James M. and Kathryn Kerby Tolle Collection -- [MS 49]
(In locked file cabinet)

The following historical items are donated by James M. and Kathryn Kerby Tolle to
Abilene Christian University with the only stipulation that they never be sold.

	P. T. Beauregard, 1818-1893. Confederate general. Autograph letter signed.
	Henry Cabot Lodge, 1850-1824. U.S. senator. Letter signed.
	Thomas Nast, 1840-1902. American illustrator. Invented donkey and elephant symbols for Democrat and Republican parties, respectively. Autograph sketch signed.
	John D. Long, (?) Secretary of navy. Autograph letter signed.
	Royal Academy of Music, Paris, 1820. Signed by faculty members (twice by Maria Luigi Cherubuni, 1760-1842, Italian composer.)
	Autograph letter signed by British officer who served with Wellington in Spain and Portugal.
	David Starr Jordan, 1851-1931. American educator and naturalist. Letter signed.
	Thomas Francis Bayard, 1828-1898. U.S. senator and secretary of state. Autograph letter signed.
	John Joseph Pershing, 1860-1948. American general, commander-in-chief of American Expeditionary Forces, World War I. Letter signed.
	Vittorio Emmanuel Orlando, 1860-1952. Italian statesman and jurist; premier of Italy, 1917-1919, one of the "Big Four." Signed photo.
	William James, 1842-1910. American psychologist and philosopher; exponent of pragmatism. Autograph letter signed.
	Robert E. Lee, 1807-1870. Son of Henry "Lighthouse Harry" Lee. Commander-in chief of Confederate army. Photo taken as captain in U.S. army.
	Elihu Root, 1845-1937. American lawyer and statesman; secretary of state; received Nobel Peace prize, 1912. Letter signed.
	Michael William Balfe, 1808-1870. Irish composer and singer; best known for opera "The Bohemian Girl." Autograph letter signed.
	Ambrose Everett Burnside, 1824-1881. U.S. general in the Civil War; U.S. senator. Autograph letter signed.
	Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1807-1882, American poet. Letter signed. This letter is included in the Harvard University Press publication of Longfellow's letters.
	Richard Henry Dana, 1815-1882. American lawyer and writer (Two Years Before the Mast.) Autograph letter signed. Notice reference to Longfellow.
	Sir Walter Scott, 1777-1832. Scottish poet and novelist. Autograph letter signed.
	Charles Camille Saint-Saens, 1835-1921. French composer ("Samson and Delilah," "La Danse macabre," etc.) Autograph musical transcript.
	Niels Gada, 1817-1890. Greatest Danish man of music during the 19th century; composer and conductor. Autograph letter signed.
	Ruben Goldmark, 1872-1936. Composer of symphonic poems, overtures, etc. Autograph note signed.
	Charles Gounod, 1818-1893. French composer best known for his opera "Faust." Autograph letter signed.
	Rene Antoine Ferchalt Reaumur, 1683-1757. French Physicist and inventor; pioneer work in development of the thermometer. Autograph letter signed.
	William L. Marcy, 1786-1857. Secretary of war and secretary of state. Autograph letter signed.
	U. S. Grant, 1822-1885. U.S. general and president. Signed cabinet photo.
	French manuscript on parchment (vellum,) 1559.
	Jack Dempsey, (?). Pugilist. Signed photo.
	Gerrit Smith, 1779-1894. U.S. congressman; philantropist; aided John Brown and knew something of his plans against Harpers Ferry. Photo.
	Edward Bates, 1793-1869. American lawyer; attorney general in Lincoln's cabinet, 1861-1864. Photo.
	John Van Buren, (?). Son of President Martin Van Buren. Photo.
	A. G. Noel Byron (?). Lord Byron kinsman. Son? Autograph letter signed.
	Sabine Baring-Gould (?). Engilish author; wrote "Onward Christian Soldiers." Signed photo.
	Robert Peary, 1886-1920. Discoverer of north pole. Signed photo.
	William II, Frederich Wilhelm Viktor Albert, "Kaiser Bill," 1859-1941.
	John Philip Sousa, 1854-1932. The March King. Signed photo.