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Elijah Parish Lovejoy Collection Finding Aid

Finding Aid Completed by Alexis Frobin, November 2002

I. Contemporary Correspondence with/concerning EPL

A. Series- Letters from EPL

1. Letter to Daniel Lovejoy dated September 20, 1825 (photocopy)

2. Letter to parents dated February 22, 1832 (original and transcription)

3. 2 letters; letter to mother dated October 21, 1833 (photocopy) and letter to

mother, brothers, and sisters dated November 18, 1833 (photocopy)

4. 2 letters; letter to Owen Lovejoy dated January 4, 1836 (photocopy) and letter

to Elizabeth Lovejoy dated 1836 (photocopy)

5. Letter to G.C. Sibley dated April 27, 1837 (original and transcription)

6. Scrapbook- Crosby, Charles E. Elijah Parish Lovejoy: Letters as Printed in

the Waterville Sentinel, March to December 1942. (original newspaper

clippings)

B. Series- Letter from Viator

1. Letter to Rev. Mr. Cook dated June 4, 1827 (original and transcription)

C. Series- Letters from Mother to EPL

1. Letter from mother dated June 27, 1828 (original and transcription)

D. Series- Various Correspondence with EPL

1. Note dated February 1 from Mr. and Mrs. Abbot (original)

2. Letter from Arthur Tompson dated June 28, 1828 (original and transcription)

3. Letter from William P. Cochran dated August 14, 1928 (original and

transcription)

4. Letter from Mary and Clarissa Read dated February 18, 1829 (original and

transcription)

5. Letter from Sp. Pettis. dated May 27, 1831 (original and transcription)

6. Letter from A. Barnes dated June 21, 1933 (original and transcription)

7. Letter from Cyrus L. Watson dated April 2, 1835 (original and transcription)

8. Letter from H. Clay dated February 11, 1836 (original and transcription)

9. Letter from Abraham Byrd dated January 26, 1937 (original and transcription)

10. Letter from I.J. Roberts dated February 17, 1837 (original and transcription)

11. Letter from I. Russell dated April 29, 1837 (original and transcription)

12. Letter from I. Russell dated June 24, 1837 (original and transcription)

13. Letter from W.S. Gilman dated September 8, 1837 (original and transcription)

14. Letter from Charles McDonald dated October 17, 1837 (original and

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transcription)

15, Letter from Charles McDonald dated October 24, 1837 (original and

transcription)

16. Letter from M.W. Allen dated October 30, 1937 (original and transcription)

17. Letter from Charles McDonald dated October 30, 1837 (original and

transcription)

E. Series- Daniel Lovejoy, Jr. to EPL

1. Letter dated January 15, 1828 (original, transcription, and a short summary

printed on a note-card dated January 23, 1957))

F. Series- Owen Lovejoy to EPL

1. Letter to EPL and Sarah dated August 20, 1830 (original and transcription)

G. Series- Joseph Lovejoy to EPL

1. Letter dated January 24, 1834 (original and transcription)

H. Series- G. E. Moore

1. Letter to Mr. Gilman dated October 3, 1837 (original and transcription)

II. Correspondence post-1837/death

A. Series- Letters concerning EPL‟s death

1. Letter from W.S. Gilman to unnamed recipient dated November 9, 1837

(original, transcription, photocopy of transcription, and note by Miss Enid

Burns)

2. Letter from Lewis Tappan to W.S. Gilman dated November 23, 1837 (original

and transcription)

3. Letter from the Anti-Slavery Office in New York to Celia Lovejoy dated

November 27, 1837 (original and transcription)

4. Letter from Jas. C. Fuller to Joseph C. and Owen Lovejoy dated January 27,

1838 (original and transcription)

5. Letter from John Hannen to Celia Lovejoy dated April 5, 1838 (original)

6. Letter from Copp, Jr. to I.S. Clarke dated May 18, 1838 (original and

transcription)

B. Series-Letters from John Lovejoy

1. Letter to Joseph Lovejoy dated February 18, 1838 (original and transcription)

C. Series-Letters from Joseph Lovejoy

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1. Letter, with postscript from Sarah Lovejoy, to Owen Lovejoy dated November

25, 1837 (original and transcription)

2. Letter to Gerrit Smith, Esq. dated November 29, 1837 (original and

transcription)

3. Letter to Owen Lovejoy dated March 16, 1859 (printed newspaper version)

D. Series- Letters to Joseph Lovejoy

1. Letter from Thomas J. Stone dated February 23, 1838 (original and

transcription)

2. Letter from Sarah Moody Lovejoy (wife) dated February 24, 1838 (original

and transcription). Includes envelope with notes by a Dr. Gill.

3. Letter from Sarah dated March 1, 1838 (original and transcription)

E. Series-Letters from Owen Lovejoy

1. Letter to the editor of The Emancipator dated December 14, 1837 (original

and transcription)

2. Letter to unnamed recipient dated April 6, 1860 (transcription)

3. Letter, including envelope, to W.A. Lovejoy, Esq. dated May 28, 1860

(original)

4. Letter, including envelope, to W.A. Lovejoy, Esq. dated June 10, 1860

(original)

F. Series-Letters from Edward Lovejoy

1. Letter to Reverend H.L. Hammond dated March 4, 1890.

G. Series- Norman Bassett

1. Letter to Elijah Parish Lovejoy [descendant of EPL] dated June 9, 1921

(original)

2. Letter from Elijah Parish Lovejoy to Norman Bassett dated July 12, 1921

(original)

H. Series- Correspondence between Colby College and Clarence E. Lovejoy and Frank

W. Lovejoy. Folder labeled as „Presidents File.‟

1. Clarence E. Lovejoy

i. Letter from Franklin W. Johnson dated January 2, 1936 (copy)

ii. Letter to Franklin W. Johnson dated January 4, 1936 (original)

iii. Letter to Johnson dated March 3, 1936 (original)

iv. Letter to Johnson dated May 8, 1937 (original)

v. Letter to Johnson dated May 13, 1937 (original)

vi. Letter from Johnson dated May 18, 1937 (copy)

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vii. Letter to Johnson dated July 2, 1937 (copy)

viii. Letter to Johnson dated October 12, 1937 (copy)

ix. Letter from Johnson dated October 15, 1937 (copy)

x. Letter to Johnson dated October 16, 1937 (original and copy)

xi. Letter from E.A. Lightner dated October 18, 1937 (copy)

xii. Letter from E.A. Lightner dated October 19, 1937 (copy)

xiii. Letter to Lightner dated October 21, 1937, including „Suggested

Method to Attract The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Memorial Endowment

for Colby College, (copy)

xiv. Letter to Lightner dated October 26, 1937 (original)

xv. Telegraph to Lightner dated October 26, 1937 (original)

xvi. Letter from Lightner dated October 29, 1937 (copy)

xvii. Letter from Lightner dated November 1, 1937 (copy)

xviii. Letter from Lightner dated November 4, 1937 (copy)

xix. Letter to Lightner dated November 4, 1937 (original)

xx. Telegraph to Lightner dated November 5, 1937 (original)

xxi. Letter from Lighter dated November 6, 1937 (copy)

xxii. Letter to Johnson dated November 12, 1937 (original)

xxiii. Letter from Johnson dated November 16, 1937 (copy)

xxiv. Letter from Lightner dated November 29, 1937 (copy)

xxv. Letter to Lightner dated December 7, 1937 (original)

xxvi. Letter from Lightner dated December 20, 1937 (copy)

xxvii. Letter from Lightner dated December 20, 1937 (original)

xxviii. Letter from Lightner dated December 21, 1937 (copy)

xxix. Letter to Lightner dated December 24, 1937 (original)

xxx. Letter from Lightner dated December 28, 1937 (copy)

2. Frank W. Lovejoy

i. Letter to George Otis Smith dated January 20, 1941 (original)

ii. Letter from Lightner dated May 31, 1941 (copy)

iii. Letter to Lightner dated June 17, 1941 (original)

iv. Letter from Lightner dated July 23, 1941 (copy)

I. Various Correspondence regarding EPL

1. Letter from Thomas Dimmock to Isaac H. Kelly dated August 27, 1885

(photocopy of transcription)

2. Letter from Librarian of Congress to Melvin Jameson dated January 14, 1911

(original)

3. Letter from J.H. Brown to M. Jameson dated January 24, 1911 (original)

4. Letter from University of Rochester President to M. Jameson dated June 4,

1920 (original)

5. Card from Franklin W. Johnson to „the many friends of Colby College‟ dated

1937.

6. Letter from Edward Magdol to Colby Historian dated April 17, 1940

(original)

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7. Letter from Joseph Coburn Smith (historian) to Edward Magdol dated April

26, 1940 (copy)

8. Letter from Walter G. Heren to E.A. Lightner dated November 9. 1949

(original)

9. Letter from Joseph Smith to Lighter dated December 10, 1951 (original)

10. Letter from Library of Congress to Lighter dated December 13, 1951

(original)

11. Letter from Lightner to Joseph Smith dated December 21, 1951 (copy)

12. Letter from H. Warren Foss to Richard Nye Dyer dated October 26, 1953

(original)

13. Letter from Mrs. Bryant to J.S. Bixler dated March 29, 1955 (original), and an

undated newspaper clipping

14. Note from (Dick) Dyer to Miss Libbey dated August 19, 1955 (original?)

15. Note from Miss Libbey to Richard Dyer dated December 19, 1955 (original)

16. Note from Dick Dyer to Mr. Humphrey dated January 18, 1956 (original),

including small note-cards

17. Note from Dyer to Mrs. Noyes (Colbiana Librarian) dated December 7, 1973

(original), along with a clipping from a letter dated November 10, 1973

(photocopy)

III. Personal Effects

A. Series- Elijah Parish Lovejoy

1. Waterville College class of 1826 Commencement Program (original)

2. Copy of Lovejoy‟s address as Valedictorian, 1826 (printed copy)

3. Lovejoy Diary dated 1827 (original and transcription)

4. Lovejoy Expense Account Book dated 1836 (original and photostat)

5. Copy of Lovejoy‟s last speech, November 7, 1837 (photocopy of a reprint)

6. Lovejoy Bank Note dated „15/18 December‟ (original)

B. Series- Daniel Lovejoy

1. Daniel Lovejoy‟s Prayer Book (original, undated)

C. Series- Owen Lovejoy

1. Owen Lovejoy‟s Account Book (undated)

2. Portrait and autograph of Owen Lovejoy. (original, undated) Also includes

Newspaper clipping dated 1954 (original) and newspaper clipped dated 1972.

(photocopy)

D. Series- Putin Lovejoy

1. Scrapbook

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i. Newspaper Clippings (some from unknown newspapers, some

undated). Listed in order as they are pasted in scrapbook.

a. „Patriot, Philanthropist, Martyr. To the Memory of

EPL, Class of „26‟, Waterville College, who was Killed

by a mob in Alton, Illinois, November 7th

, 1837, A

Martyr to the Cause of Freedom of the Press.‟ – A

Tribute of the Class of 1899.

b. Bangor Commercial. „Lovejoy, the Martyr.‟

c. „The Old Lovejoy Home in Albion.‟

d. Daily Kennebec Journal, October 27, 1900. „An

Historic House.‟ (original)

e. Portland Advertiser. „Elijah P. Lovejoy.‟

f. Daily Kennebec Journal, June 28, 1898. „Presentation

Day.‟ (original)

g. Portland Advertiser. „Elijah P. Lovejoy.‟

h. „A Martyr‟s Memorial.‟

i. November 9, 1897. „He died for free speech‟

ii. Postcards of the Lovejoy Monument

iii. Postcard of the „Confederate Monument‟

iv. Handwritten note by the owner of the scrapbook.

v. Note from the „Lovejoy Monument Association.‟ (original)

vi. Note-card written on May 27, 1948 by library staff.

IV. Written material concerning Lovejoys

A. Published Books and Magazines

1. Beecher, Edward. Narrative of riots at Alton, 1838. (photostat of title page

and pp. 84-90)

2. Brown, Wm. Wells. The Life and Escape of Wm. Wells Brown from American

Slavery, 1851. (2 copies of excerpt)

3. Eliot, William Greenleaf. The Story of Archer Alexander: From Slavery to

Freedom, 1885. (3 photocopies of section on Lovejoy)

4. The New England Magazine, May, 1891. Dimmock, Thomas. „Lovejoy- Hero

and Martyr.‟ (3 photocopies of article)

5. Moore, N. Hudson. The Old China Book, 1903. (2 copies of photostat of pages

in book)

6. The American Printer: A Monthly Magazine of Printing, October 1915,

(photocopy of one page), includes letter from Dick Dyer to John McKenna

dated November 21, 1961.

7. Coburn, Louise H. Just Maine Folks, 1924. (3 photocopies of chapter on EPL)

8. Lovejoy, C.E. Excerpt from the „Lovejoy Genealogy, 1460-1930,‟ published

in 1930. (transcription) Includes Chronology of Elijah Parish Lovejoy. From

“Obituary Record of Colby University,” published 1870. (transcription)

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9. The Colby Alumnus, January 1935. (original magazine and photostat of

Lovejoy article)

10. Zions Herald, December 15, 1937. (original magazine and transcription of

article)

11. The Illinois College Alumni Quarterly, October 1938. (original)

12. The Negro History Bulletin, November 1942. (original)

13. Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, September 1943. (original)

14. Baker, Richard T. Excerpt from Darkness of the Sun. 1947. (transcription)

Includes note from „Spike‟ to Joseph Coburn Smith.

15. The Colby Alumnus, 1947. Foss, H. Warren. „Some Unforgettable Colby

Characters: My Discovery of Lovejoy‟. (original pages of magazine)

16. Pease, Theodore Calvin. The Story of Illinois. 1949. (transcription - excerpt

from Chapter 10)

17. Smith, George Owen. The Lovejoy Shrine: Home of Owen Lovejoy and

Station on Underground Railroad. 1949 (original)

18. The Quill, October 1952. Dilliard, Irving. „How America‟s first press martyr

gave his life for freedom‟. (original)

19. Presbyterian Life, May 30, 1953. Hoffman, James W. and Sheibley, Mabel

M. „He could not Desert‟. (original)

20. Youth, November 24, 1957. (original)

21. Gill, John. Elijah Lovejoy’s Pledge of Silence. 1958. (2 original copies) Also

includes letter from E.A. Lightner to J.R. McKenna dated February 3, 1958

(original)

22. Gill, John. Uncorrected Proofs. Tide Without Turning: Elijah Parish Lovejoy

and Freedom of the Press. 1958 (original)

23. Colby Library Quarterly, May 1958. Includes an original handwritten 7-page

autobiographic manuscript, which includes a contemporary account of the

murder of EPL, written in 1837. (original)

24. Club Dial, February 1959. Hallet, Richard. „Elijah P. Lovejoy - Martyr to the

Cause of Freedom.‟ (original)

25. Kuhns, Frederick Irving. The American Home Missionary Society in Relation

to the Antislavery Controversy in the Old Northwest. 1959 (original)

26. Colby Library Quarterly, March 1963. (original)

27. Glassgold, Cook. The Martyrs. 1981 (original)

28. Chandler, Bruce. Lovejoy: Excerpts from a Memoir. 1988 (original) Includes

undated latter from Nicholas Noyes to Nancy Reinhardt (original) and a letter

from Bruce Chandler to Nicholas Noyes dated May 2, 1991 (original).

29. New England Historical and Genealogical Register, October 1992, April

1993. „Peter Pattee of Haverhill, Massachusetts: A “Journeyman Shoemaker”

and his Descendants.‟ (photocopy) Includes family tree of the Maternal

Lineage (Pattee) EPL. (photocopy)

30. Nevada: Historical Society Quarterly, Spring 1994. Chrystal, William G.

„The Wabuska Mangler as Martyr‟s Seed: The Strange Story of Edward P.

Lovejoy.‟ (original) Also includes letter from William G. Chrystal to „The

President of Colby College‟ dated June 29, 1994 (original) and a letter from

Earl Smith to William Chrystal dated July 14, 1995 (original).

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B. Published Speeches

1. Stone, Thomas T. ‘The Martyr of Freedom. A Discourse delivered at East

Machias, November 30, and at Machias, December 7, 1837.’ (original, 2

copies)

2. Keep, John. „An address delivered on December 22, 1837’, commemorating

the Martyrdom of Rev. E.P. Lovejoy.‟

3. Green, Beriah. The Martyr, 1838.

4. Lovejoy, Owen. Human Beings Not Property. February 17, 1858. and The

Barbarism of Slavery, April 3, 1860.

5. Phillips, Wendell. The Freedom Speech of Wendell Phillips, December 8,

1837. Published 1891. (original)

6. Adams, Sarah B. Reminiscences of the Churches and Pastors of Kennebec

County, 1894. (photocopy)

7. Bowen, Robert H. Elijah Parish Lovejoy - A Tribute. 1914 (transcription)

8. An Address by Robert R. McCormick, 1935.

9. The Man Who Forgot Himself into Immortality. Prepared for Lowell Thomas,

November 8, 1937.

10. Dilliard, Irving. Keynote Address- 34th

National Sigma Delta Chi Convention,

November 12, 1953. (transcription)

11. Gill, John. Elijah Lovejoy in Maine. January 1, 1959. (one copy of

transcription and one copy of handwritten speech) Also includes letter from

Gill to E.A. Lightner dated October 24 (original)

12. Tabscott, Robert W. Images from the Past: Visions of the Future. July 4,

1976. (transcription)

13. Strider, Robert E.L. The Lovejoy Tradition. 1977. (transcription, 2 copies)

C. Radio Address, Film, and Television Scripts

1. Williamson, H.L. Radio Address, Station WENR., August 25, 1929. The

Relation of the Newspaper to the Public: No. 5- ‘Elijah P. Lovejoy and

Freedom of the Press.‟ (original version in print)

2. Lovejoy, Clarence E. Elijah Parish Lovejoy, Radio Address, Station

W1XAL, November 7, 1937 (transcription)

3. A.R. Crawford. Suggested Episodes in Lovejoy Story. 1940. (transcription)

4. Jennings, George. Radio Script, Central Radio Workshop, 1941.

5. Holtzman & Allen. Radio Script. The Land we Live in: The Freedom of the

Press. 1946. (transcription) Also includes a letter from Program Manager Jack

Sexton to Joseph Coburn Smith dated March 8, 1946.

6. “Lovejoy: The Vigil”

i. Newspaper Clippings: Unknown Newspapers

a. November 29, 1986. „Film to focus on life of Elijah

Lovejoy‟. (original)

b. October 29, 1987. „„Lovejoy: The Vigil‟ premiers at

Colby‟. (original)

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c. November 2, 1987. „Film tribute to Lovejoy premieres

Friday‟. (original)

d. November 4, 1987. „Lovejoy film: A real-life drama of

first martyr to press freedom.‟ (original)

ii. Copy of „Special Lovejoy Citation Presented to Robert Woodville

Tabscott by Colby College‟ by William R. Cotter.

iii. Copy of undated Colby News. (original)

iv. Copy of Film Script, 1986.

7. Undated Television Script, The Conspirators, by Lillian Schoen Andrews.

D. Essays

1. Undated, Anonymous Biography of Elijah Parish Lovejoy

2. Anonymous. Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy.- An Historical Sketch. 1908.

E. Play Program. Princeton Chapter Junior Chamber of Commerce of America in

cooperation with Bureau County Craft Guild present- „Lovejoy and Liberty,‟

September 8-9, 1951. (photocopy, 2 copies)

V. Newspaper clippings

A. Newspaper Clippings: known dates

1. The Observer (IL), November 25, 1837. „Murder of the Rev. E.P. Lovejoy.‟

(photocopy, 4 copies)

2. New York Observer (NY), December 2, 1837. „Rev. E.P. Lovejoy.‟ (original)

3. The Waterville Mail (ME), 1865. „Ride over a New Road.‟(photocopy)

4. Illinois State Journal (IL), 1870. „Rev. Elijah P. Lovejoy.‟ (original)

5. [Unknown Newspaper], 1897. „Killing of Elijah Parish Lovejoy recalled by

Eyewitnesses, St. Louis, MO.‟ (photocopy, 2 copies)

6. Daily Kennebec Journal (ME), October 27, 1900, „An Historic House,

Birthplace of the Lovejoy Brothers- Recently Torn Down in the Town of

Albion, Maine.‟ (original)

7. Folder containing The Colby Echo. Articles dated 1908-1941. (photocopies)

8. The Continent, May 15, 1919. „A Presbyterian Nineteenth Century Martyr.‟

(original)

9. Lewiston Evening Journal (ME), February 21, 1930. „On “Maine‟s Share in

an Unveiling.”‟ (original, 2 copies)

10. Lewiston Journal (ME), April 12, 1930. „Colby Debaters Make Pilgrimage to

Lovejoy Shrine to Honor Maine Hero A Former Student of Colby College.‟

(original)

11. Special Dispatch to the Sunday Telegram, Approx. date of 1930. „Colby Boys

Make Pilgrimage to Lovejoy Shrine.‟ (transcription, slightly different wording

than Lewiston Journal article)

12. Colby College News Release by Dr. Herbert Libby. Re: pilgrimage.

(transcription)

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13. Portland Sunday Telegram (ME), November 4, 1934. (original)

14. Lewiston Sun (ME), May 21, 1935. (original)

15. Alton Evening Telegraph (IL), November 6, 1937. Various Articles on EPL.

(original)

16. The Colby Echo (ME), November 10, 1937. Various Articles on EPL.

(original)

17. [Unknown Newspaper], 1937. „Close 100-year-old Estate of Lovejoy, Enemy

of Slavery.‟ (photocopy)

18. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), March 2, 1941. „Marker set up at Lovejoy

Paper Site.‟ (original)

19. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), November 10, 1945. „Homecoming

Weekend on at Colby; Tribute paid to Lovejoy‟s Memory.‟ (original)

20. Folder that includes: Special to Waterville Morning Sentinel, 1947

(transcription). St. Louis Star-Times, February 15, 1947- „Memorial Set for

1837 Press Martyr here; Institute at Maine‟s Colby College to Honor E.P.

Lovejoy.‟ (original) Minneapolis, Minn. Tribune, February 16, 1947- „News

Around the World.‟ (original) St. Louis Star-Times, February 17, 1947-

„Paying Tribute.‟ (original) Waterville Morning Sentinel, February 18, 1947-

„Bixler Visits Lovejoy Shrine, Announces Colby Institute.‟ (original)

21. [Unknown Newspaper], August 23, 1947. „„Freedom Train‟ Exhibits Stress

Press Freedom.‟ (original)

22. Chicago Sunday Tribune (IL), August 1, 1948. „Historic Stones.‟

23. Boston Sunday Post, November 7, 1948. „The Editor Who Dared.‟ (original,

transcription, and photocopy)

24. The Bangor Daily News (ME), October 3, 1949. „Albion‟s Gift.‟ (original, 3

copies)

25. Portland Press-Herald (ME), November 7, 1949. „The Editor Who Dared.‟

(original)

26. Elgin Daily Courier-News (IL), November 7, 1949. „Recall Immortal Words

of Lovejoy, Editor, Patriot.‟ (original, 2 copies)

27. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), December 12, 1949. „Lovejoy; Martyred

Editor.‟ (original)

28. Portland Evening Express (ME), October 4, 1951. Political Cartoons.

(original)

29. The Christian Science Monitor, November 6, 1953. „Colby and Newsmen

Push Martyr‟s Cause.‟ (original, 2 copies)

30. Lewiston Journal (ME), June 27, 1959. „Maine Pioneer Needed the Patience

of Job Just to go on Living.‟ (original)

31. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), February 11, 1960. „Elijah Lovejoy; Alton‟s

Free Press Martyr: Minister‟s Book Tells of Editor Who Chose to Die Rather

Than Quit Fight Against Slavery.‟ (original)

32. Portland Press Herald (ME), December 28, 1962. „About a Sapling That

Grew up to Quite Overshadow a King.‟ (Photostat)

33. Alton Telegraph: Bicentennial Edition (IL), July 2, 1976. (original- complete

newspaper)

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34. [Unknown Newspaper], October 15, 1977. „Tale of Two Martyrs.‟

(photocopy)

35. The Boston Herald American (MA), January 28, 1978. „Why the Civil War

had to be Fought.‟ (photocopy)

36. Morning Sentinel, March 14, 1980. „Elijah Lovejoy: Legend or Legacy?‟

(original)

37. Folder: contains St. Louis Dispatch (MO), April 24, 1981. „Alton Telegraph

Fights for its Life.‟ (photocopy) and The Wall Street Journal, September 29,

1983. „„Chilling Effect‟: How a $1.4 Million Libel Settlement has Sapped the

Crusading Spirit of Small Newspaper.‟ (original)

38. Alton Observer (IL), Commemorative Edition, November 1987. (original)

B. Newspaper Clippings: undated

1. [unknown newspaper]. „Lincoln and Lovejoy‟ (photocopy)

2. [unknown newspaper]. „Lincoln and Lovejoy‟ (original)

3. [unknown newspaper]. „The Lovejoy Lesson‟ (original)

4. [unknown newspaper]. „Shotgun Blast 125 Years Ago Made Martyr of Elijah

Parish Lovejoy.‟ (original)

C. Scrapbook

1. Newspaper Clippings: known dates (in order as they appear)

i. St. Louis Observer (MO), January 14, 1836. Copy of the front page.

(photostat)

ii. The Observer (IL), November 25, 1837. „Murder of the Rev. E.P.

Lovejoy.‟ (original and photocopy)

iii. Alton Observer (IL), December 28, 1837. Copy of the front page.

(photostat)

iv. St. Louis Weekly Globe-Democrat (MO), June 4, 1897. „In Memory of

a Martyr.‟ (original)

v. Portland Express (ME), April 13, 1935.‟ Editors and Publishers Will

Convene at Colby.‟ (original)

vi. Boston Traveler (MA), April 13, 1935. „Colby College Will Invite

Editors to “Freedom of Press Convocation.”‟ (original)

vii. Lewiston Journal (ME), April 13, 1935. „Colby Special Convocation

May 18 on Freedom of Press.‟ (original)

viii. Portland Evening News (ME), April 13, 1935. „Colby Will Hold

Freedom of Press Session on May 18.‟ (original)

ix. Norwich Record (CT), April 14, 1935. untitled article. (original)

x. NYC Herald-Tribune, April 14, 1935. „Press Freedom Parley Set.‟

(original)

xi. Washington, DC Star, April 14, 1935. „Colby Calls Editors to

Abolitionist Rites.‟ (original)

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xii. NY Times, April 14, 1935. „Colby Convocation to Study Free Press.‟

(original)

xiii. Bangor Commercial (ME), April 15, 1935. „Colby to Honor

“Freedom of the Press”‟ Martyr. (original)

xiv. Lewiston Sun (ME), April 16, 1935. „Freedom of the Press

Convention at Colby.‟ (original)

xv. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), April 21, 1935. „College Ceremony to

Honor Lovejoy.‟ (original)

xvi. Paterson Evening News (NJ), April 23, 1935. „H.B. Haines Invited to

Convocation at Maine.‟ (original)

xvii. Boston Transcript (MA), April 24, 1935. „To Speak at Colby on Press

Freedom.‟ (original)

xviii. Lewiston Journal (ME), April 24, 1935. „Exercises at Colby May 18

to Commemorate Elijah Lovejoy.‟ (original)

xix. NYC Herald-Tribune, April 24, 1935. „Colby College to Confer

Degrees on Journalists.‟ (original)

xx. Boston Evening Globe (MA), April 24, 1935. „To Address Lovejoy

Memorial at Colby.‟ (original)

xxi. Portland Express (ME), April 24, 1935. „Davis and McCormick to

Deliver Addresses at Colby Convocation.‟ (original)

xxii. Bangor Commercial (ME), April 24, 1935. „Noted Publishers to

Speak at “Freedom of Press”‟ Meeting. (original)

xxiii. Bangor News (ME), April 24, 1935. „Notable Event Planned at Colby

College.‟ (original)

xxiv. Portland Evening News (ME), April 24, 1935. „Newspaper Men to

Speak.‟ (original)

xxv. Boston Traveler (MA), April 24, 1935. „Editors to Speak in Colby

Program.‟ (original)

xxvi. Syracuse Post Stand (NY), April 25, 1935. „Speakers to pay Lovejoy

Tribute.‟ (original)

xxvii. Portland Press Herald (ME), April 25, 1935. „To Honor Memory of

Martyred Editor.‟ (original)

xxviii. Augusta Journal (ME), April 25, 1935. untitled article. (original)

xxix. Portland Evening News (ME), April 27, 1935. „Colby will Honor

Elijah P. Lovejoy.‟ (original)

xxx. Hartford Courant (CT), May 6, 1935. „Editor who Died for Free Press

will be Honored.‟ (original)

xxxi. Boston Evening Transcript (MA), May 11, 1935. „Elijah Lovejoy:

Killed in Defense of a Free Press.‟ (original)

xxxii. Lewiston Journal (ME), May 11, 1935. „Colby to Hold a Freedom of

the Press Conference.‟ (original)

xxxiii. NYC Herald-Tribune, May 12, 1935. „Where „Martyr to Freedom of

the Press will be Honored.‟ (original)

xxxiv. Portland Telegram (ME), May 12, 1935. „Nation‟s Editors will Honor

Martyr to Freedom of the Press at Colby May 18.‟ (original)

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xxxv. Bangor Commercial (ME), May 13, 1935. „Noted Journalists to

Attend Lovejoy Testimonial at Colby.‟ (original)

xxxvi. Bath Times (ME), May 13, 1935. „Journalists will Gather at Colby

College Saturday.‟ (original)

xxxvii. Boston Evening Globe (MA), May 13, 1935. „To Honor Elijah Parish

Lovejoy.‟ (original)

xxxviii. Waterville Sentinel (ME), May 13, 1935. „Lovejoy Memorial

Exercises by Colby College Saturday.‟ (original)

xxxix. Portland Evening News (ME), May 13, 1935. „Journalists to Honor

Late Elijah Lovejoy.‟ (original)

xl. Lewiston Journal (ME), May 13, 1935. „Leading Journalists to Gather

at Colby May 18.‟ (original)

xli. Baltimore Morning Sun (MD), May 14, 1935. „Journalists to Honor

Memory of Lovejoy.‟ (original)

xlii. Milwaukee News (WI), May 14, 1935. „Honor Martyr to Freedom of

Press.‟ (original)

xliii. Boston American (MA), May 14, 1935. „Colby to Mark Lovejoy

Death Centennial.‟ (original)

xliv. San Francisco Exam. (CA), May 14, 1935. „Free Press Memorial:

College to Honor Man who Died for Rights.‟ (original)

xlv. NY Times, May 14, 1935. „To Honor Free Press Aide.‟ (original)

xlvi. Washington DC Herald, May 14, 1935. „Colby College to Hail Martyr

of Free Press.‟ (original)

xlvii. New York City American (NY), May 14, 1935. „Famed Martyr for

Free Press to be Honored.‟ (original)

xlviii. Chicago Tribune (IL), May 14, 1935. „Editors are to pay Freedom of

Press Tribute to Lovejoy.‟ (original)

xlix. Chicago Examiner (IL), May 14, 1935. „School Honors Anti-Slavery

Hero of 1835.‟ (original)

l. Oakland Enquirer (CA), May 14, 1935. „High Honors for Liberty

Defender.‟ (original)

li. Los Angeles Express (CA), May 14, 1935. „Honor Lovejoy, Martyr

for Free Press.‟ (original)

lii. Los Angeles Examiner (CA), May 14, 1935. „Editor‟s Martyrdom.‟

(original)

liii. Springfield M. Union (MA), May 15, 1935. „Martyr to Freedom of

Press will be Honored at Colby.‟ (original)

liv. Rochester Post Express (NY), May 15, 1935. „Press Martyr to be

Honored by Editors.‟ (original)

lv. Bangor News (ME), May 15, 1935. „Colby College is to Honor Press

Martyr.‟ (original)

lvi. St. Louis Star-Times (MO), May 15, 1935. „Maine to Honor St.

Louisan, First Martyr to Freedom of the Press.‟ (original)

lvii. Wheeling Intel (WV), May 15, 1935. „Press to Honor Lovejoy, Martyr

to its Freedom.‟ (original)

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lviii. Pittsburgh Telegraph (PA), May 15, 1935. „College to pay Slain

Editor Tribute.‟ (original)

lix. Daily News-Record (Flora, IL), May 15 or 16, 1935. „Story of Elijah

Parish Lovejoy.‟ (original)

lx. Portland Evening News (ME), May 16, 1935. „Colby College Adds

Gifts to Lovejoy Collection.‟ (original)

lxi. Syracuse Journal (NY), May 16, 1935. „Plan Homage to Martyr of


lxii. New Bedford Times (MA), May 16, 1935. „Journalists to Praise


lxiii. The Franklin Evening Star (IN), May 17, 1935. „Colby College will

Honor Memory of Elijah Paris Lovejoy, an Alumnus, Who Became

Martyr to the Ideal of A Free Press in the United States.‟ (original)

lxiv. Worcester Gazette (MA), March 17, 1935. „Newspaper Men to Meet

at Colby.‟ (original)

lxv. Bath Times (ME), May 17, 1935. „Lovejoy Memorial Program at

Colby College Tomorrow.‟ (original)

lxvi. Bangor Commercial (ME), May 17, 1935. „Memory of Martyr to

Freedom of Speech to be Honored Tomorrow.‟ (original)

lxvii. Bangor News (ME), May 17, 1935. „Memorials of Editor-Martyr.‟

(original)

lxviii. The Boston Herald (MA), May 17, 1935. „Editors to Gather at Colby

Tomorrow.‟ (original)

lxix. Bridgeport Telegram (CT), May 18, 1935. „Journalists to Honor Man

who Gave Life to Maintain Freedom of Press.‟ (original)

lxx. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), May 18, 1935. „Press of Nation

Guests at Colby Today in Lovejoy Convocation.‟ (original)

lxxi. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), May 18, 1935. „Lovejoy

Genealogy Compiled by Major C.E. Lovejoy, Staff Member of New

York Times.‟ (original)

lxxii. LA Examiner (CA), May 18, 1935. „Martyr Editor to be Honored.‟

(original)

lxxiii. Miami Herald (FL), May 18, 1935. „Journalists Honor an American


lxxiv. Hartford Times (CT), May 18, 1935. „Press Crusader Receives

Honor.‟ (original)

lxxv. St. Louis Globe-Dem. (MO), May 18, 1935. „Lovejoy Tribute at

Colby Today.‟ (original)

lxxvi. Brattleboro Reformer (VA), May 18, 1935. „Publisher‟s Honor Colby

Graduate.‟ (original)

lxxvii. St. Albans Messenger (VT), May 18, 1935. „Colby to Honor

Crusading Editor.‟ (original)

lxxviii. St. Johnsbury Record (VT), May 18, 1935. „Honor Memory of

Crusading Newspaperman.‟ (original)

lxxix. New York City American (NY), May 18, 1935. „Editors Honor Free

Press Martyr Today.‟ (original)

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lxxx. Nashua Telegraph (NH), May 18, 1935. „Gave Life for Freedom of


lxxxi. San Francisco Examiner (CA), May 18, 1935. „Press Liberty Martyr

will be Paid Honor.‟ (original)

lxxxii. Burlington Free Press (VT), May 18, 1935. „To Honor Memory of

Elijah Lovejoy.‟ (original)

lxxxiii. Boston Morning Globe (MA), May 18, 1935. „Colby will Honor

Memory of Lovejoy.‟ (original)

lxxxiv. NYC Herald-Tribune, May 18, 1935. „Press to Honor Lovejoy, Martyr

to its Freedom.‟ (original)

lxxxv. Portland Herald (ME), May 18, 1935. „Honor Memory of Elijah

Lovejoy at Colby Today.‟ (original)

lxxxvi. Bangor News (ME), May 18, 1935. „Colby to Honor the Memory of


lxxxvii. August Journal (ME), May 18, 1935. „Journalists of Nation to Pay

Tribute to Memory Elijah Parish Lovejoy.‟ (original)

lxxxviii. Boston Post (MA), May 18, 1935. „Honor Pioneer for Free Press.‟

(original)

lxxxix. Detroit Times (MI), May 18, 1935. „School Honors Martyr Editor.‟

(original)

xc. Lowell Citizen (MA), May 18, 1935. „Will Honor Memory of

Newspaperman.‟ (original)

xci. Providence Tribune (RI), May 18, 1935. „Slain Press Crusader is Paid

Tribute.‟ (original)

xcii. Lewiston Sun (ME), May 18, 1935. „Colby Pays Tribute to Lovejoy

Today.‟ (original)

xciii. Syracuse Post Stand. (NY), May 18, 1935. „Address Given by

Barnum to Editors Today.‟ (original)

xciv. NYC Newsdom, May 18, 1935. „Colby College Honors Martyr.‟

(original)

xcv. Beverly Times (MA), May 18, 1935. „For Free Radio.‟ (original)

xcvi. Portland Evening News (ME), May 18, 1935. „Elijah Lovejoy

Honored at Colby College Today.‟ (original)

xcvii. Boston Evening Globe (MA), May 18, 1935. „Says only Newspapers

Prevent Dictatorship. (original) and Gov‟t has Gagged Radio Charges

Howard Davis: Freedom of Press Keynote of Colby College

Convocation.‟ (original)

xcviii. Bangor Commercial (ME), May 18, 1935. „Memory of Lovejoy

Honored.‟ (original)

xcix. Lewiston Journal (ME), May 18, 1935. „Davis and McCormick are

Awarded Honorary Degrees.‟ (original)

c. Toledo Blade (OH), May 18, 1935. „College Honors Editor who Died

for Freedom.‟ (original)

ci. Atlanta Georgian (GE), May 18, 1935. „College Lauds Noted Martyr

to Free Press.‟ (original)

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cii. Pawtucket Times (RI), May 18, 1935. „Charge Roosevelt Controls

Nation‟s Radio Networks.‟ (original)

ciii. St. Louis Star (MO), May 18, 1935. „Charges US has „Silently‟ Seized

Freedom of Radio.‟ (original)

civ. Louisville Times (KY), May 18, 1935. „Campaign Urged for „Free

Radio.‟‟ (original)

cv. Ogden City Examiner (UT), May 19, 1935. „Educators Gather to

Honor Newspaperman.‟ (original)

cvi. Poughkeepsie Courant (NY), May 19, 1935. „Radio Freedom Seen in

Danger.‟ (original)

cvii. Albany Times Union (NY), May 19, 1935. „Slain Editor‟s Ideals

Praised.‟ (original)

cviii. Norfolk Pilot (NY), May 19, 1935. „Publishers Plead for Press

Freedom.‟ (original)

cix. Columbus Dispatch (OH), May 19, 1935. „Lovejoy is Honored at

Colby Convocation.‟ (original)

cx. Baltimore American (MD), May 19, 1935. „Honor Lovejoy who Gave

Life for Free Press. (original) and An Epitaph: Elijah Parish Lovejoy.‟

(original) and „Howard Davis Praises Fight for Free Press.‟ (original)

and „Efforts to Bind Press Target of McCormick.‟ (original)

cxi. Lynchburg News (VA), May 19, 1935. „Ask Constant Fight on Press

Muzzling.‟ (original)

cxii. Syracuse American (NY), May 19, 1935. „Publishers‟ Battle told by

Leader.‟ (original)

cxiii. Detroit Times (MI), May 19, 1935. „Fight of Free Press Carried over

100 Years.‟ (original)

cxiv. Buffalo Times (NY), May 19, 1935. „Press‟ Freedom Defended by 2

Publishers.‟ (original)

cxv. Albany Times Union (NY), May 19, 1935. „„The Fight for Free

Speech Never Ends.‟‟ (original)

cxvi. St. Louis Globe Dem. (MO), May 19, 1935. „Publishers, Honoring

Lovejoy, Give Talks on Freedom of Press.‟ (original)

cxvii. Indianapolis Star (IN), May 19, 1935. „Protect Press Freedom, Plea.‟

(original)

cxviii. Washington DC Herald, May 19, 1935. Various Articles. (originals)

cxix. Rochester American (NY), May 19, 1935. „Slain Editor Extolled at

College Rites.‟ (original)

cxx. Pittsburgh Sunday Sun-Telegraph (PA), May 19, 1935. Various

Articles. (original)

cxxi. Lewiston Tribune (ME), May 19. 1935. „Urge Free Press.‟ (original)

cxxii. Chicago Tribune (IL), May 19, 1935. „Col. McCormick says Free

Press Battle goes on.‟ (original)

cxxiii. Syracuse American (NY), May 19, 1935. „Free Press Martyrdom in

1835 Cited.‟ (original)

cxxiv. Detroit Times (MI), May 19, 1935. „Publisher Flays Attempt to gag

Press Freedom.‟ (original) and „Press to Continue Fight for Free

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Speech, Howard Davis Tells Students.‟ (original) and „Martyred

Editor‟s Ideals Praised.‟ (original)

cxxv. Nashville Banner (TN), May 19, 1935. „Free Speech, Press Battle Call

Sounded.‟ (original)

cxxvi. San Francisco Examiner (CA), May 19, 1935. „Howard Davis

Describes Endless Battle to Mountain.‟ (original)

cxxvii. Chicago Examiner (IL), May 19, 1935. „Educators and Editors Honor

Martyr to Freedom of Press.‟ (original)

cxxviii. Newark Ledger (NJ), May 19, 1935. „Editors Honor Lovejoy, Hero of

Free Press.‟ (original)

cxxix. Los Angeles Examiner (CA), May 19, 1935. „Col. McCormick

Recounts Efforts to Gag US Press.‟ (original)

cxxx. Boston Advertiser (MA), May 19, 1935. „NRA Battle on Free Press

hit at Colby Observance.‟ (original)

cxxxi. Bridgeport Post (CT), May 19, 1935. „Editor who died to Maintain

Freedom of Press is Honored.‟ (original)

cxxxii. Syracuse Post Stand. (NY), May 19, 1935. „Plea for Press Freedom

Made by Publishers.‟ (original)

cxxxiii. Syracuse Herald (NY), May 19, 1935. „Publishers Plead for Drive to

Save Freedom of Press.‟ (original)

cxxxiv. Buffalo Express (NY), May 19, 1935. „Noted Newspapermen Plead

for Unceasing Press Fight.‟ (original)

cxxxv. Rochester American (NY), May 19, 1935. „„Battle for Free Speech

Will Never End,‟ Says Editor, Honoring Martyr.‟ (original)

cxxxvi. Albany Times Union (NY), May 19, 1935. „Chicago Editor Defends


cxxxvii. Pittsburgh Telegraph (PA), May 19, 1935. „Press Hailed as

Champion.‟ (original)

cxxxviii. Bridgeport Herald (CT), May 19, 1935. „Call to Battle for Free Press

Sounded Again.‟ (original)

cxxxix. Syracuse American (NY), May 19, 1935. „„Press of US Must Guard

its Freedom,‟ Says Colonel McCormick.‟ (original)

cxl. Albany Times Union (NY), May 19, 1935. „Editors Sound Free

Speech Battle Call.‟ (original)

cxli. New Orleans Times-Picayune (LA), May 19, 1935. „Publishers Urge

Unceasing Fight for Free Press.‟ (original)

cxlii. Atlanta Georgian (GA), May 19, 1935. „Slain Editor‟s Life Sketched

by Colby Head.‟ (original)

cxliii. Atlanta American (GA), May 19, 1935. „College Honors Press


cxliv. Evansville Press (IN), May 19, 1935. „Need of Fight for „Free Radio‟

in US Cited.‟ (original)

cxlv. Santa Barbara Press (CA), May 19, 1935. „Noted Publishers Plead

for US Press Freedom.‟ (original)

cxlvi. New Orleans Picayune (LA), May 19, 1935. „Publishers Urge

Unceasing Fight for Free Press.‟ (original)

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cxlvii. Rochester Chronicle (NY), May 19, 1935. „„Ware Censor, Press

Warned.‟ (original)

cxlviii. Utica Dispatch (NY), May 19, 1935. „Press Alone Fights Battle for

Democracy.‟ (original)

cxlix. Portsmouth Star (NH), May 19, 1935. „Appeal Made for Freedom of

the Press.‟ (original)

cl. Syracuse American (NY), May 19, 1935. „Tells of Lovejoy.‟

(original)

cli. Salt Lake City Tribune (UT), May 19, 1935. „Publishers Wage Free

Press Fight.‟ (original)

clii. Lewiston Sun (ME), May 20. 1935. „Two Publishers Plead for

Freedom of Press.‟ (original)

cliii. Burlington Free Press (VT), May 20, 1935. „Publishers Honor

Lovejoy Press Martyr.‟ (original)

cliv. Buffalo News (NY), May 20, 1935. „Press is Called Bar to Dictator.‟

(original)

clv. Scranton Times (PA), May 20, 1935. „Given Degree by Colby.‟

(original)

clvi. Montgomery Advertiser (AL), May 20, 1935. „Publishers Urge Fight

for Freedom of Press.‟ (original)

clvii. Beverly Times (MA), May 20, 1935. „Free Business Necessary for

Real Recovery.‟ (original)

clviii. Boston News Bureau (MA), May 20, 1935. „Davis Assails Radio

Regulations.‟ (original)

clix. Chicago Jour. of Com. (IL), May 20, 1935. „Honor Press Defender.‟

(original)

clx. Augusta Journal (ME), May 20, 1935. „At Colby Exercises Honoring


clxi. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), May 20, 1935. „Nation‟s Leading

Journalists Honor Elijah Parish Lovejoy in Colby Exercises.‟ (original)

clxii. NYC Herald Tribune (NY), May 20, 1935. „Martyred Editor is

Honored by Newspaper Men.‟ (original)

clxiii. Jersey City Journal (NJ), May 20, 1935. „Davis, McCormick Honored

at Colby.‟ (original)

clxiv. Scranton Republican (PA), May 20, 1935. „Davis is Honored by

Colby College.‟ (original)

clxv. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), May 21, 1935. „Newspaper Publishers

at Elijah Lovejoy Shrine.‟ (original, 2 copies)

clxvi. Worcester Gazette (MA), May 21, 1935. „Newspaper Men Honor

Martyr to his Ideas.‟ (original)

clxvii. Merrill Star Advocate (WI), May 21, 1935. „Charges Present

Administration Dominates Radio.‟ (original)

clxviii. Montrose Press (CO), May 21, 1935. „Newspapers Bulwark Against

Dictatorship.‟ (original)

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clxix. Brigham City Box Elder Journal (UT), May 21, 1935. „College

Memorial Honors Man who Died a Martyr to the Freedom of the


clxx. Opelika News (AL), May 21, 1935. „Publisher Says Press Only Bar to


clxxi. Bridgeport Star (CT), May 21, 1935. „Newspapermen Honor


clxxii. Schenectady U.-Star (NY), May 21, 1935. „Newspapermen Honor


clxxiii. No. Adams Transcript (MA), May 21, 1935. „Newspapermen Honor


clxxiv. New Haven Register (CT), May 22, 1935. „Newspapermen Honor


clxxv. St. Louis Globe Dem. (MO), May 22, 1935. „Commemorate

Publisher.‟ (original)

clxxvi. Fredericksburg Star (VA), May 22, 1935. „Says Press Must Halt


clxxvii. Springfield Republican (MA), May 22, 1935. „Newspapermen Honor


clxxviii. New York City Enquirer (NY), May 23, 1935. „Radio Freedom

Menaced, Says NY Publisher.‟ (original)

clxxix. Pelham Sun (NY), May 24, 1935. „Howard Davis Tells of Fight of

Publishers for Freedom of Press.‟ (original)

clxxx. Lewiston Evening Journal (ME), October 18, 1937. untitled article.

(original)

clxxxi. Washington D.C. Times, October 21, 1937. „Hoover will Speak at

Lovejoy Service.‟ (original)

clxxxii. The Publisher’s Auxiliary (IL), October 30, 1937. „Freedom of the


clxxxiii. Daily Worker (NY), November 5, 1937. „Elijah Lovejoy, Abolitionist

Editor, Lynched 100 Years Ago by Slavers.‟ (original) and „Illinois

Communists to Honor Lovejoy on 100th

Anniversary.‟ (original) and

„Protests Hoover as Anniversary Speaker.‟ (original)

clxxxiv. Alton Evening Telegraph (IL), November 6, 1937. „Lovejoy Stood

For His Rights Against Demands of Crowd.‟ (original)

clxxxv. The Boston Globe (MA), November 6, 1937. „Dissecting Table.‟

(original)

clxxxvi. Alton Evening Telegram (IL), November 6, 1937. „Presbytery to

Honor Lovejoy at his Church.‟ (original) and „Lovejoy‟s Estate to be

Closed Monday.‟ (original) and „Hoover to Speak at Colby Today.‟

(original)

clxxxvii. The NY Herald Tribune, November 7, 1937. „Lovejoy, Martyr to Free

Press Slain by Mob Century ago Today.‟ (original)

clxxxviii. The Boston Herald (MA), November 7, 1937. „Hoover Speaks at

Colby Tomorrow in Tribute to Martyr of Free Press.‟ (original)

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clxxxix. The Boston Herald (MA), November 7, 1937. „A Free Press Martyr.‟

(original)

cxc. Chicago Tribune (IL), November 7, 1937. „Martyr to Press Freedom.‟

(original)

cxci. Boston Sunday Globe (MA), November 7, 1937. „Abolitionist Martyr

Slain 100 Years Ago.‟ (original)

cxcii. Lewiston Evening Journal (ME), November 7, 1937. „Comes to

Maine to Honor Elijah Lovejoy at Colby Convocation in Honor of

Alumnus that Died Fighting for Freedom of the Press --- Nothing

Political in Speech.‟ (original)

cxciii. Berkeley Daily Express (CA), November 7, 1937. „Liberty Appeal

Voiced.‟ (original)

cxciv. St. Louis Daily Globe Democrat (MO), November 7, 1937. „Monday

100th

Anniversary of Martyr Lovejoy‟s Death.‟ (original)

cxcv. Worcester Daily Telegram (MA), November 8, 1937. „Hoover to

Speak at Colby College Exercises Today.‟ (original)

cxcvi. Bangor Daily Commercial (ME), November 8, 1937. „Terms Freedom

of Speech Life of Liberalism.‟ (original)

cxcvii. Boston Post (MA), November 8, 1937. „Hoover to get Colby Degree.‟

(original)

cxcviii. Portland Evening Express (ME), November 8, 1937. „Guest Here on

way to Speak at Colby.‟ (original)

cxcix. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), November 8, 1937. „Ex-President

Hoover Speaks Here Today in Colby College Lovejoy Centennial

Program.‟ (original)

cc. Worcester Evening Gazette (MA), November 8, 1937. „Hoover Warns

of the „Poison‟ in Propaganda.‟ (original)

cci. Baltimore Evening Sun (MD), November 8, 1937. „Hoover in

Warning of Propaganda.‟ (original)

ccii. The Christian Science Monitor, November 8, 1937. „Hoover

Eulogizes Free Speech Hero; Scores Propaganda.‟ (original)

cciii. Worcester Daily Telegram (MA), November 9, 1937. „Hoover Sees

Danger of Propaganda.‟ (original)

cciv. Waterville Sentinel (ME), November 9, 1937. „Hoover Cites Free

Press as Being Needed.‟ (original)

ccv. New York Herald Tribune (NY), November 9, 1937. „The Antidote

for Untruth.‟ (original)

ccvi. The Schenectady Union-Star (NY), November 9, 1937. „Vanishing

Free Speech.‟ (original)

ccvii. The Boston Herald (MA), November 9, 1937. „Our Mail Bag.‟

(original)

ccviii. The Boston Herald (MA), November 9, 1937. „Text of Ex-President

Hoover‟s Elijah Lovejoy Memorial Speech.‟ (original) and „Hoover

Blasts Press Enemies.‟ (original)

ccix. The New York Herald-Tribune (NY), November 9, 1937. „The

Antidote for Untruth.‟ (original)

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ccx. Portland Press Herald (ME), November 9, 1937. „Free Press and

Speech are Sure Safeguards Against Dictatorship, he Declares.‟

(original)

ccxi. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), November 9, 1937. „Hoover Cites

Free Press as Being Needed.‟ (original)

ccxii. Worcester Evening Gazette (MA), November 9, 1937. „Governor

Entertains Hoover and Party at Blaine Mansion Dinner.‟ (original) and

„Hoover to Visit in New Hampshire.‟ (original)

ccxiii. New York Herald Tribune (NY), November 9, 1937. „Hoover Praises

Free Press as Key to Liberty.‟ (original) and „Text of Hoover Address

on Free Speech.‟ (original)

ccxiv. NY Times, November 9, 1937. „Hoover Backs Fight for Press

Freedom.‟ (original) and „Text of Hoover‟s Speech on Lovejoy‟s Free

Press Fight.‟ (original)

ccxv. The Bangor Daily News (ME), November 9, 1937. „Former President

at Lovejoy Centennial.‟ (original)

ccxvi. The Daily Worker (NY), November 10, 1937. „The People Know

You, Mr. Hoover.‟ (original)

ccxvii. Brighton News, November 11, 1937. untitled article. (original) and

„Brighton Man Helped to Bury E.P. Lovejoy in 1837.‟ (original)

ccxviii. The Daily Worker (NY), November 12, 1937. „Hoover in Defilement

of Lovejoy.‟ (original)

ccxix. Rockefeller Center Weekly, November 19, 1937. untitled article.

(photocopy)

ccxx. NY Times, 1937. „In Freedom‟s Cause.‟ (original)

ccxxi. Post-Dispatch (MO), October 24, 1938. „Record of Alton Trials

Details Killing of E.P. Lovejoy, Martyr to Abolition and Free Press.‟

(original)

ccxxii. The Waldoboro Press (ME), December 18, 1941. „Memorial

Auditorium to be Erected on Colby Campus.‟ (photocopy)

2. Newspaper Clippings: undated

i. [Unknown Newspaper]. „To Honor Man Who Died for Freedom of


ii. [Unknown Newspaper]. „Memorial to Martyred Editor: Dr. Johnson‟s

Tribute to Lovejoy.‟ (original)

iii. North Carolina [P…], undated article. „Bruce Catton.‟ (original)

iv. [Unknown Newspaper]. „2 States to Honor Lovejoy‟s Memory.‟

(original)

v. [Unknown Newspaper]. „Colby College Program Will Honor


vi. [Unknown Newspaper]. „Resolutions Passed Here in 1837 on Lovejoy

Death.‟ (original)

vii. [Newspaper Clipping]. „Hoover Praises Editors‟ Defense of a Free


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viii. Rochester Democrat / Chronicle (NY), undated article. „Rochester

Executive Receives Honorary LLD. at Colby College.‟ (original)

ix. [Unknown Newspaper]. „Hoover Guest of Governor.‟ (original)

x. Bangor Commercial (ME). „Comment on Current News.‟ (original)

xi. NY Times. „A Martyr Editor.‟ (original)

xii. [Unknown Newspaper]. „Lincoln and Slavery.‟ (original and

photocopy)

xiii. [Unknown Newspaper]. „Close 100 Year Old Estate of Lovejoy,

Enemy of Slavery.‟ (original and photocopy)

xiv. [Unknown Newspaper]. „Killing of Elijah Lovejoy Recalled by

Eyewitness.‟ (original and 3 photocopies)

3. Magazine Clippings

i. Zions Herald. December 15, 1937. (original)

4. Colby Material

i. Copy of the Address by Honorable Herbert Hoover at the One

Hundredth Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Elijah Parish Lovejoy.

(original)

VI. Memorial Material

A. Lovejoy Convocation Material

1. Colby College- Special Convocation in Commemoration of Elijah Parish

Lovejoy, May 18, 1935. (original, 2 copies)

2. Folder containing various materials on May 18, 1935 Convocation

i. Newspaper Clippings

a. New York Times, April 14, 1935. „Colby

Convocation to Study Free Press.‟ (original)

b. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), April 15, 1935.

„Colby Will be Hosts Soon to Newspaper Publishers.‟

(original)

c. [Unknown Newspaper], April 1935. „Colby Special

Convocation May 18 on Freedom of Press.‟ (original)

d. Boston Evening Transcript Magazine Section (MA),

May 11, 1935. „Elijah Lovejoy: Killed in Defense of a


e. Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press Herald

(ME), May 12, 1935. „Nation‟s Editors Will Honor

Martyr to Freedom of the Press at Colby May 18.‟

(original)

f. New York Herald Tribune (NY), May 12, 1935. „Press

to Honor Lovejoy, Martyr to its Freedom. „(original)

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g. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), May 20, 1935.

„Nation‟s Leading Journalists Honor Elijah Parish

Lovejoy in Colby Exercises.‟ (original)

h. Davenport Times (IA), May 21, 1935. „A Never

Ending Battle.‟ (original)

i. Washington D.C. Tribune, June 1, 1935. „Say Lovejoy

Died for Freedom of Press, Not for Freedom of Slaves.‟

(original)

j. Newspaper Clipping “from Alton, IL paper sent to Bill

Bryan by a Mrs. McAdam,” May 17, 1960. „25 and 50

Years Ago.‟ (original)

ii. Letter from Howard Ambruster to Bainbridge Colby and Herbert

Libby dated April 14, 1935.

3. Folder containing various materials on May 18, 1935 Convocation

i. Newspaper Clipping- Waterville Morning Sentinel, May 18, 1935.

Lovejoy Genealogy Compiled by Major C.E. Lovejoy, Staff Member

of New York Times. (original)

ii. Colby College- Special Convocation in Commemoration of Elijah

Parish Lovejoy, May 18, 1935. (original, 3 copies)

iii. 2 Invitations to the 1935 Convocation

iv. 3 Programs to the 1935 Convocation

4. Folder containing posters from the 13th

Lovejoy Convocation honoring John

Hay Whitney (November 12, 1964), the 15th

Lovejoy Convocation honoring

Otis Chandler (November 10, 1966), the 16th


Edwin A. Lahey (November 9, 1967), the 17th


Carl Rowan (November 14, 1968), and the 18th

Lovejoy Convocation

honoring John S. Knight (November 14, 1969).

5. Folder Containing Material on Otis Chandler, the 1966 Lovejoy Convocation

winner.

i. Undated Newspaper Clipping. „Los Angeles Publisher Honored at

Colby Today.‟ (original)

ii. Newspaper Clipping, November 11, 1966. „Chandler Honored at

Colby.‟ (original)

iii. Program for the 1966 Convocation. (original, 3 copies)

iv. Memo from E. Parker Johnson to Members of the Faculty of Colby

College dated October 21, 1966. Also contains a description of the

Lovejoy Award.

v. Otis Chandler Biographical Information.

vi. Pamphlet for The Los Angeles Times.

vii. Pamphlet for the Times Mirror Square.

viii. Poster for the 15th

Lovejoy Convocation. (original, 2 copies)

ix. Photo of Otis Chandler (labeled „1‟)

x. Riley, Frank. Mounted Journal Article on 4 boards (labeled „2-5‟).

The Changing Direction of the „Times.‟

xi. Copy of the August 14, 1965 Los Angeles Times. (original)

xii. Copy of the August 16, 1965 Los Angeles Times. (original)

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xiii. Four Journal Articles on Poster Paper regarding the Los Angeles

Times. Is this the best metropolitan newspaper staff in the nation

today? The 1966 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting says that it is.

xiv. Copy of the August 17, 1966 Los Angeles Times. (photocopy on poster

paper)

6. Folder Containing Material on Various Lovejoy Convocations

i. Newspaper Clipping, March 8, 1989. „Colby plans Lovejoy memorial

speech.‟ (original)

ii. Invitation to 1991 Lovejoy Convocation. (original)

iii. Poster for the 25th

Lovejoy Convocation honoring posthumously

Donald F. Bolles. (original)

iv. Poster for the 33rd

Lovejoy Convocation honoring Mary McGrory,

November 15, 1985. (original)

v. Poster for the 34th

Lovejoy Convocation honoring Herb Block,


vi. Poster for the 35th

Lovejoy Convocation, November 6, 1987. (original)

vii. Program to the November 6,1987 Lovejoy Convocation. (original)

viii. Program to the 36th

Lovejoy Convocation, November 18, 1988.

(original)

ix. Program to the 38th


(original)

x. Program to the 43rd


(original)

xi. Memo regarding the „Lovejoy Lecture on Slavery and Abolition,‟

1989.

7. Strider, Robert E.L., Lovejoy Convocation Reminiscences. (photocopy)

8. Folder Containing Material on the 1997 and 1999 Lovejoy Convocations

i. Program for the 45th


(original)

ii. Program for the 47th


(original, 3 copies)

iii. Invitation for the 47th

Lovejoy Convocation. (original, 2 copies)

9. Copy of Lovejoy Convocation: A Transcription of the 49th

Lovejoy

Convocation Speech. 2001 Recipients: Tom and Pat Gish, Owners and

Publishers of the Mountain Eagle. (original)

10. Folder containing material on the 2002 Lovejoy Convocation.




ii. Invitation to the 50th

Lovejoy Convocation. (original)

iii. RSVP form for the 50th

Lovejoy Convocation.

B. Anniversary Celebrations

1. Program for Alton Presbytery‟s Lovejoy Memorial Service, November 7,

1937. „In honor of the martyr-death a century ago of Elijah Parish Lovejoy‟.


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2. Invitation for the College Avenue Presbyterian Church in Alton, IL‟s

observation of the centennial of Lovejoy‟s death

3. Brown, Gilson. Address at the Meeting of Alton Presbytery Commemorating

the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Death of Elijah Parish Lovejoy.

(transcription)

4. Folder Containing Material on the 100th

Anniversary of EPL‟s death.

(November 8, 1937)


Anniversary of the Martyrdom Of Elijah Parish

Lovejoy, November 8, 1937. (original)

ii. Invitation to the Lovejoy Day Exercises, November 24, 1944.

(original)

iii. Lovejoy Exercises- Instructions to the Faculty. (original)


Anniversary of EPL‟s death

iv. Note „to the many friends of Colby College‟ to tune into Herbert

Hoovers address on the radio.

v. Program for the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Martyrdom of

Elijah Parish Lovejoy, November 8, 1937. (original, 2 copies)

vi. 2 Copies of Address by Honorable Herbert Hoover at the One

Hundredth Anniversary of the Martyrdom of Elijah Parish Lovejoy.

(original)

vii. Copy of Franklin W. Johnson‟s Speech at the Lovejoy

Commemoration, with handwritten notes from Johnson.

viii. Copy of the Address by the Honorable Herbert Hoover (for release to

afternoon papers at two p.m., Monday, November 8th

.)

ix. List of Honorary Degrees Conferred by Colby College at a Special

Convocation Honoring the Centenary of the Martyrdom of Elijah

Parish Lovejoy. (transcription, for release- November 9th

, 2 copies)


Anniversary of Lovejoy‟s death.


a. St. Louis Star-Times (MO), January 20, 1937. „Elijah

Lovejoy, Martyr to Freedom of Press, May be Honored

100 Years After Tragic End.‟ (original)

b. Day Press Collect from Joseph C. Smith to the New

York Times, April 17, 1937.

c. NY Times, November 7, 1937. „2 States to Honor

Lovejoy‟s Memory.‟ (original, 2 copies)

d. The Boston Sunday Globe (MA), November 7, 1937.

„Abolitionist Martyr Slain 100 Years Ago.‟ (original, 2

copies)

e. The Boston Herald (MA), November 7, 1937. „Hoover

Speaks at Colby Tomorrow in Tribute to Martyr of Free


f. The Chicago Tribune (IL), November 7, 1937. „Martyr

to Press Freedom: How Elijah Lovejoy Perished.‟

(original)

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g. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), November 8, 1937.

„Ex-President Hoover Speaks Here Today in Colby

College Lovejoy Centennial Program.‟ (original)

h. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), November 8, 1937.

„Hoover Tickets Available.‟ (original)

i. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), November 9, 1937.

„Watching Herbert Hoover at Colby Exercises.‟

(original)

j. The Lewiston Evening Journal (ME), 1937. „The

Newspaper and Elijah Lovejoy‟s Anniversary.‟

(original)

k. [Unknown Newspaper], undated. „Hoover Pleads for

Truth in Speech, Press.‟ (original)

l. [Unknown Newspaper], undated. „Centenary of Death

of Elijah P. Lovejoy, First Martyr to Free Press,

Observed Today.‟ (original)

m. [Unknown Newspaper], undated. „A Free Press

Martyr.‟

ii. Correspondence

a. Letter from Nelson Miles Heikes to Herbert C. Libby

dated October 29, 1937. (original)

b. Letter from Gilson Brown to Joseph C. Smith dated


iii. Invitation to the One Hundredth Anniversary Commemoration and

RSVP form, 1937. (original)

iv. Fliers

a. Colby to Observe Lovejoy Centennial. (original, 9

copies)

b. Maine’s Heroic Martyr to be Honored. (original, 5

copies)

7. Folder Labeled „Lovejoy Lists‟

i. Correspondence

a. Letter from the University of Illinois at Urbana to

Colby College dated May 2, 1935. (original)

b. Letter from Frank W. Lovejoy to „The Secretary of

Colby College‟ dated May 6, 1935. (original)

c. Letter from C.E. Lovejoy to Franklin W. Johnson dated

October 12, 1937. Also contains list of people with last

name Lovejoy. (carbon copy)

d. Letter from Oliver L. Hall to Johnson dated October 23,

1937. (original)

e. Letter from Lunette Hadley to C.E. Lovejoy dated

October 25, 1937. Also includes list of people named

Lovejoy. (original)

f. Letter from C.E. Lovejoy to E.A. Lighter dated October

27, 1937. (original)

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g. Letter from Lightner to C.E. Lovejoy dated November

1, 1937. (copy)

h. Telegram from C.E. Lovejoy to Lightner dated


i. Unsigned note to Clarence E. Lovejoy. (original)

j. Letter from A.G. Baker to Johnson dated November 8,

1937. (original)

k. Memo dated October 28, 1937 regarding who should

receive an invitation. (original)

l. Undated card from Jesse R. Lovejoy to Colby College.

(original)

m. Undated note from Colby to those who could not obtain

seats at the Commemoration. (2 copies)

ii. Lists

a. Copy of State of Maine: Directory of State Officers.

Includes note-card with names of State workers.

(original)

b. Copy of the list of Newspaper Editors and Publishers

who are attending the Commemoration.

c. List of who is to receive literature re. Lovejoy

Celebration. (copy)

d. List of US Newspapers contacted for Lovejoy

Celebration. (copy)

iii. Miscellaneous

a. Miscellaneous note-card with handwritten notes.

8. Folder Containing Various Materials on a Sesquicentennial Anniversary of

Lovejoy‟s Death

i. Program for the Annual Fall Meeting of the Madison County

Historical Society, October 4, 1987.

ii. Booklet on the history of the College Avenue Presbyterian Church.

iii. Essay by „The Sesquicentennial Commission‟ of the College Avenue

Presbyterian Church entitled Elijah Parish Lovejoy. The Anti-Slavery

Society and The Upper Alton Presbyterian Church. October 25, 1987.

(photocopy)

9. Invitation to The Lovejoy 150th

Anniversary Celebration Reception sponsored

by the College Avenue Presbyterian Church, November 13, 1987. Includes

map of Lewis and Clark Community College, an RSVP form and envelope,

and a small booklet containing a limited edition silhouette of Lovejoy.

C. Awards

1. Jesse Lundun Cannon

i. Newspaper Clipping- Alton Telegraph, November 5, 1977. „Cannon

honored for Lovejoy Vigil.‟ (photocopy)

ii. Undated Magazine Article- „Lovejoy grave beautified into proper

shrine to press martyr.‟ (photocopy)

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iii. Photocopy of picture of the Lovejoy Monument.

iv. Piece of paper with photocopies of Lovejoy grave, an article entitled

„Lamentable Occurrence,‟ and a picture of a plaque located where

Lovejoy died.

v. Photocopy of the Lovejoy Printing Press.

vi. Letter from Robert Tabscott to Richard Dyer dated August 17, 1983.

(original)

vii. Invitation to the „Dedication of the Jesse Lundun Cannon Memorial

Auditorium‟ on June 8, 1986.

2. Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in Journalism

i. Description of The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for Courage in

Journalism. 1956. Includes a note from „Bunny‟ to „Dick.‟

ii. Newspaper Clipping- January 19, 1956. „Editor Says You Can Help

Make History.‟ (original)

iii. Newspaper Clipping- November 3, 1975- „Editor Gish to receive

Elijah Lovejoy Award.‟ and November 6, 1975- „Lovejoy Day

Concert‟ and Alton Telegraph, April 28, 1976- „Lovejoy marker to be

replaced.‟ (photocopy of these three articles on one page)

iv. Newspaper Clipping- August 11, 1975- photo from Newspaper and

November 11, 1975- „Journalism award winner tells of his fight

against coal operators.‟ (photocopy, both photo and article on one

page)

3. Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award

i. Description of award including purpose, requirements, and a list of

award recipients. (3 copies)

4. Original Scroll describing the EPL award. Tentative date of November 8,

1937. Includes letter from Gen Pinnette to Fraser Cocks dated July 10, 1979.

(original)

D. Material regarding the Lovejoy Monument

1. Folder labeled „Invitation to the Lovejoy monument dedication, music for the

ceremonies, and various pictures and postcards of the monument.‟

i. Envelope containing

a. Invitation to the dedication of the Monument on

November 8, 1897.

b. Copy of the Music for Dedication Ceremonies of

Lovejoy Monument

ii. Small piece of paper with description of Monument

iii. Newspaper Clippings

a. May 3, 1975. Photo with caption.

b. Undated, „Monument to Lovejoy.‟

iv. Informational Cards

a. 5 cards with some brief facts about the monument.

v. Postcards

a. 3 postcards of Lovejoy Monument, one with writing.

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b. Postcard of the Confederate Monument in Alton, IL.

vi. Prints of Monument

a. 7 small pictures of monument (photocopies)

b. 7 prints of a sketching of the monument

vii. Photographs

a. Photo of Monument taken July 26, 1954. Donor:

Gladys Hayes.

b. Photo of Monument taken January 2, 1955.

c. Photo of Monument. Donor: Gladys Hayes.

(photocopy)

d. Booklet entitled, Lovejoy Monument, Alton, IL, and

Secondary Photos.

e. Large photo of Monument. Donor: Gladys Hayes.

f. Large photo of Monument.

g. Undated photo of a Monument.

2. Folder Containing Materials concerning the dedication of the plaque on

November 9, 1952 in Alton, IL

i. Copy of plaque inscription. (transcription)

ii. Newspaper Clippings

a. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), November 9, 1952.

„Stevenson to Help Honor Press Martyr.‟ (original)

b. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), November 9, 1952.

„Remembering a Martyred Editor.‟ (original)

c. The New York Times (NY), November 10, 1952.

„Stevenson Honors 1837 Press Martyr.‟ (original)

d. Portland Evening Express (ME), November 10, 1952.

Photo of Adlai E. Stevenson at plaque.

e. Alton Evening Telegraph (IL), November 10, 1952.

Various Articles. (original)

f. Alton Evening Telegraph (IL), November 10, 1952.

„Text of Governor‟s Address.‟ (original)

g. St. Louis Globe-Democrat (MO), November 10, 1952.

„Stevenson and Bingham Honor Abolitionist Editor.‟

(original)

h. St. Louis Globe-Democrat (MO), November 10, 1952.

„Text of Gov. Adlai Stevenson‟s Address at Alton

Memorial Dedication.‟ (original)

i. St. Louis Globe-Democrat (MO), November 10, 1952.

„Memorial to Martyred Newsman.‟ (original)

j. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), „Stevenson in Tribute to

Press Martyr.‟ (original)

k. The Everyday Magazine (MO), November 10, 1952.

„Abolitionist Editor Honored.‟ (original)

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l. St. Louis (MO), November 10, 1952. „Stevenson in

Ceremony at Alton Honoring Press Martyr Lovejoy.‟

(original)

m. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), November 10, 1952. „A

Great Memory Kept Greatly.‟ (original)

n. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), November 10, 1952.

„Stevenson Unveils Lovejoy Plaque.‟ (original)

o. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), November 11, 1952.

„Two Appeals for the Free Press.‟ (original, 2 copies)

p. The Christian Science Monitor, November 12, 1952.

„The Lovejoy Lesson.‟ (transcription)

iii. Magazine Article- The Magazine of History, September-October

1916. „Lovejoy‟s Influence on John Brown.‟ (photocopy) Includes

note from P.A. Lenk to Carolyn Nelson dated December 13, 1985.

(original)

iv. Letter from W.J. Pape (Chairman of the Lovejoy Memorial

Committee) to the members of the Inland Daily Press Associated

dated June 18, 1946. Includes note dated „gift of Dick Dyer.‟

(original)

v. Speeches

a. Speech given by Barry Bingham, Louisville-Courier

Journal, Editor and Publisher. November 9, 1952.

vi. Photographs

a. Photo of Elijah Lovejoy III and IV at gravesite.

b. Photo of Barry Bingham at plaque dedication.

c. Photo of Adlai Stevenson and crowd at plaque

dedication.

d. Photo of Adlai Stevenson, Lovejoy IV, and Naomi

Wilson pulling back the cover over the plaque.

e. Photo of the crowd assembled at Lovejoy Memorial

Plaque.

f. Photo of Adlai Stevenson, P.B. Cousley, and Dr. H.W.

Trovillion viewing the Lovejoy Press.

g. Photo of plaque and surroundings.

h. Photo solely of plaque.

3. Folder


a. Special to the New York Sunday Herald-Tribune (NY),

Between 1932-1937. (copy)

b. [Unknown Newspaper], January 1, 1952. „Memorial

Willed to Colby College.‟ (original)

c. Lewiston Evening Journal (ME), January 19, 1952.

„$2000 Bequest Made to Colby for Memorial.‟

(original)

d. Christian Science Monitor, November 22, 1957.

„Students Mark Birthplace of Elijah Lovejoy.‟

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(original)

e. [Unknown Newspaper], undated. Dow, Durwood A.,

Letter to the Editor: Voice of the People.

ii. Correspondence

a. Letter from Nelson Miles Heikes to Dr. Franklin

Johnson dated June 24, 1948. (original)

b. Letter from Johnson to Heikes dated July 9, 1948.

(copy)

c. 1956 Letter from James M. Bailey and Jesse L. Cannon

to Donors. Includes handwritten note from Dilliard to

J.S. Bixler. (original)

4. Speech given by Charlene Cannon, Interim Trustee, Lovejoy Grave Site at the

Lovejoy Monument for the Madison County Historical Society Fall Meeting,

October 4, 1987. (copy)

5. Celia Ann French Lovejoy Memorial

i. In Memory of Celia Ann French Lovejoy placed at EPL Gravesite.

(copy)

ii. Burton, Bernard. Remarks at Unveiling of Memorial of Celia Ann

Lovejoy at Alton City Cemetery, Alton, Illinois. (2 copies)

E. Materials regarding the rededication of the Lovejoy Monument on September 25,

1969.

1. Folder 1


a. Alton Evening Telegraph (IL), September 24, 1969.

„New Look for Memorial, Honor for Lovejoy. (original)

b. Alton Evening Telegraph (IL), September 26, 1969.

„Lovejoy Ideas Live: Ogilvie.‟ (original)

c. Alton Evening Telegraph (IL), Fall 1969. „Final Details

Ironed Out for Lovejoy Rededication.‟ (original)

ii. Correspondence

a. Letter from Frederick C. Lovejoy to Colby College

dated October 4, 1969. (copy)

iii. Remarks of Richard B. Ogilvie. Governor of Illinois. Elijah Lovejoy

Monument Rededication. Alton, Illinois, September 25, 1969.


2. Folder 2


a. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), September 25,

1969. „Dilliard Will Represent Colby at Alton, Ill.‟

(original)

b. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), September 26,

1969. Telegram from Colby is Read at Lovejoy

Monument Ceremony.‟ (original, 2 copies)

ii. Magazine Articles

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a. The Quill, November 1969. „SDX Helps Rededicate

Elijah P. Lovejoy Site.‟ (original)

b. Olin Magazine, 1970. „Pride Rises in Piasa Country.‟

(original)

iii. Correspondence

a. Letter from Robert E.L. Strider to Grace Favors dated

September 23, 1969. (copy)

b. Letter from Dick Dyer to Elizabeth Libbey dated

October 27, 1969. (original)

iv. Copy of the Program for the Rededication of the Elijah Parish

Lovejoy Monument. (original, 2 copies)

F. Lovejoy Day

1. 1944 Exercises

i. Newspaper Clipping- York Weekly, November 20, 1944. „High Spots

of the Week‟s News in Maine.‟ (original)

ii. Invitation to the Lovejoy Day Exercises on November 24, 1944


iii. Description of the event. (3 copies)

2. 1948 Exercises


a. Lewiston Journal (ME), November 6, 1948. „Colby

College to Honor Memory of Elijah Lovejoy.‟

(original)

b. Portland Express (ME), November 6, 1948. „Colby to

Honor Free Press Martyr.‟ (original)

c. Bath Times (ME), November 6, 1948. „Colby to Honor

Lovejoy‟s Memory.‟ (original)

d. Portland Telegram (ME), November 7, 1948. „Colby

College to Honor Elijah Lovejoy This Week.‟ (original)

e. [Unknown Newspaper], undated. „Colby to Celebrate

Lovejoy Day in a Fitting Manner.‟ (original)

ii. Letter from Dr. Bixler to G. Cecil Goddard dated May 25, 1948.

(copy)

G. Buildings

1. Lovejoy Memorial Buildings


a. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), November 1, 1941.

„Proposal to Erect Lovejoy Memorial at Mayflower Hill

is Favored by Press Groups.‟ (original)

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b. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), November 1, 1941.

„President Johnson Outlines Plan for Lovejoy

Memorial.‟ (original, 2 copies)

c. The Waldoboro Press (ME), December 18, 1941.

„Memorial Auditorium to be Erected on Colby

Campus.‟ (3 copies, 1 original, 2 photocopies)

d. Undated Article. „Lovejoy Memorial Drive Planned by

Colby College. (original)

e. Undated proof for the Boston Post. Includes quotes

from the Washington Evening Star, the Augusta

Kennebec Journal, The Boston Herald, and the St.

Louis Post-Dispatch. (original)

ii. Correspondence

a. Letter from Frederick H. Koch to Professor Libby dated

February 4, 1942. (original) Includes Poster for UNC-

Chapel Hill play, Men in Action. (original)

b. Letter from Koch to Libby dated February 11, 1942.

(original)

c. Unsigned letter to Dr. Johnson and President Eustis

dated October 5, 1943. (copy)

d. Letter from William J. Pape to „the Editor or Publisher‟

dated December 22, 1945. (original)

e. Letter from Professor Todrank to the members of the

Faculty dated March 25, 1976. (original) Includes

anonymous undated handwritten note on back.

f. 3 proofs of letters from the Colby Campaign

Committee. (originals)

iii. The Lovejoy Memorial Committee

a. Letter from William J. Pape to „the Editor or Publisher‟

dated February 2, 1946. (original)

b. Letter from Pape to „the Editor or Publisher‟ dated

February 23, 1946. (original)

c. Letter from Pape to other Newspapermen dated March

23, 1946. (printed copy)

d. Letter from Pape and Howard Davis to unnamed

recipient(s) tentatively dated 1947. (original)

e. Letter from Pape to E.A. Lightner dated November 1,

1949. (original)

f. Letter from Pape to unnamed recipient(s) dated

November 30, 1950.

g. Letter from Pape to unnamed recipient(s) dated

November 14, 1951.

h. Undated unsigned letter to be sent to members of the

National Committee. (copy)

i. List of Committee Members

j. Flier- Defies Press Curb; Editor is Shot. (original)

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k. 2 business cards for The Lovejoy Memorial Committee.

(original)

iv. Meeting minutes for the Meeting of the Colby Campaign Committee

on September 23, September 28, and October 7, 1943. (copies)

v. Undated essay featuring a description of the Auditorium, a

description of the life of EPL, and quotes by Herbert Hoover, Frank

E. Gannett, Clarence E. Lovejoy, Howard Davis, Hon. Dwight H.

Green, and Joseph Pulitzer. (original)

vi. Program- Dedication Exercises, December 3, 1959. (original, 2

copies)

vii. Speech by Louis M. Lyons. The Questioning Mind, December 3,

1959. (original)

viii. Fliers

a. Announcement of the Proposed Erection of the Lovejoy

Auditorium—A Meeting-place for the Newspaper Men

and Women of the Nation. (original, 3 copies)

b. A Newspapermen’s Project. (original)

c. A Newspapermen’s Opportunity One Fourth to its

Goal. (original)

d. Defies Press Curb; Editor is Shot. Forgotten? (original,

2 copies- 1 small, 1 large)

e. The Lovejoy Memorial Committee. (original)

ix. Undated Campaign pledge by Miss Ethel Dubois.

2. Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial Library

i. Handlist to Accompany Exhibit at Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial

Library, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, November

and December 1987. Complied by John C. Abbott and Louisa H.

Bowen.

3. The Lovejoy Memorial Auditorium


a. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), November 23, 1944.

„Freedom of Press Week is Being Observed Here.‟

(original)

b. New York Post, 1945. „Jesse R. Lovejoy

Dead; Director of G.E. Was 82.‟ (original)

ii. Correspondence

a. Letter from C.E. Lovejoy to Franklin Johnson dated

October 12, 1937. Includes a list of people named

Lovejoy. (original)

b. Letter from C.E. Lovejoy to E.A. Lightner dated

October 25, 1937. Includes 300 names of Lovejoys.

(originals)

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c. Letter from C.E. Lovejoy to Lightner dated October 21,

1937. (original)

Letter from C.E. Lovejoy to Mrs. Lunette Hadley dated

October 21, 1937. (copy)

Lists of Credit Estimates of Lovejoys. (copies)

d. Letter from George C. Wing, Jr. to the Lovejoy

Centennial Committee dated October 28, 1937.

(original)

e. Letter from Bertha Lovejoy Cable to Herbert C. Libby

dated January 16, 1942. (original and transcription)

Includes information about Lovejoys and a list of

people named Lovejoy.

f. Letter from Francis [Weibust?] to Dean Marriner dated

June 29, 1963. Post Script dated July 9, 1963.

(original) Includes list of Lovejoys, a postcard

addressed to Mrs. Frank Lovejoy, and a photo of Dr.

Frank Lovejoy. (originals)

iii. Suggested Method to Attract The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Memorial

Endowment for Colby College. (copy)

iv. Meeting Notes from November 3, 1937 Committee Meeting.

v. Lists of Lovejoys

a. List of Prospects. (original)

b. Handwritten list of people named Lovejoy. (original)

c. Handwritten list of Lovejoys on Ernest C. Marriner‟s

stationary. (original) Includes section of a book,

chapter – „History of Royalton, VT.‟ (unknown,

original)

d. Undated Miscellaneous Lovejoys and Collateral’s

Suitable for Colby Mailing List. (original)

e. Undated Mailing List of Lovejoys. (original)

H. Hall of Fame

1. Newspaper Clippings

i. November 4, (1930?). „Notables to aid in Hall of Frame Dedication

Rites.‟ (original)

ii. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO), September 27, 1967. „Alton Studies

Hall of Fame in Lovejoy‟s Memory.‟ (2 copies- 1 original, 1

photocopy)

iii. Portland Evening News (ME), undated. „Into His Own. An Editorial

From The Colby Alumnus.‟ (original)

2. Newspaper Clippings regarding the Lovejoy Bust: Unknown Newspapers

i. [Unknown Newspaper], 1929. „Abolition Martyr Honored.‟ (original,

2 copies)

ii. [Unknown Newspaper], undated. „Association Ships Bust of Lovejoy

for Hall of Fame.‟ (original)

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iii. [Unknown Newspaper], undated. „Honor Elijah Lovejoy: Graduate,

Colby 1826.‟ (original)

3. Magazine Articles

i. The United States Publisher, September 1929. „Elijah Parish Lovejoy:

First Editor Elected to Illinois Press Hall of Fame.‟ (original)

ii. Editor & Publisher, December 30, 1967. „Journalism Hall of Frame:

Lovejoy Memorial Funds are Sought.‟ (original) Includes letter from

Dick Dyer to Ken Blake dated January 5, 1967. (original)

iii. Sun-Up, Maine’s Own Magazine, undated. Smith, Joseph. „Illinois

Honors the Memory of an Heroic Son of Maine.‟ (original)

4. Correspondence

i. Letter from H.L. Williamson to Professor Herbert C. Libby dated


ii. Telegram from the Main Press Association to Libby dated November


iii. Telegram from William Tudor Gardiner to Libby dated November 21,

1930. (original)

iv. Letter from Williamson to Libby dated November 29, 1930. (original)

5. Invitation to the Dedication and First Unveiling Exercises of the Illinois

Editorial Hall of Fame on November 21, 1930. (original)

6. Program for the Sixty-Fifth Annual Meeting and Journalism Conference,

November 20, 21, 22, 1930. (original)

7. Program and Menu for the November 21, 1930 Exercises. (original)

8. Editors’ Hall of Fame: Memorial Booklet and Program of the Dedication and

First Unveiling. (original)

I. The Lovejoy Bust

1. Newspaper Clippings: Unknown Newspapers

i. December 5, 1929. „Colby asks copy of Lovejoy Bust.‟

(original)

ii. December 11, 1929. „College Wants Exact Replica of Bust

Made.‟ (original)

2. Letter from Franklin W. Johnson to Professor Libby dated

December 27, 1934. (original)

3. Inscription of the Plaque to the Bust in the Alton, IL. Hall of Fame.

4. Photographs

i. 2 photos of the bust in the Hall of Fame. (originals)

ii. Photo of Bust. (original, mounted)

J. Lovejoy Luncheon on October 31, 1941

1. Invitation by the Members of the Board of Trustees and by the Faculty of

Colby to the Editors and Publishers of all Maine newspapers to attend the

luncheon on October 21, 1941.

2. Address by the Honorable Bainbridge Colby at the Lovejoy Luncheon. (copy)

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3. Booklet- Excerpts from an Address by the Honorable Bainbridge Colby at

Colby College, Waterville, Maine before The Maine Publisher‟s Association,

November 1, 1941.

4. Photo of Bainbridge Colby, Franklin Johnson, and Sumner Sewall. (original)

K. Memorial Organizations

1. EPL Memorial (organization) in Alton, IL

i. Photocopied Newspaper Clippings: Unknown Newspapers

a. „Lovejoy poster deadline,‟ October 12, 1974.

„Ceremonies, contest will mark Lovejoy Day in Alton,‟

November 8, 1974.

„Branzenburg at Lovejoy event: Newsman‟s privilege

absolute?,‟ November 9, 1974.

b. „Lovejoy rites are observed in Alton,‟ November 11,

1974

photo: „Part of a Ceremony‟

c. „Mrs. Nathan to speak at annual Lovejoy dinner,‟

January 8, 1975.

„Mrs. Nathan addresses Lovejoy meet,‟ January 11,

1975.

d. „Missing plaque,‟ February 19, 1975.

e. „Lovejoy scholarship increased,‟ March 22, 1975.

f. „Lovejoy audience hears plea for racial cooperation,‟

June 9, 1975.

„Lovejoy Day poster contest under way in Alton

schools,‟ September 12, 1975.

g. „Drive for Lovejoy Memorial memberships is under

way,‟ October 22, 1975.

„Lovejoy honored at ceremonies,‟ November 10, 1975.

h. „Boston Globe publisher to get Lovejoy Award,‟

October 9, 1975.

„A look at Lovejoy,‟ April 9, 1976.

„Lovejoy is fast becoming national hero,‟ April 12,

1976.

„Lovejoy scholarship ceremony set Sunday,‟ June 11,

1976.

i. „Martyr‟s wife praised for her devotion,‟ January 10,

1976.

j. „Lovejoy marker to be replaced,‟ April 28, 1976.

„Black Students told to persevere,‟ June 14, 1976.

photo of Lloyd D. Gill, winner of the 1976 EPL

scholarship.

ii. Newsletters

a. May 1983 EPL Memorial Newsletter. (original)

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b. February 1984 EPL Memorial Newsletter. (original)

c. October 1984 EPL Memorial Newsletter. (original)

d. August 1987 EPL Memorial Newsletter. (original)

e. January 1988 EPL Memorial Newsletter. (original)

iii. Program: 1980 EPL Memorial Service.

iv. Itinerary for the 1981 Memorial Events for the Commemoration of

EPL’s Birthday in Alton.

v. Annual Meeting of the EPL Memorial Programs

a. Program from November 11, 1983 meeting. (original)

b. Program from November 8, 1985 meeting. (original)

c. Program from November 14, 1986 meeting. (original)

2. The EPL Society of St. Louis

i. Newspaper Related Material

a. News Release, „Senator Birch Byah to Address Third

Annual Lovejoy Awards Banquet.‟ 1980.

b. News Release dated October 25, 1982.

c. Undated newspaper clipping. „Hungate to get Award

from Lovejoy Society.‟ (photostat)

d. Undated newspaper clipping. „Courage in

desegregation of schools is recognized.‟ (photostat)

ii. Correspondence

a. Letter from EPL Society of St. Louis President Robert

Tabscott to „Friends and Supporters‟ dated August

1979.

b. Letter from Tabscott to members of the Society dated

October 25, 1982.

c. Campbell, Geoff. „A letter to the Society.‟ 1983.

(transcription)

iii. Speeches

a. Dillon, Dr. Merton. „Lovejoy and the Free Press.‟


b. Lofton, John. „A Tribute to Irving Dilliard.‟ November

4, 1978. (transcription)

c. Dillon, Dr. Merton. „Lovejoy and the Abolitionists,‟


iv. 150th

Anniversary. A series of lectures and events sponsored by “Des

Peres Presbyterian Church and the Elijah Lovejoy Society. March

through November 1983.”

a. Spring Newsletter.

b. Special Notice. Tentative date of early May 1983.

c. EPL Society, Spring Meetings, May 22, 1983.

d. Program- Spring Meeting. May 22, 1983.

e. Program- In celebration of its Sesquicentennial. June

18, 1983.

f. The Annual Meeting of the EPL Society. November 6,

1983.

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g. Winter Newsletter.

h. St. Louis Congregation Celebrates its Sesquicentennial.

v. Newsletters

a. Newsletter dated 1981. (original) Includes 2 speeches:

Anastalpo, George. The Moral Majority: The New

Abolitionists. (copy)

Anastalpo, George. On the Hunting of Witches Today.

(copy)

b. Fall Newsletter (dated 1981-1982?). Includes

information about the Candlelight Cruise on the

Mississippi River, November 7, 1982. (original)

c. Newsletter dated January 1985. (photocopy)

d. Newsletter dated August 1985. (photocopy)

e. Newsletter dated November 7, 1985. (original)

Includes article from The Riverfront Times (MO),

September 11-17-1985. Tabscott, Robert. „Lovejoy‟s

Legacy.‟ (photocopy)

f. Newsletter dated May 1986. (photocopy)

g. Newsletter dated January 1, 1988. (original)

vi. Programs of Meetings

a. 1982 Annual Meeting of the EPL Society. Includes

summary of the Fall 1981 meeting. (original and

photocopy)

vii. Meeting notes of the EPL Society

a. The Fall Meeting of the EPL Society. September 28,

1984. (copy or original?)

b. The EPL Society. May 9, 1985. (copy)

c. The Spring Meeting of the EPL Society. June 16, 1985.

(copy)

viii. Special Events/Sponsored Programs

a. The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Society Awards Banquet,

November 13, 1979. Includes Program Notes.

(original) Includes page with the following undated

newspaper clippings: „Paul Simon, Mrs. Van Uum

Receive Lovejoy Award,‟

„Lovejoy‟s principles called on to solve problems of

today‟s world,‟

„No-Show Foils Abortion Protest.‟ (photostat)

b. The Elijah Parish Lovejoy Society presents ‘Human

Rights in the 80’s, March 22, 1981. Includes „1980

Society News in Review.‟ Also includes RSVP form.

(original)

L. Church Organizations

1. The Council of Liberal Churches

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i. Newspaper clipping (Boston, 1955). Advertisement for Freedom of

the Press Sunday.

ii. News Story for Immediate Release: „Unitarian and Universalist

Churches, honoring EPL, to observe first “Freedom of the Press”

Sunday on November 6.‟ (original, 3 copies)

2. Program from The Second Church. November 13, 1955 („Freedom of the

Press Sunday‟). „Elijah Lovejoy: American Martyr.‟ (original)

3. Twelve Celebrations for Worship-Discussion-Program Planning. 1966-1967

Series. „In the Liberal Tradition: Elijah Lovejoy and Freedom of the Press.‟

M. The Alton Museum of History and Art, Inc. Essay about Celia Ann French Lovejoy.

From Charlene Gill to Dr. William R. Cotter.

N. Donation of the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Bookcase by Norman L. Bassett (class of

1891)

1. Newspaper Clipping

i. Waterville Morning Sentinel (ME), June 29, 1920. „Pays Tribute to


ii. [Unknown Newspaper Clipping], undated. „Colby to Have Memorial

to Martyr-Alumnus.‟ (original)

2. The Colby Alumnus, 1919-1920. „Acceptance for the College.‟ (photocopy)

3. 4 Copies of Presentation to the College of the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Bookcase

by Normal L. Bassett, ’91. June 28, 1920. (original)

4. Program of Exercises. (original)

O. Miscellaneous

1. Undated Memorial Broadside. (original)

VII. Gravestone-related Material

A. Correspondence

1. Letter from Sigrid Mount (Dick Dyer‟s office) to Archives dated November


2. Letter from Dean Smith to Dick Dyer dated September 26, 1987. (copy)

B. Undated Essay. The Lovejoy Grave Site.

C. Original Copies of the rubbings of the Gravestones from the Lovejoy Cemetery in

Albion, ME. , by Sigrid Mount, Fall 1980.

1. Rubbing of Owen Lovejoy‟s Gravestone.

2. Rubbing of Daniel Lovejoy‟s Gravestone.

3. Rubbing of Francis Lovejoy‟s Footstone.

4. Rubbing of Mary Lovejoy‟s Footstone.

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D. Original Copies of the rubbings of the Footstones from the Lovejoy Cemetery.

1. Rubbing of Owen Lovejoy‟s Footstone.

2. Rubbing of Daniel Lovejoy‟s Footstone.

3. Rubbing of Francis Lovejoy‟s Footstone.

4. Rubbing of Mary Lovejoy‟s Footstone.

E. Original sketches of the Gravestones and Footstones in the Lovejoy Cemetery by

Sigrid Mount, Fall 1980.

1. Sketch of Owen Lovejoy‟s Gravestone and Footstone.

2. Sketch of Rev. Daniel Lovejoy‟s Gravestone and Footstone.

3. Sketch of Francis Lovejoy‟s Gravestone and Footstone.

4. Sketch of Mary Lovejoy‟s Gravestone and Footstone.

F. Collection of photocopies of the sketches of the Gravestones and Footstones in the

Lovejoy Cemetery by Sigrid Mount, Fall 1980.

1. Sketch of Owen Lovejoy‟s Gravestone and Footstone.

2. Sketch of Rev. Daniel Lovejoy‟s Gravestone and Footstone.

3. Sketch of Francis Lovejoy‟s Gravestone and Footstone.

4. Sketch of Mary Lovejoy‟s Gravestone and Footstone.

VIII. Information about Illinois

A. Newspaper Clipping- Portland Telegram (ME), November 6, 1949. „Colby Given

Rare Book on Martyr for Free Press.‟ (original)

B. Correspondence

1. Letter from Miss Jessie Dean to Wesley Ross Doe dated June 2, 1955.

(original) Includes two postcards from Illinois. (original)

2. Letter from Doe to Dean dated June 14, 1955. (copy)

C. Carpentier, Charles F. Secretary of State. Official List of Counties and Incorporated

Municipalities of Illinois. 1955.

D. Maps

1. Road Maps

i. Lewis & Clark Bridges, Alton, IL. 1947.

ii. 1955 Illinois Official Highway Map.

iii. Rand McNally Illinois Pocket Map. 1952.

iv. Miracle Fold Road Map. Illinois and Adjoining States. Undated.

2. Geological Maps

i. United States Department of the Interior Geological

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Survey. Alton Quadrangle. 1927. (original)

ii. United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey.

Alton Quadrangle. IL-MO. 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) 1950

Edition. (original)

E. Pamphlet- The Home of Abraham Lincoln.

F. Various Postcards

G. Negative Prints

1. Section of EPL‟s Printing Press.

2. View of St. Charles, MO.

3. View of Front Street, St. Louis, MO. c. 1840.

4. View of Alton, IL. c. 1848.

H. Photographs

1. Photographs and Negative prints of St. Paul‟s Episcopal Church. 1936, 1955.

2. Page with 3 photocopies of photos

i. St. Paul‟s Episcopal Church, April 1936.

ii. St. Paul‟s Episcopal Church, January 2, 1955.

iii. Stained Glass Window of St. Paul‟s Episcopal Church

3. Booklet of photos of Alton, IL. January 2, 1955.

IX. Audio/Visual Material

A. Phonograph Album, February 11, 1946. „Land We Live In‟

B. Phonograph Album. Columbia University Bicentennial Album on Man‟s right to

knowledge and the free use thereof. May 6, 1954. Also includes script of album.

C. Microfilm, November 3, 1959. The Wickett-Wiswall Collection of Lovejoy Papers

in Southwest Collection, Texas Technological College, Lubbock, Texas. Also

includes photocopy of the Southwest Collection title page and a note-card.

D. Film reel, 1959.

E. Video Cassette. Lovejoy: The Vigil. Includes Newspaper Clipping. Morning

Sentinel (ME), November 29, 1986. „Film to focus on life of Elijah Lovejoy.‟

(original)

X. Miscellaneous

A. Chronology, List of Colby Materials, and list of websites relating to EPL.

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B. Undated „Bibliography of the materials on EPL in the Colby College

Library‟(photocopy)

C. Undated list of photographs concerning EPL at Colby.

D. The Story of Lovejoy

E. Folder entitled „Lovejoy Collection Lists‟

1. A Check List of Colby‟s EPL Collection. 1944. (original, 2 copies)

2. Undated brief biography, bibliography, and miscellaneous material of EPL

(2 copies of miscellaneous material pages). Includes list of Lovejoy Speakers

(last updated March 31, 1997)

F. Various handwritten notes/research done on EPL by an anonymous author.

G. Negatives of Photographs.

1. Lovejoy Family Portraits.

2. 3 negatives of the Lovejoy Homestead.

H. Lovejoy Silhouette

I. Medal- Inscribed: By the Blessing of God I will never go back * Lovejoy * For

Country and Humanity * April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918*

J. The Lovejoy Treasure Box. Originally owned by Jesse Lovejoy c. [1815?]. Includes

brief history of the treasure box (1 original, 2 photocopies.)

K. Collection of Stones.

1. Stone from Alton, IL. Gift of Wesley R. Doe.

2. Stones from Alton, IL, from near the scene of the murder of EPL. Gift of

Wesley R. Doe.

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