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Inventory Highlights

American History

Meriwether Lewis, William T. Sherman, Henry Ford, Omar Bradley, Noah Webster, Stephen A. Douglas, Winfield Scott, Joseph Hooker, Martin Luther King, Jr., William Lloyd Garrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Robert Spring, 20th Maine, Misc. American Revolution, Civil War Journals, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Thomson, Charles Evans Hughes, Clarence Darrow, Daniel Sickles, Daniel Webster, David Porter, Dolley Madison, Edward Canby, Eleanor Roosevelt, Eli Whitney, Frank Murphy, George Murphy, Gideon Welles, J. Edgar Hoover, Sam Houston, James Lyman Van Buren, Jefferson Davis, John Hatch, John Dahlgren, John Marshall, John Wool, John Hancock, Robert Anderson, more...

Presidents, Vice Presidents

Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Benjamin Harrison, Bill Clinton, Calvin Coolidge, Chester A. Arthur, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin Pierce, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford, Grover Cleveland, Harry Truman, Jacqueline Kennedy, James Madison, James Monroe, James Buchanan, James Garfield, Jimmy Carter, John Adams, John F. Kennedy, John Q. Adams, Lyndon B. Johnson, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren Harding, William McKinley, William Taft, William Henry Harrison, Woodrow Wilson, Zachary Taylor, Eleanor Roosevelt, more...

Foreign History

Napoleon Bonaparte, Queen Victoria, George IV, Medieval Documents, George VI, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Winston Churchill, Abd Al-Qa¯dir, Louis XIV, Louis XV, Louis XIII, Spanish Royalty, Theodor Herzl, George III, Mahatma Ghandi, William Gladstone, George Canning, William Pitt, Lord Rockingham, more...

Civil War

Joseph Hooker, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant, Civil War Journals, Daniel Sickles, Gideon Welles, Jefferson Davis, John Dahlgren, more...

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Featured Historical Document
Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln gives a nation's thanks for heroic service.

 


In this 1865 manuscript, Lincoln gives a personal notification of the "Thanks of Congress" award to Admiral Stringham.  Only 30 men received this honor in the entire Civil War. 

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Also Visit Arts and Sciences
New to the Raab Collection

We have added a new site to the Raab Collection, where you can visit to see documents from the arts and sciences, including, among many others, those signed by Albert Einstein, Thomas Edison, Claude Monet, Frank Lloyd Wright, & Beethoven.

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The Great Hunt for History
Uncovering Stories Lost to Time

Exhibit: National Treasures, The Real Life Hunt For History

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Educated Collectors Guide
The Educated Collector's Guide to Autographs

The reference source for serious collectors for a generation. 2nd edition coming soon.

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In the News & On Exhibit

NPR All Things Considered

February 27, 2008: The archive of California governor Pat Brown More
Exhibits/Grants

Each year, in addition to our own private exhibits, we lend our manuscripts to institutions nationwide and give historical grants.

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Online Features

Presidents & Vice-Presidents
Interactive History

Find new ways to experience history and to view original manuscripts.

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Presidents & Vice-Presidents
The History of The Raab Collection

Take a look back in time at some of the treasures we have handled and the history we have preserved. More

Presidents & Vice-Presidents
Building Memorable Collections

Learn how we work with private collectors to build one collection and present it online. More