: Otto Eisenschiml Papers, The University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa.

Repository:University of Iowa Special Collections
Address:Special Collections Department
University of Iowa Libraries
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone:319-335-5921
Curator:Greg Prickman
Email:lib-spec@uiowa.edu
Website:http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/

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