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Lincoln Room, Chicago Historical Society, 1931

Lincoln Room, Chicago Historical Society, 1931
Institutions such as the Chicago Historical Society have had a dual mission to serve both history and memory—to preserve the evidence of history and support research, and also to educate the public and help shape civic memory. Although Abraham Lincoln was not a Chicago resident, the Historical Society has a significant collection of Lincoln-related papers and artifacts, and has interpreted these materials in many displays since the 1870s.