Lincoln Discussion Symposium

John Edgar Burton?

That's actually a very good guess, Steve, but it's not Burton.

Next clue. He began collecting in 1903
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Rob

Samuel Sidney McClure or John Sanborn Phillips?

Sorry Eva, but it's neither McClure nor Phillips.

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Rob

James W. Bollinger?

You got it Eva. It is James Wills Bollinger. His collection, while not in the same league as the "Big Five" was quite impressive. The collection now resides in the University of Iowa. Here is part of it.

http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/search/.../bollinger

If one types "James W. Bollinger" into Google, one of the first hits is an article on Bollinger's collecting.

Good job, Eva!

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Rob

OK, now that I've figured out how to post pictures, here is another. Who is this couple? This could either be fairly easy or somewhat difficult.



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Rob

any connection to the Roosevelt family?

Historians Ruth and James Randall

Steve got it right. It is James and Ruth Painter Randall (albeit a younger James). I had a feeling it was too easy.

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Rob

(12-30-2018 07:35 PM)Rob Wick Wrote: [ -> ]Steve got it right. It is James and Ruth Painter Randall (albeit a younger James). I had a feeling it was too easy.

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Rob

Yes, far too easy. Thats why I threw in the red herring about the Roosevelts.

This person knew Carl Sandburg. Who is it?

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Rob

Lloyd Lewis?

Sorry Roger, but it's not Lewis. This person said on his initial meeting with Sandburg that there was nothing in him to suggest "incipient genius."

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Rob

Frank Lloyd Wright?