ALPLM Cuts Ties With Library Foundation By SEAN CRAWFORD • APR 1, 2021

[Dave Taylor]

I was quite upset when I heard the Taper collection had been taken away. It has some really amazing things, especially revolving around Lincoln’s assassination. Like many who had just followed the press reports, I thought the Foundation was solely to blame. However, after reading through the 2019 report from Dr. Samuel Wheeler, the former Illinois State Historian, it’s clear there’s a lot of blame to be had by ALPLM administrators who spend years fighting with their partner foundation.

For those interested, I used Dr. Wheeler’s report to write a deep history of the acquisition of the Taper collection and what led to it leaving the ALPLM two weeks ago.

https://lincolnconspirators.com/2022/11/...ollection/