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Abraham Lincoln Association, 13 Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum , 1 academic historians, 6, 12, 71, 73, 92; on amateurs, 2, 38, 80; on oral history, 163–4 Adams, James Truslow, 28, 92 Adams, John, 38 Adams, John Quincy, 93 Adams, Will, 73 Ade, George, 114 African Americans, 163 amateur historians: criticism of, 2, 162; critique of professionals, 80–81 American Historical Association, 26, 28, 51, 70, 129; meetings of, 21, 154, 166 American Historical Review, 70, 103 American Legion, 19, 145 Anderson, Bailey, 202 Angle, Paul, 131, 159, 162 Armstrong, Kate, 219 Ashworth, Moses, 195; family, 102 Atherton, Lewis, 20 Atlantic Monthly, 105, 162–63 audience, 7, 32–33, 134–36 Audubon, John James, 200 authenticity, 151–52 authority, contested, 7, 57, 63, 76, 79; multiple domains of, 69, 77, 81–82, 167; shared, 69, 82 Bacon, Albion Fellows, 16, 22, 29, 49, 93, 121, 137–38, 156; poetry of, 50, 64, 104, 148, 158, 190 Baker, Charles T., 100, 210n14 Baker, Ray Stanard, 28 Barker, William L., 17, 29, 156 Barnett family, 186 Barrett, Oliver, 71 Barton, William E., 5, 39, 74–75, 110, 132, 162; on Nancy Hanks legitimacy , 75, 165; and SWIHS, 39–40, 83, 124–30, 153 Beach, A. R., 56, 81, 84 Beard, Charles, 28, 70, 73, 86 Beard, Mary, 28, 86 Beard, Nancy, 67, 97 Becker, Carl, 28 Benson, Godfrey Rathbone (Lord Charnwood), 39 Benton, Thomas Hart, xiv, 157–58 “Best Witnesses,” 78–82, 138, 158, 163, 168 Beveridge, Albert J., 5, 41–42, 72–73, 114; biography of Lincoln, 72–73, 88–89, 129–33, 137–38; and SWIHS, 42, 55–56, 70–77, 83–84, 97–105, 123–31; on Lincoln biographers, 55, 70–71 Bigney, Andrew Jackson, 18 biography: of Lincoln, 4, 25, 53, 72–73, 88–89, 92, 95, 129–33, 137–38; of Lincoln neighbors, 87, 95–96, 102 Index 243 244 Index Birckbeck, Morris, 191 Black, Chauncey, 25, 88 Blight, David, 8, 125 Boone, Ratliff, 70; family, 51, 102, 197 Boonville, IN, 15, 100 Boonville Press Club, 111 Booth, John Wilkes, 68, 99 Bowers, Claude, 111, 131 Brackenridge, George W. and Mary, 196; family, 51, 197 Brackenridge, John, 16, 97–98, 131 Brady, Matthew, 144 Britton, Thomas Pindal, 190; family, 102 Brown, Paul, 122–30 Buchanan, Charles J., 50, 231n8 Burke, Peter, 141 Cady, John F., 100 Cannelton, IN, 15, 34, 35, 100 Carleton, William B., 146, 210n14 Carlisle, Anne Studebaker, 107, 109, 114–15, 120–21 Carpenter, Francis, 141 Casselberry family, 51, 197 Catholics, 35, 112–13, 119 Cawson, James, 188 Cayton, Andrew, 101 Channing, Edward, 28 Charybdis, 43, 46–47 Chicago Historical Society, 24 Civilian Conservation Corps, 165 Clark, George Rogers, 188, 191 Claypool Hotel, 55, 75–76 Clifford, Emily, 156 Clifford, George, 156, 187 Clover Creek Ferry, 15, 99 Coleman, Christopher, 24, 32, 48–49, 114, 153; and SWIHS, 49–53, 83–84, 122–30 collecting, 1, 38–39 Colonial Dames of America, 13 Colonial Williamsburg, 149 conspiracy, 78, 122–32 Cooley, Charles, 142 Coolidge, Calvin, 73, 119 Corbin, John, 190 Corydon, IN, 15, 49 Crawford, Elizabeth, 64, 185 Crawford, Josiah, 150, 185; family, 102 Crawford, Samuel, 143 Culbertson, D. Frank, 122, 124 Cummings, U. B., 210n14; family, 188 Curti, Merle, 28, 155 Daniel, W. H., 188 Daughters of the American Revolution, 13, 19, 21, 116 Davidson family, 185 Dawson, Raymond and Patricia, 238n30, 239n33 de la Hunt, Thomas J., 16, 19, 21, 93, 107, 146, 154, 156; feud with Iglehart, 37, 45–51, 121–22; and SWIHS, 29, 35, 99 DeBruler, Harbard P., 192 DeBruler, Lemuel Quincy, 190; family, 102, 194 Denny family, 186 DePauw University, 9, 41, 149 Donald, David Herbert, 162, 164 Downs, Thomas E., 210n14 Draper, Lyman, 17 Drinkwater, John, 39, 146 Dubois County, IN, 14–16 Edmonston, Benjamin Rose, 202 Edson, Eben Darwin, 191 Eggleston, Edward, 10, 26–27, 33, 137 Ehrmann, Bess V., 16, 18–19, 30, 49, 73, 76, 79–80, 156; pageants, 146–49; president of SWIHS, 47–48, 121–30; writings of, 51, 105, 137–38, 156–57, 163 Elliott, Lucy, 47 Ellis, Havelock, 80 Embree, Elisha, 16 Embree, Lucius C., 16–17, 30, 46, 156; on history, 68, 100, 138 emotion, and historical practice, 86–87, 152, 168 Esarey, Logan, 16–17, 26–27, 35, 47, 66, 129 [3.15.4.244] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 09:24 GMT) Index 245 Etcheson, Nicole, 101 eugenics, 123, 144 Evansville, IN, 10–11, 15, 100 Evansville Courier, 134–35, 145 Evansville Public Library, 158, 164 Farrand, Max...

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