12/31/2023 0 Comments Air doc belle fourcheCommissioning committee, honorary crew member and plank owner United States Ship Springfield submarine, since 1990. Louis unit Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children, 1975-1981. Trustee, regent Lincoln Academy Illinois, 1970-1982, Bicentennial Order Lincoln, 2009.īoard governors St. Member Illinois State Flag Commission, since 1969. Sponsor Abraham Lincoln Bay, Washington National Cathedral. Indian Villages of the Illinois Country: Historic Tribes (Scientific Papers, Vol 2, Pt 2) Lincoln-Grant: Illinois militiamen Lincoln-Grant: Illinois militiamen Lincoln’s Surgeons at His Assassination Hardcover – October 29, 2015īY SQUARE AND COMPASS: THE BUILDING OF LINCOLN’S HOME AND ITS SAGA. Temple (1995)Īlexander Williamson: Friend of the Lincolns (Special publication) Nov 30, 2018Ībraham Lincoln: From Skeptic to Prophet 1st Edition by Wayne C. Lincoln’s Confidant: The Life of Noah Brooks (The Knox College Lincoln Studies Center) by Wayne C. Douglas, Freemason.Ībraham Lincoln and Others at the St. (listed in the top 100 Lincoln books ever written) President Midwest Conference Masonic Education, 1985. Advisory council United States Civil War Centennial Commission, 1960-1966. Honorary member Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1959-1960. Member bibliography committee Lincoln Lore, since 1958. ![]() Secretary-treasurer National Lincoln-Civil War Council, 1958-1964. Lecturer United States Military Academy, 1975. Wayne Calhoun Temple has been listed as a noteworthy Historian by Marquis Who’s Who.Ĭurator ethnohistory, Illinois State Museum, 1954-1958 editor-in-chief, Lincoln Herald, Lincoln Memorial U., 1958-1973 associate editor, Lincoln Herald, Lincoln Memorial U., since 1973 also director department Lincolniana, director university press, John Wingate Weeks professor of history, Lincoln Herald, Lincoln Memorial U., 1958-1964 with, Illinois State Archives, since 1964 chief deputy director, Illinois State Archives. As you can see, it is quite impressive.ĭoc’s education credentials & historical resume:ĪB cum laude, University of Illinois, 1949 AM, University of Illinois, 1951 Doctor of Philosophy, University of Illinois, 1956 Lincoln Diploma of Honor (Illinois’ highest civilian award), Dean of history at Lincoln Memorial U., Harrogate, Tennessee, 1963. Doc served as chief deputy director of the Illinois State Archives for over 50 years (1964-2016), Secretary-treasurer of the National Lincoln-Civil War Council during the 100th anniversary Centennial years (1958-1964), and editor / associate of the Lincoln Herald since 1973. I am just one of the legion of Lincoln scholars he has helped and encouraged along the way. In my opinion, he is our nation’s greatest living Lincoln scholar. Thank you for your consideration.ĭoc’s historical resume is unchallenged. His personal archives will be donated to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield and these birthday cards will be preserved among that collection. Please share this humble announcement to your page and we’ll see if we can’t get 99 cards for Doc’s 99th birthday. I ask that you join me in sending a birthday card or friendly note to Doc (he doesn’t do e-mail) in time for his 99th birthday (February 5, 2023) in care of the address below. Doc is a member of America’s greatest generation having fought bravely for the United States in the European theatre, once actually standing in an open road firing a Thompson Sub-machine gun at a German fighter plane strafing his unit. This will be Doc’s first birthday since losing Sandy, his wife of 42 years, last March. ![]() Most of today’s Lincoln scholars have consulted Doc for facts in their work. Along the way, Doc has graciously volunteered his time, knowledge & wisdom with countless students and scholars along the way. ![]() ![]() For nearly 70 years, Doc has researched, written, and published more than 20 books and over 300 articles on Abraham Lincoln, the Civil War, Indigenous tribes, and Midwest history. I have been working on a biography of Doc for some time now. Friends, please consider joining me in a project celebrating the 99th birthday of the Dean of all Abraham Lincoln scholars from Springfield, Illinois:
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