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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
Press.‟ (original)
lxii. New Bedford Times (MA), May 16, 1935. „Journalists to Praise
Martyr.‟ (original)
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
Martyr.‟ (original)
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
Press.‟ (original)
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
Elijah Lovejoy.‟ (original)
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
Free Press.‟ (original)
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
Martyr.‟ (original)
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
Elijah Lovejoy.‟ (original)
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
Press.‟ (original)
clxx. Opelika News (AL), May 21, 1935. „Publisher Says Press Only Bar to
Dictatorship.‟ (original)
clxxi. Bridgeport Star (CT), May 21, 1935. „Newspapermen Honor
Martyred Editor.‟ (original)
clxxii. Schenectady U.-Star (NY), May 21, 1935. „Newspapermen Honor
Martyred Editor.‟ (original)
clxxiii. No. Adams Transcript (MA), May 21, 1935. „Newspapermen Honor
Martyred Editor.‟ (original)
clxxiv. New Haven Register (CT), May 22, 1935. „Newspapermen Honor
Martyred Editor.‟ (original)
clxxv. St. Louis Globe Dem. (MO), May 22, 1935. „Commemorate
Publisher.‟ (original)
clxxvi. Fredericksburg Star (VA), May 22, 1935. „Says Press Must Halt
Dictatorship.‟ (original)
clxxvii. Springfield Republican (MA), May 22, 1935. „Newspapermen Honor
Martyred Editor.‟ (original)
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
Press.‟ (original)
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
Press.‟ (original)
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
Lovejoy.‟ (original)
vi. [Unknown Newspaper]. „Resolutions Passed Here in 1837 on Lovejoy
Death.‟ (original)
vii. [Newspaper Clipping]. „Hoover Praises Editors‟ Defense of a Free
Press.‟ (original)
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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
Free Press.‟ (original)
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
Lovejoy Convocation honoring
Edwin A. Lahey (November 9, 1967), the 17th
Lovejoy Convocation honoring
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,
November 7, 1986. (original)
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
Lovejoy Convocation, November 16, 1990.
(original)
x. Program to the 43rd
Lovejoy Convocation, November 9, 1995.
(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
Lovejoy Convocation, November 13, 1997.
(original)
ii. Program for the 47th
Lovejoy Convocation, November 12, 1999.
(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.
i. Program for the 50th
Lovejoy Convocation, November 13, 2002.
(original, 4 copies)
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‟.
(original, 2 copies)
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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)
i. Program for the 100th
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)
5. Folder Containing Material on the 100th
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)
6. Folder Containing Material on the 100th
Anniversary of Lovejoy‟s death.
i. Newspaper Clippings
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
Press.‟ (original)
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
November 9, 1937. (original)
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
November 3, 1937. (original)
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
i. Newspaper Clippings
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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31
(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
i. Newspaper Clippings
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.
(original, 2 copies)
2. Folder 2
i. Newspaper Clippings
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
(original, 4 copies)
iii. Description of the event. (3 copies)
2. 1948 Exercises
i. Newspaper Clippings
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
i. Newspaper Clippings
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
i. Newspaper Clippings
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
November 14, 1930. (original)
ii. Telegram from the Main Press Association to Libby dated November
21, 1930. (original)
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.‟
November 4, 1978. (transcription)
b. Lofton, John. „A Tribute to Irving Dilliard.‟ November
4, 1978. (transcription)
c. Dillon, Dr. Merton. „Lovejoy and the Abolitionists,‟
November 5, 1978. (transcription)
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
Lovejoy.‟ (original)
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
20, 1980. (original)
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.